11 years ago
Members of the Kansas State Board of Education are considering approval of a recommendation for new tests that will determine student proficiency in math and English. The board will act Tuesday afternoon on a proposal made during the November board meeting that Kansas use student testing from the Smarter Balanced consortium. The new tests are aligned ...

11 years ago
Congress' easy renewal of an expiring ban on undetectable plastic guns belies the larger reality that major new firearms restrictions have little chance of enactment soon. Lawmakers took an easy step Monday when the Democratic-run Senate unanimously gave final congressional approval to a bill adding another decade to the prohibition against guns that can slip by ...

11 years ago
A Douglas County jury has convicted a 38-year-old woman of distributing crack cocaine out of her home, which was also the site of a Lawrence day care. The Lawrence Journal-World reports  a Douglas County jury found Tiffany C. Hubbard guilty last week of two counts of distributing cocaine, two counts of using a cellphone to distribute ...

11 years ago
The campaigns of U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts and the Kansas Republican's primary challenger are sparring publicly over ethics issues, increasing the acrimony in their already contentious race. Roberts executive campaign manager Leroy Towns filed a complaint last week with the Senate Ethics Committee against challenger Milton Wolf. Wolf hasn't yet filed a required financial disclosure form, despite ...

11 years ago
A Kansas meat-packing company has announced plans to expand its operation in south-central Kansas. The Kansas Department of Commerce said Monday that Creekstone Farms Premium Beef will expand in Arkansas City. The Arkansas City-based beef processing company has 720 employees and anticipates hiring 300 more workers during the next five years. Creekstone Farms processes Black Angus beef ...

11 years ago
Lawrence police have called off a search for a 23-year-old University of Kansas student from Peru after finding a body matching the student's description. Gianfranco Villagomez, an industrial design student from Lima, Peru, was last seen walking near 9th and Michigan streets in Lawrence about 2:30 a.m. Saturday. His girlfriend reported him missing Saturday. Police ...

11 years ago
The Drug Task Force makes two arrests after neighbors make complaints. According to Task Force Commander Lt. Jim Norton, agents used a search warrant on Friday afternoon at 562 Uppermill Heights Drive, to enter the home after multiple complaints about suspected drug activity were made by area neighbors. Police arrested Michael N. Rodenbeek, 51 and 27-year-old Sean ...

11 years ago
More than 1,800 students will receive their degrees from Kansas State University later this week. Commencement ceremonies are planned for Friday and Saturday on the Manhattan campus and Friday at the Salina campus. Kansas State says in a news release that it will award more than 1,400 bachelor's degrees, nearly 300 master's degrees, 90 doctorates and ...

11 years ago
A southeast Kansas school superintendent says he was shocked to learn Gov. Sam Brownback was going to use welfare funds for a program aimed at raising fourth-grade reading scores. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Brownback recently announced a plan to take $12 million from the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program to pay for the initiative in ...

11 years ago
A Salina man's truck is damaged by vandalism. Officers were called to the 1600 block of Beverly Drive on Friday after someone apparently slashed all four tires on 1999 Chevrolet pickup - plus a spare tire. The owner told police the truck was parked in the street when someone cut the tires sometime between Thursday night at ...

11 years ago
Newsradio 1150 KSAL is planning to take a group of fans to Arizona to be a part of the K-State bowl game experience. Kansas State is headed back to the desert, this time to face Michigan in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl. The Wildcats (7-5) lost to Oregon 35-17 in last year’s Fiesta Bowl, but earned a ...