LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The University of Kansas’ chancellor knows firing a gun on campus areas with pressurized gas cylinders, rocket fuel and other combustibles might be disastrous. But she says the school can’t ban guns in such places.
State-run universities in Kansas must begin allowing concealed weapons onto campuses next July. Schools must submit proposed policies to the governing Kansas Board of Regents by October.
The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little told the University Senate on Thursday there are high-security labs and other campus areas where shooting a gun would be dangerous. But she says the state’s attorney general has told the school it can’t make those places exceptions to state law.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Investigators are asking people for their assistance as they continue to look for a Kansas City area woman who has been missing since Sep. 8.
Detectives are hoping area residents who have trail cameras will review their footage.
Trail cameras are used to observe wildlife or trespassers and are usually motion activated.
The Kansas City Star reports detectives investigating the disappearance of 21-year-old Jessica Runions want anyone in the Kansas City metro area with trail cameras to review their video footage from Sept. 8 and Sept. 9 to see whether they have footage of a dark-colored SUV or anything out of the ordinary.
Runions was last seen leaving a party on Sept. 8. Her SUV was found burned in Kansas City.
Twenty-eight-year-old Kylr Yust was arrested and charged with burning the vehicle, but not in the Runions’ disappearance.
A judge entered a not guilty plea on Yust’s behalf.
PITTSBURG, Kan. – Jacob Mezera threw for five touchdowns and ran for another to lead Fort Hays State to a 54-41 win over Pittsburg State in front of 10,238 at Carnie Smith Stadium Saturday afternoon. Mezera completed 31 of 38 passes for 446 yards and rushed for 62 yards as the Tigers back to back games in Pittsburg for the first time since 1970 and 72. The Tigers have now won four straight and improve to 5-1 in the MIAA.
Chris Brown Postgame Press Conference
Jacob Mezera Postgame Intervicw
Raheeme Dumas Postgame Intervicw
Game Highlights
Mezera connected twice with Charles Tigner and once with Kenneth Iheme as the Tigers built a 24-20 halftime lead. He hit Iheme and Shaquille Cooper the ran for a nine-yard runs as the Tigers scored touchdowns on their first three possession of the second half to build a 21-point lead.
Mezera completed passes to nine different players including eight to Charles Tigner who led the Tigers with 160 receiving yards.
The Fort Hays State defense forced punts on the Gorillas first two possessions of the third quarter and Reheeme Dumas intercepted two passes.
MANHATTAN – American Industrialist, Henry Ford once said “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.
It’s in that spirit that Kansas PRIDE Inc. provides start-up grants for projects that will improve local communities. The grants fall into two categories — Growth and Action funding and Partners in PRIDE grants for Communities of Excellence.
The fall 2016 Partners in PRIDE award projects include: Grainfield PRIDE for lighting and signage; Lakin PRIDE for a flower pot project; and Lecompton PRIDE for the Ft. Titus multipurpose room project.
Partners in PRIDE grants are mini-grants intended for use by local PRIDE communities to address a need that has been identified through a community planning process, said Jaime Menon, PRIDE community development coordinator. The grants are provided by Kansas PRIDE, Inc. as a one-to-one match with communities that can provide funding or sweat equity for up to the maximum amount of $2,000 per project. PIP grant applications are available in two rounds of funding per year. To date nearly $59,000 has been awarded to PRIDE community projects.
The fall 2016 Growth and Action Award was presented to Delia PRIDE. This year was the pilot year for Growth and Action funding to assist communities with startup and related operating expenses. Another round will be offered in the spring of 2017.
The Kansas PRIDE program is a partnership of K-State Research and Extension, the Kansas Department of Commerce, and Kansas PRIDE, Inc. Through the program, communities identify what they want to preserve, create or improve for the future. Volunteers form a local PRIDE organization that works with K-State Research and Extension and the Kansas Department of Commerce to accomplish its goals.
Kim Stewart, associate professor and chair of the Department of Applied Technology at Fort Hays State University, has been named to receive the Mike Neden STEM Champion Award from the International STEM Education Association.
He will receive the award at the STEM Expo Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 10 and 11, in Branson, Mo.
The award honors public and private elementary, middle and high school teachers and teacher educators who have served as champions for integrated science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education in their schools, communities, or both.
“The Mike Neden STEM Champion Award serves as a standard of excellence for individuals who promote integrated science, technology, engineering and mathematics education,” said Dr. Greg Farley, dean of the College of Science, Technology and Mathematics at FHSU.
Each year, the International STEM Education Association seeks out individuals who have implemented STEM programs, provided professional development, encouraged others and have been instrumental in supporting integrated STEM education.
“All recipients of this award share one very important quality. They have all taken direct action to be a true champion for STEM education that impacts all students in the classroom,” said Farley.
The Neden Awards are presented annually at the international STEM education conference.
“To be named a Mike Neden STEM Champion Award recipient is to join an elite group of educational innovators,” said Farley.
“We as a department are very proud of this individual and thankful for his leadership,” said Eric Deneault, assistant professor of applied technology.
President Obama meets with inmates- White House photo
President Barack Obama is cutting short the sentences of 102 federal inmates as part of his ongoing push to grant clemency during his final months in office, according to a media release. Three are from Kansas.
Almost all of those receiving commutations were convicted of drug-related offenses. Most are considered nonviolent offenders, although some were convicted of firearms charges in connection with drug crimes. Many of the recipients had been serving life sentences.
But Obama isn’t setting them all free right away. Many of those receiving commutations will see their sentences end in October 2018, almost two years into the next president’s term.
The latest round brings to 774 the number of sentences Obama has commuted, including 590 this year. The White House says it’s more than the previous 11 presidents put together. See the full list here.
Leroy Fondren, Jr. – Kansas City, KS
Offense: Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base; use of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime; District of Kansas
Sentence: 180 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised release (March 26, 2007)
Lavelle Henderson – Topeka, KS
Offense: Continuing criminal enterprise; money laundering; District of Kansas
Sentence: Life imprisonment; five years’ supervised release (November 22, 2002)
Lincoln Cardell Henderson – Kansas City
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of “crack” cocaine; possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of “crack” cocaine; Western District of Missouri
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (August 31, 2004)
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — With Republican Gov. Sam Brownback for now refusing to say how he’ll keep Kansas’ budget balanced, some GOP lawmakers are promising more aggressive oversight.
Some even want to challenge the governor’s longstanding control over annual spending blueprints.
Senate President Susan Wagle outlined a proposal this week to give lawmakers a bigger role as internal documents from state agencies showed how they might reduce spending.
Some agencies’ potential cuts would eliminate programs that keep state prisons from becoming crowded or even hinder efforts to collect taxes.
Kansas has struggled to hit revenue targets and balance its budget since GOP legislators slashed personal income taxes in 2012 and 2013 at Brownback’s urging as an economic stimulus.
Monthly tax collections have fallen short of expectations 71 percent of the time since.
Unwanted items awaiting pickup during the Annual Alley Cleanup.
By BECKY KISER Hays Post
They say one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Sometimes, it’s just junk, and a lot of it.
“When we started the Alley Cleanup, we collected 1.5 million pounds of stuff,” recalled Marvin Honas, Hays Solid Waste Superintendent. “The past three years, the collection has averaged between 700,000 to 800,000 pounds.”
The city of Hays wants to keep junk out of the alleys and is again offering the free Annual Alley Cleanup to residential refuse customers starting Mon., Oct. 24.
Unwanted items not normally collected by the city should be put out before Oct. 24. To make sure no treasures are accidentally picked up with the junk, “label what you want to keep, or better yet, put it in your back yard or somewhere until alley cleanup is over with,” Honas advised.
City workers will make one sweep through town to collect the discard piles, starting with curbside customers. “That way it won’t sit out at the curb very long because it normally takes us seven or eight days to complete the cleanup,” he explained. “It usually just takes a day, a day and a half to finish curbside.” Once the curbside collection is done, crews will move into the alleys.
There isn’t much the city won’t take–just trees, tires and hazardous waste. Trees and tires should be taken to the Ellis Co. Landfill while hazardous waste, such as batteries and paint, should go to the nearby Household Hazardous Waste Facility. There is no charge to Ellis County residents to dispose of trees or hazardous waste. Both locations, 1515 W. 55th St., are open Monday-Saturday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. More information is available by calling the Ellis Co. Landfill at (785) 628-9460 or the Ellis Co. HHW Facility at (785) 628-9449.
Residents are asked to sort their discards into four distinct piles. “Makes it handier. From day to day, we don’t always have the same number of people working the cleanup. It depends on absenteeism and the job requirements, ” Honas said.
SEPARATE UNWANTED ITEMS INTO FOUR PILES:
TREE LIMBS AND BRUSH--No longer than 12 feet in length or 6 inches in diameter
CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS–Lumber, drywall, bricks, sinks, wires. etc. Pull or bend over nails and place small quantities of concrete, bricks and plaster in containers.
WHITE GOODS/METALS--Guttering, siding, washing machines, dryers, refrigerators, metal swing sets, etc.
MUNICIPAL WASTE–All other items such as furniture, carpet, TVs, computers, bagged garden/yard waste, etc.
The regular trash and recycle collection schedule will not be altered during the alley cleanup.
According to Honas, the annual alley cleanup and the city’s free compost site get the most positive feedback from Hays residents. “Please help us keep our alleys clean. It’s a good way to get rid of stuff not normally collected, and it’s free,” he added.
More information is available by calling the Hays Solid Waste Division at (785)-628-7350.
DENVER (AP) — Federal air crash investigators say a pilot was unfamiliar with his plane’s fuel system and pilot error contributed to a 2015 propeller plane crash near Eaton that left two Kansas men dead.
The National Transportation Safety Board says the pilot lost control in gusting wind and crashed because of the error.
According to the Denver Post the plane had monitors on separate fuel tanks and the pilot failed to notice he was running out of fuel.
The pilot was identified as 35-year-old Jared Langston, of Holyrood, Kansas, and the passenger was identified as 41-year-old Benjamin Bates, of Lyons, Kansas.
2017-2018 WWF officers and executive committee: Mary Karst, Rhiannon Maier, Joleene Younger, Tom Meiers, Bob Swift, Sandi Maier
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The Hays Wild West Festival Committee hosted its biannual election of officers in September.
The newly elected officers and executive committee for the 2017-18 Wild West Festival events include: Mary Karst, co-president. Karst is the advertising director at The Hays Daily News; Rhiannon Maier, co-president. She is the director of quality and data at First Care Clinic; Joleene Younger, entertainment chairman. She is a personal lines technical CSR at Insurance Planning; Tom Meiers, executive
committee member. Meiers is retired after 43 years in law enforcement; Bob Swift, executive committee member. Swift is retired after 44 years at Midwest Energy; and Sandi Maier, event coordinator. She is retired after 34 years working for the USDA Ness County FSA office.
Each year, the International STEM Education Association seeks out individuals who have implemented STEM programs, provided professional development, encouraged others and have been instrumental in supporting integrated STEM education.
