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Month: November 2013

Report: Lowest poverty rates not in the Midwest

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Census(AP) — A new Census report shows that Iowa and several other Midwest and Plains states have the lowest poverty rates when cost of living is factored into the calculation.

The report released Thursday showed that Iowa had the lowest rate at 8.6 percent. The national rate under the new measure is 16 percent.

Iowa is followed by North Dakota, Wyoming, Minnesota and Nebraska with the lowest rates in the nation.

The states with the highest poverty levels under the new measure were ones with high housing costs and large numbers of immigrants. California topped the list with a 23.8 percent poverty rate followed by Washington D.C.’s 22.7 percent.

This new measure of poverty is designed to provide a better picture of the problem, but it doesn’t replace the official rate.

KHAZ Country Music News: George Strait will be Sponsored by Quicken Loans

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khaz george strait 20120926Quicken Loans will be the presenting sponsor for the final leg of George Strait‘s The Cowboy Rides Away Tour 2014, starting in January. Of the 26 stops, 16 have already sold out and four have yet to release tickets. Quicken is planning fan promotions to enhance the concert-going experience. “It is an absolute honor to sponsor George Strait’s final tour,” says Quicken Pres./CMO Jay Farner. “George means so much to country music fans everywhere, and we can’t wait to help him create a concert experience of a lifetime for those who have supported him for so many years.” More here.

 

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FHSU Men’s Soccer Has Three Named to MIAA First Team, Babyak Freshman of the Year

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Kansas City, Mo. – MIAA regular season champion Lindenwood had four students athletes named first team All-MIAA as the Men’s Soccer team was announced today. The top three seeds in this season’s MIAA each had at least three players earn first team honors as the tournament is set to begin today.

Lindenwood’s Mauricio Medina was a unanimous first team selection and was named this season’s MIAA Player of the Year. Medina has five goals and seven assists from his midfield position for the Lions.

Fort Hays State goalkeeper Jason Babyak has been named the MIAA Freshman of the Year. Babyak made 11 starts this season earning a 1.03 goals against average and made 41 saves as he posted five shutouts.

Carl Hutter was named Coach of the Year after guiding Lindenwood to an unbeaten season and their second straight MIAA regular season championship.

The back line for the first team consists of Lindenwood goalkeeper Fermin Hughes and defenders Eric Heymer of Fort Hays State, Rodney Mays of Lindenwood and Eric Crawford of Northeastern State.

The middle is anchored by MIAA Player of the Year Medina, joined by Northeastern State’s Jordan Schmoker and Fort Hays State’s Tanner Brock. The front line consists of Lindenwood’s Aris Nukic, Northeastern State’s Juan Peralta and Fort Hays State’s Ricardo Yeverino.

The MIAA Tournament is scheduled to get underway today from the College Boulevard Activities Complex in Olathe, Kan.

Player of the Year
Mauricio Medina, Sr., MF, Lindenwood

Freshman of the Year 
Jason Babyak, GK, Fort Hays State

Coach of the Year 
Carl Hutter, Lindenwood

1st Team All-MIAA
Goalkeeper – Fermin Hughes, So., Lindenwood
Defender – Eric Hymer, Jr., Fort Hays State
Defender – Rodney Mays, Sr., Lindenwood
Defender – Eric Crawford, Jr., Northeastern State
Midfield – Mauricio Medina, Sr., Lindenwood^
Midfield – Jordan Schmoker, Jr., Northeastern State
Midfield – Tanner Brock, Jr., Fort Hays State
Forward – Aris Nukic, So., Lindenwood
Forward – Juan Peralta, Jr., Northeastern State
Forward – Ricardo Yeverino, Sr., Fort Hays State
^ = Unanimous Selection 

2nd Team All-MIAA 
Goalkeeper – Jason Babyak, Fr., Fort Hays State
Defender – Adam Schmoker, Jr., Northeastern State
Defender – Terence Smith, Jr., Northeastern State
Defender – Craig McTear, Sr., Lindenwood
Defender – Chance Miller, So., Northeastern State
Midfield – Joel Mendoza, So., Northeastern State
Midfield – Diego Cabral, Jr., Fort Hays State
Midfield – Leandro Pena, So., Upper Iowa
Forward – Daniel Peralta, Sr., Fort Hays State
Forward – Ignacio Pizarro, Jr., Lindenwood
Forward – Kaleb Romero, Sr., Southwest Baptist
Four defenders due to tie in the voting

Honorable Mention 
Goalkeeper – Eric Shephard, So., Northeastern State
Defender – Carlos Linares, Jr., Fort Hays State; Phillip White, Fr., Harding; Kevin Pineda, Jr., Harding; Ithiel Turrado Vale, Jr., Lindenwood; Axel Duarte, Sr., Lindenwood; Sebastian Smith, So., Upper Iowa
Midfield – Jacob Stevens, Jr., Harding; Jackson Buchanan, Fr., Harding; Guillermo Tabuyo, Fr., Lindenwood; Alfredo Paez, Jr., Lindenwood; Brad Tippin, Fr., Southwest Baptist; Justin Schaeffer, Jr., Southwest Baptist; Josh Thomas, Sr., Southern Nazarene; Edgar Pineda, Jr., Southern Nazarene; Rafael Pedroso, So., Upper Iowa
Forward – Michael Cole, So., Fort Hays State; Ryan Wilhelm, Sr., Harding; Andre Hayne, Jr., Lindenwood; Paul Samia, So., Northeastern State; Edgar Gonzaga, Sr., Northeastern State; Blake Rodgers, Jr., Southern Nazarene; Aaron Calkins, So., Upper Iowa

Phillipsburg native gives $1M to KSU

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Rand and Patti Berney

A Texas couple has donated $1 million for Kansas State University’s new College of Business Administration building.

The university says Rand Berney and his wife, Patti, of Southlake, Texas, donated the money for the new 140,000-square foot building, which is expected to open in July 2016.

Rand Berney is a native of Phillipsburg and graduated from Kansas State in 1977. He is retired from ConocoPhillips, where his last position was senior vice president of corporate shared services.

Berney is on the executive committee of the dean’s advisory council for the College of Business Administration, is an executive-in-residence for the college and is vice chairman of the Kansas State Foundation.

Not great news for pheasant hunters

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pheasant hunt(AP) — Kansas pheasant hunters aren’t likely to see many of the birds when the season begins this weekend.

State wildlife experts say drought during most of the nesting and brooding season, combined with an already low breeding populations, will make it difficult to find birds this season, which begins Saturday.

Kurt Hudson, Kansas natural resource officer, says recent moisture could improve next year’s harvest. But he says that this hunting season is “going to be pretty bleak.”

The state wildlife agency says the best chance of hunting success will be in the southeastern part of the state.

Pit bull surrogate mother at Kansas Zoo

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Screen Shot 2013-11-07 at 8.50.48 AM(AP) — A new litter of African painted dogs at the Sedgwick County Zoo is doing well, thanks to a friendly pit bull.

Eight of 11 of the painted dogs born on Oct. 31 survived but their mother couldn’t produce milk.

After a plea from the zoo for lactating dogs that were close to weaning their own puppies, Sparkles the pit bull became the pups’ surrogate mother on Sunday.

Zoo officials said in a news release that using a surrogate mother provides a maternal presence that zoo staff couldn’t provide.

 

KHAZ Country Music News: Kenny Rogers Honored at CMA Awards

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khaz kenny rogers 20130410NASHVILLE (AP) – Kenny Rogers says it’s been quite a month for him. He just got inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, and last night he was honored for lifetime achievement at the Country Music Association Awards. Darius Rucker led a singalong of “The Gambler” as part of the tribute to Rogers. Jennifer Nettles was Rogers’ new duet partner for “Islands in the Stream.” Rogers congratulated Rascal Flatts for their rendition of First Edition’s “Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In).” He joked he was glad he could introduce them to the psychedelic era.

 

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Kansas Church Music Director Pleads in Child Molestation case

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Jordan Young

The former Music Director for the Faith Tabernacle Apostolic Church in Junction City has pleaded no contest to four counts in a child molestation case.

According to Michelle Brown, Assistant Geary County Attorney, Jordan Young, 26, has pleaded no contest, and has been found guilty of one count of aggravated criminal sodomy and three counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child.
A plea agreement in the case calls for Young to receive a controlling term of 294 months in prison, and be subject to presumptive lifetime post release supervision once he has served his time in prison.
Sentencing is scheduled January 13th in Geary County District Court.
Young was arrested and charged following a police investigation in August of 2012.

Young was employed as a music teacher at the Apostolic Academy when nine teenage boys came forward on August 5th, 2012 and disclosed that Young was sexually inappropriate and / or had engaged in sexual acts with the boys.

The plea agreement calls for the state to dismiss with prejudice 12 charges against Young, ranging from lewd and lascivious behavior to indecent solicitation of a child.

Young has been held in the Geary County Detention Center since his arrest in August of 2012, with his bond set at $1 million.

KHAZ Country Music News: 2013 CMA Winners

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khaz george strait 201311071NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The entertainer of the year trophy at the Country Music Association Awards is one of the most coveted honors in the genre, but sometimes it’s OK to lose – like when George Strait is a nominee.

 Strait won his third entertainer of the year award and his first since 1990 Wednesday night against country music’s current hitmakers, and no one seemed disappointed. Blake Shelton – one of five performers with a leading two victories – was excited to lose to the 61-year-old whose popularity defies his age.

 Shelton was one of five top winners with two trophies apiece, along with Florida Georgia Line and the trio of Taylor Swift, Tim McGraw and Keith Urban, who won music video and music event of the year for their “Highway Don’t Care” collaboration.

2013 CMA Awards Winners:

Entertainer of the Year

Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Blake Shelton
George Strait – WINNER!
Taylor Swift

Female Vocalist of the Year

Kelly Clarkson
Miranda Lambert – WINNER!
Kacey Musgraves
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood

Male Vocalist of the Year

Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Eric Church
Blake Shelton – WINNER!
Keith Urban

Vocal Group of the Year

Eli Young Band
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town – WINNER!
The Band Perry
Zac Brown Band

Vocal Duo of the Year

Big and Rich
Florida Georgia Line – WINNER!
Love and Theft
Sugarland
Civil Wars
Thompson Square

New Artist of the Year

Lee Brice
Brett Eldredge
Florida Georgia Line
Kip Moore
Kacey Musgraves – WINNER!

Album of the Year

Blake Shelton, ‘Based on a True Story’ – WINNER
Carrie Underwood, ‘Blown Away’
Taylor Swift, ‘Red’
Kacey Musgraves, ‘Same Trailer Different Park’
Little Big Town, ‘Tornado’

Song of the Year (Awarded to Songwriters)

Lee Brice, ‘I Drive Your Truck’ – WINNER
Miranda Lambert, ‘Mama’s Broken Heart’
Kacey Musgraves, ‘Merry Go Round’
Little Big Town, ‘Pontoon’
Darius Rucker, ‘Wagon Wheel’

Single of the Year

Florida Georgia Line, ‘Cruise’ – WINNER
Tim McGraw (Feat. Keith Urban and Taylor Swift), ‘Highway Don’t Care’
Miranda Lambert, ‘Mama’s Broken Heart’
Kacey Musgraves, ‘Merry Go Round’
Darius Rucker, ‘Wagon Wheel’

Musical Event of the Year

Blake Shelton (Feat. Pistol Annies), ‘Boys ‘Round Here’
Florida Georgia Line (Feat. Nelly), ‘Cruise’
Kelly Clarkson (Feat. Vince Gill), ‘Don’t Rush’
Tim McGraw (Feat. Keith Urban and Taylor Swift), ‘Highway Don’t Care’ – WINNER!
Jason Aldean (Feat. Luke Bryan and Eric Church), ‘The Only Way I Know’

Music Video of the Year

Carrie Underwood, ‘Blown Away’
Blake Shelton (Feat. Pistol Annies), ‘Boys ‘Round Here’
Lady Antebellum, ‘Downtown’
Tim McGraw (Feat. Keith Urban and Taylor Swift), ‘Highway Don’t Care’ – WINNER!
Miranda Lambert, ‘Mama’s Broken Heart’
Little Big Town, ‘Tornado’

2013 Pinnacle Award

Taylor Swift – WINNER!

Musician of the Year

Sam Bush
Paul Franklin
Dann Huff
Brent Mason
Mac McAnally – WINNER

 

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(AUDIO) FHSU Weekly Football Press Conference

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Chris Brown Part 1

Chris Brown Part 2

Keaton Callins

Tomasi Molesi

Jeremy Jones

Two Kansas Women face federal drug charges

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meth-bustTwo Harvey County women face federal charges stemming from a meth house they ran in Newton. 36 year old Carrie Anne Neel, and 50 year old Karen A. Parks, are charged in a superseding indictment with one count of maintaining a residence in Newton for the purpose of distributing methamphetamine.

In addition, Neel is charged with four counts of distributing methamphetamine and Parks in charged with one count of distributing meth.

If convicted, they face a maximum penalty of 20 years and a fine up to $1 million on the charge of maintaining a residence in furtherance of drug trafficking, and a maximum penalty of 20 years and a fine up to $500,000 on each of the other counts. The pair were arrested after an investigation by the Newton Police Department.

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