KANSAS CITY (AP) – A Kansas City citizens advisory group has recommended replacing the existing three terminals at Kansas City International Airport with a new single terminal.

The Kansas City Star reports 19 of the KCI Terminal Advisory Group’s 24 members voted in favor of a single terminal, subject to more information on cost.

That decision mirrors a plan the city’s Aviation Department has recommended – but which many in the public have rejected because they prefer the current distances between parking and terminal gates.

The advisory group’s recommendation is intended to guide the city toward one of its most important civic building projects of the next decade.

The group concluded the airport has too much crumbling infrastructure, aging operating systems and insufficient gate and security space to simply do nothing.

K-State Research and Extension

GARDEN CITY – The K-State Southwest Research-Extension Center will host its dryland wheat tour in Tribune and a spring field day in Garden City, both on May 27. The two programs are timed so participants can attend both.

The dryland wheat tour begins at 8:15 a.m. Mountain time, 1 miles west of Tribune Kansas 96. Presentation topics by K-State Research and Extension specialists will include wheat varieties, diseases and insects.

The spring field day in Garden City starts with registration at 2:15 p.m. Central time. Presentation topics will include wheat varieties, diseases, and insects and canola varieties and production, as well as a presentation on cover crops.

A supper, sponsored by the U.S. Canola Association; Crop Production Services; Farm Credit of Southwest Kansas and Garden City Co-op Inc. will follow the field day in Garden City.

For more information, call (620) 276-8286.

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K‑State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well‑being of Kansans.  Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K‑State campus in Manhattan.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A new report by the Southern Poverty Law Center says public schools are under attack from conservative groups opposed to new education standards and federal intrusion into local issues.

Officials with the civil rights organization said Wednesday the report documents efforts by political groups to block implementation of the Common Core Standards for math and English as part of a larger effort to dismantle public schools.

Among those named in the report are billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch.

The report says the groups also seek to end teacher tenure, which Kansas did in April.

A spokeswoman for Wichita-based Koch Industries says the company isn’t involved in Common Core discussions. An official with Americans for Prosperity, which has ties to the Kochs, says the issue is retaining local control over education.

WASHINGTON – Kansas Young Republicans attending the Young Republican Leadership Conference in Washington met with Ambassador Lyushun Shen, representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States, while attending a reception at the historic Twin Oaks Estate, a 19th century English Georgian mansion.

Shen has connections to the Kansas City area, having previously been stationed at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office at 3100 Broadway in Kansas City, Mo.

National Committeeman Trey Joy of Smith Center was among the Kansas Young Republicans participating in the reception for members of the Young Republican National Federation.

Taiwan is the United States’ 12th largest trading partner.

“We were honored and humbled to meet with the Ambassador, an extremely knowledgeable and history-minded representative of his country,” KYR Chairman Brandon Kenig, Shawnee, said. “Taiwan is a key ally of the United States, and as a modern and prosperous democracy similar to our own, we are cognizant of the security threats Taiwan faces from its neighbors, most notably China. We are grateful that Taiwan’s diplomats so graciously opened their residence to us and giving us an opportunity to learn more about the political, cultural, and economic ties between our two countries.”

Kenig and Joy were joined by KYR representatives Ashley Moretti, Overland Park, and Lee Modesitt, Manhattan.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled against the family of a Sedgwick County jail inmate who died after being ill for days before he was taken to a hospital.

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a jury’s verdict that cleared two jail deputies in the 2007 death of 46-year-old Terry Bruner. The court found that the judge did not make a mistake by refusing to grant a new trial based on claims one of the jurors was biased.

An appeals panel also upheld a lower court’s ruling deciding the case in favor of 13 others whom the family had also sued.

The appeals court said the family failed to prove that the defendants recognized Bruner was at risk of dying and consciously disregarded it.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The medical professionals treating the acrobats who fell during a circus performance in Rhode Island say two of the women have spinal cord injuries and that time will tell whether they will walk again.

Timothy Babineau, CEO of Rhode Island Hospital’s parent company, said Wednesday the eight injured acrobats are determined to heal as quickly as possible and return to doing what they love.

Their neurosurgeon says two can feel their legs but have only limited movement. It may be a year or two before it’s clear whether they’ll heal completely and walk again.

Doctors say all of the acrobats will require physical therapy. The women want to undergo rehabilitation as a team.

The accident happened Sunday during a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus performance in Providence.