Just John and Mason today as Mitch is in McPherson for basketball, although K-State plays at Texas A&M this weekend, we are looking past that and ahead to what could happen this season with legacies and championships. K-State baseball manager Pete Hughes is on the show today as the beginning of his first season with the Wildcats draws closer and John has the perfect playlist for next football season. Tyler Dreiling also calls in with a case of FOMO with how fun K-State basketball is right now. 0:00 – Snapping KU streak most memorable of this era? 12:54 – Twitter…
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WICHITA — A man who authorities say drafted a manifesto for militia members involved in a foiled plot to massacre Muslims in southwest Kansas has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. A judge sentenced Curtis Allen on Friday for his role in the plot to blow up a mosque and apartments housing Somali immigrants in Garden City. The attack was planned for the day after the 2016 election. Allen was one of three militia members convicted last year. The plot was thwarted after another militia member tipped off authorities. Allen was sentenced to 25 years for conspiracy to use a…
KANSAS CITY — The Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas has released the names of 22 clergy with substantiated claims of sexual abuse involving minors. None of the 22 men whose names were released Friday are currently ministering in the archdiocese. Eleven have died and seven have been laicized. Ten were formerly priests in the diocese, and the others were either priests from another diocese or from a religious order ministering in the archdiocese. In a statement in the archdiocese’s publication, The Leaven, Archbishop Joseph Naumann thanked victims who came forward to help with the investigation. The Husch Blackwell law…
WICHITA — The American Civil Liberties Union wants to dismiss a lawsuit it filed against a western Kansas county after the only polling site in Dodge City was moved outside of town before the November election. The ACLU filed a motion Friday saying dismissing the lawsuit is warranted because Ford County Clerk Debbie Cox plans to open two voting sites in Dodge City for future elections. Cox also said she would add temporary bus stops in front of the polling sites. The ACLU sued Cox in October , contending that moving the polling site made it more difficult for the…
Friday’s show featured Riley County Police Department Captain Tim Hegarty from the Investigations Division discussing 2018 crime statistics, the City of Manhattan’s hands-free cell phone ordinance while driving and preparations for the upcoming Fake Patty’s Day festivities in Manhattan.
The Flint Hills Discovery Center will be unveiling a couple new exhibits this weekend as well as celebrating Kansas. The Framed: Step Into Art and Storyland: A Trip Through Childhood Favorites exhibits will open on Saturday, Jan. 26 and running through May 12. Framed is an interactive exhibit that allows guests to experience what it would be like to step into a painting. The exhibit also has prompts to create conversation between guests. Storyland has a similar concept, but instead allows guests to step into life-sized scenes from storied children’s books. The exhibit is intended to demonstrate the importance of…
It’s going to be a musical weekend around the Kansas State campus. The K-State Concert Band Clinic, now in its 26th year, brings in more than 700 Midwest students to participate in workshops with nationally acclaimed guest clinicians. The clinic starts Friday, Jan. 25, and runs through Sunday, Jan. 27. The event will include seven large ensembles, percussion ensembles, sectional rehearsals and master classes with KSU music faculty and students. During the three day clinic, the KSU Wind Ensemble will perform a free concert on Saturday in McCain Auditorium at 4 p.m. Then on Sunday, clinic students will perform a free…
LAWRENCE — Lawrence police say an employee at a Subway restaurant apparently made up an armed robbery in order to steal money from the business. The armed robbery was reported Tuesday. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the Subway employee initially reported being outside the restaurant when a man with a knife demanded cash. The employee described the suspect and said he ran away from the Subway. Police said Thursday investigators found information that didn’t match the employee’s statement and determined the theft was committed internally. Sgt. Amy Rhoads said stolen money was recovered. No one has been arrested but Rhoads said…
TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly has signed an executive order creating an advisory group that aims to improve education in Kansas. The governor told reporters Thursday that educating children is one of the most important obligations of elected leaders and one of the best economic and civic investments to make in Kansas. The Governor’s Council on Education will look for ways to enhance early childhood education, create relationships between the education and the business community and develop partnerships to address workforce needs in Kansas. Kelly says improving education means not only fully funding public schools, but also looking for ways…
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas plans to use a $1 million gift to establish a new chemical engineering research laboratory. Richard and Elizabeth Hoover, of Northport Michigan, both graduated from the university in 1971. They now live in Northport, Michigan. Richard Hoover said in a news release that he hopes the lab will give students more hands-on research experience so they will be better prepared for the job market. Richard Hoover worked in several positions for Dow Corning, including as CEO of Dow Corning Asia in Tokyo for six years. His wife worked for the pharmaceutical company Hoffman-La Roche…