MANHATTAN – K-State Research and Extension directs the Kansas Forest Service. In addition to trees and programs supporting tree growth, the Kansas Forest Service oversees fire management programs across the state, providing training, excess property distribution, prevention materials, grant funding and consulting for the state’s 486 rural fire departments.
One way the Kansas Forest Service increases the state’s fire departments’ capacity is the federal excess property program. This program serves as a conduit for fire departments to be loaned excess federal property – generally military vehicles and fire equipment that have been outfitted to serve their needs. The property remains under federal ownership. When it is no longer needed, the equipment is returned to the forest service for reassignment or disposal.
Our impact:
Ninety percent of Kansas is protected by volunteer fire departments —13,000 volunteers out of 16,000 firefighters statewide.
Deployed 793 pieces of large equipment and trucks to rural and volunteer fire departments across Kansas, worth $26.5 million.
Provide equipment free of charge through a federal program administered through the Kansas Forest Service.
Provide salvage parts and access to new replacement parts at a greatly reduced cost.
“The current economic climate has made it difficult for fire departments to budget for replacement equipment, and the Kansas Forest Service has been a reliable source for several years,” said Ken Staatz, Herington Fire Department chief.
Martin HawverThere is yet another split in the Kansas Legislature that is starting to be quietly whispered about in the Statehouse, as if there aren’t enough splits among the 165 lawmakers who are drawing daily legislative ($88.66) salaries this spring.
OK, we know the salaries are low, and there are some expenses that the state covers, but it’s not much of a salary. If you told your mom you’d found a job that pays $22,880 a year, but you will only work maybe 90 days for not quite $8,000, well, she’d probably tell you to keep looking…
Now, those conventional splits, Republicans vs. Democrats, conservatives vs. moderates, urban vs. rural, men vs. women, well, you name it and there’s a split that might or might not matter when it comes to counting votes on bills.
But the pace of the Legislature has slowed to a crawl, mostly due to the K-12 school finance lawsuit. Lawmakers are waiting until likely mid-March to get their analysis of just what it should take to finance schools, fight about whether they believe whatever number comes up, and then fight over the bill to accomplish whatever that is.
The information for all of that is about 60 days off. That means that there isn’t a lot of legislating going on right now. And might not be for several weeks, as bills of all sorts are heard by committees and voted to the full House or Senate for votes and maybe sent to the opposite chamber for consideration there.
That means that the pace is slow.
That’s why some are watching use of “pro forma” sessions on Fridays by both chambers.
Pro forma days are days when attendance is pretty much optional, each chamber needing maybe three or four members present to convene and adjourn, and everyone else can go home for what turns out to be a three-day weekend. Not a bad deal.
Oh, and that $88.66 a day salary? That gets paid to everyone on pro forma days, there or not.
So far, there have been two pro forma days this session. The first, on Jan. 12, well, it was the Friday of the week the 2018 session opened. After lawmakers introduced a few bills, heard the last-ever State of the State address by Gov. Sam Brownback, got his budget delivered, and generally heard how every other legislator spent his/her summer, there just wasn’t enough work to do to have a full session on that Friday. No real issue there.
Last Friday was another pro forma day, with pay, and just a handful of legislators here to do the formal gaveling-in, no rollcall was taken, a couple bills introduced. It gave all but a few legislators a three-day weekend.
Now, actually, in the roughly $6 billion State General Fund budget, several thousand dollars for legislators who aren’t in Topeka doesn’t amount to much…but we’re thinking that there are challengers to House members who are keeping track. “Getting state pay when they aren’t working” sounds catchy, even if there isn’t any work to be done.
Oh, and the Senate knows those nothing-to-do pro forma days which they enjoy, too, will be forgotten by the time they seek reelection in 2020, but not for House members who stand for election this year.
With virtually not much work to do…as there might be for weeks…we’re wondering whether the school finance freeze has already worked to the disadvantage of House members, or how many more pro forma days it might take for the general public to notice…
See how this one works out…
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The Hays High School group Helping Hands is getting ready to host its first Project Prom to Remember. The group wanted to give back to the school community and offer a service that will help Hays High School and other high school students.
“This is an opportunity for students to select formalwear at no cost to them,” said Michelle Thacker, FACS instructor at Hays High School.
Formalwear can be expensive, which keeps some students from attending prom. The group is accepting formalwear donations, for male and female high school students, that are in good condition.
The group would like to serve as many students as possible from the area, depending on the number of donations they receive. The project is an opportunity for Helping Hands to learn about planning and hosting a community event.
Aspects that the Helping Hands students will benefit from are working with the public, contacting businesses, preparing the clothing, and merchandising the clothing.
“This is the first project of this kind that Helping Hands has been a part of,” Thacker said.
The group has been established as a commercial bakery for 27 years. The project is a new way for the students of Helping Hands to experience the gift of giving back to others.
The 31st annual meeting of the Society of Friends of Historic Fort Hays will at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Historic Fort Hays visitorʼs center.
The meeting will begin with a program by Lt. Col. Dennis K. Clark (U.S. Army Ret.). From 2004 until his retirement in 2015, Lt. Col. Clark was an associate professor at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth. Lt. Col. Clark will talk about the Battle of Beecher Island, which occurred Sept. 17 to 25, 1868.
It was 150 years ago that Major George A. Forsyth gathered a group of about 50 civilians, many of whom had scouting experience, from the Forts Hays, Harker and Wallace areas. They ended up on the Arikaree Fork of the Republican River in extreme northeastern Colorado.
Early on the morning of Sept. 17, they were confronted by Cheyenne, Arapaho and Sioux warriors that drove the command to an island in the middle of the Arikaree. It was here that one of the most famous Indian charges in Plains history occurred. Behind the great Cheyenne warrior Roman Nose, approximately 600 Native Americans charged down the river to the island. As they reached the scouts, Roman Nose was shot off his horse and died a short time later. After the first day the battle became a siege, causing the scouts to eat putrefied horse meat and anything else they could find to survive. Eventually two scouts managed to escape and reach Fort Wallace. On Sept. 25, a relief party of Tenth Cavalry troops arrived at the battle site.
About 10 years ago, Lt. Col. Clark visited Beecher Island Battleground. As he had done most of his life, it was not just a chance visit; he had researched Major Forsythʼs 1868 campaign thoroughly and envisioned what had taken place along the Arickaree. Within minutes of arriving at Beecher Island Battleground, Lt. Col. Clark knew the battle had not occurred there. Over the following years, he conducted further research, including
satellite imagery, information from Major Eugene Carrʼs 1869 campaign, and an accidental discovery of a misfiled survey map at the State Archives in Topeka. This information led him to what he believes is the actual site of the battle, more than 7 miles to the west of the National Historic Place.
Following the program will be a short break. Cookies, coffee, and tea will be provided. After the break, a meeting of the Society of Friends of Historic Fort Hays will be held. This will allow the members of the Friends to hear first-hand the progress that has been made in developing the site as well as future plans.
The program is open to the public. There is no charge to attend the program and meeting.
Fort Hays State Historic Site is located four miles south of I-70 exit 157 at Hays. For more information, contact Fort Hays State Historic Site, 1472 Highway 183 Alt., Hays, KS 67601-9212: 785-625-6812 or [email protected].
Native Kansan Karen Madorin is a local writer and retired teacher who loves sharing stories about places, people, critters, plants, food, and history of the High Plains.
I’m pretty sure rock and fossil hunters are born looking at the ground. Since I was tiny, stones and prehistoric bones, teeth, and impressed creatures have fascinated me. Fortunately, Western Kansas fits perfectly for someone with such interests.
Recently, friends and I held a “rock” party. We shared our three favorite rock stories over tea and scones. If you’re one of those collectors, you know we couldn’t stop at three. By the end of our visit, I’d dug into my treasure cabinet to reveal my shark tooth collection that began 40 years ago with finds from Ellis, Trego, and Logan Counties.
As fingers sifted through a 100 serrated-edged triangles, I recalled the thrill of finding them under late winter sun rays. While it’s harder to find land owners who allow people to search for shark teeth, I’ve since discovered the Oceans of Kansas website. With study, I’ve a good shot at identifying chompers collected years ago.
Mike Everhart published an award-winning book about seas that once covered our state and the toothy creatures that lived either in those waters or nearby. Soon after, he created an online parallel resource. One of those folks born with eyes glued to the ground, he’s collected fine specimens and contacted others who added to his knowledge. His book and website provide photos, descriptors and locales, making it possible for amateurs to identify teeth, vertebra, and bone collected over time.
My favorite and most productive area, and one he mentions, was in southern Trego County in a Dakota formation. Nearly forty years ago, this was public land accessible to a person who could walk a mile over uneven ground. I hunted it several times before it was privatized. Discoveries were best following heavy rain or soon after deep snow melted. Even if I thought I’d found every possible treasure on a previous visit, the next one revealed new specimens–a bit of nature’s magic that keeps fossil hunters hoping.
At the time, I knew little about ancient Kansas sea creatures and assumed everything I found was from the same species. Despite my ignorance, I collected round discs that clearly weren’t teeth. Now I realize I picked up vertebra. I also kept rounded nubs that I’ve since discovered are either crusher shark or ray teeth. After further study, it’s clear I collected bits from various creatures. Unfortunately, I’ve given some away and may never know exactly what I had.
While the teeth I found in Trego and Ellis counties were typically small, a guided fossil hunt in Logan County offered an opportunity to collect a much larger, heavier tooth. Professional Chuck Bonner identified this find as Cretoxyrhina and provided a protective case. When I discovered a cream-colored, oval-shaped sediment, he laughed when I mentioned it looked like poop. It was. I’d landed a fish coprolite for my box of plunder.
Private property and an aging body may soon limit actual shark tooth hunts, but I’m thrilled to spend hours online figuring out what I’ve already found. This investigation is a never-ending puzzle, nature’s gift that keeps on giving.
Native Kansan Karen Madorin is a local writer and retired teacher who loves sharing stories about places, people, critters, plants, food, and history of the High Plains.
Steve GillilandIt’s a proven fact that as we grow older, parts of our body slow down and deteriorate. I also believe that as we grow older some parts speed up, even becoming overactive; for me it’s my bladder, but for my wife, it’s her mind.
I know you’ve heard me extol the virtues of a hunting blind, and as we sit there in silence listening for an answering turkey gobble or awaiting a deer to step from the shadows, Joyce’s designing mind whirs a mile-a-minute, and our imaginations run wild to create or redesign the darnedest things. For instance, when we used to hunt in western Kansas, we’d have to distinguish between Whitetail and Mule Deer, often at a moments notice, so one year we mentally designed flash cards that would Velcro onto the inside wall of the blind, showing both species side-by-side in various poses.
We have designed folding camp chairs with swivel seats that raise and lower and clothing with insulation that would shrink or swell according to the temperature.
Our main deer hunting haunt here at home has a dry stream bed running through it, and the deer come from different directions and travel on different sides of the stream bed. A few years before we built our raised permanent blind, after moving several times in attempts to out-maneuver the deer, we sat in our snug little pop-up blind and designed a portable hunting blind that would be built on an old pickup bed trailer. The ends would be round and the entire rig painted to resemble a big round hay bale with drop-down shooting windows on all sides. It would give us a portable rig that could simply be backed into the brush and weeds somewhere and moved around as crops and deer patterns change over the years. We’ve since built that blind, minus the round bale thing and it works well. Also, a few companies now offer commercially build hay bale blinds that look and work pretty much like we had ours planned.
Perhaps the most fun we have involves imagining what nearby deer would be thinking or saying amongst themselves as we sit there like a spider on its web attempting to ambush them. Once, a mule deer doe nonchalantly grazed within mere feet of our blind. We had whitetail either sex tags and could not harvest her, so as we watched, we fabricated a story about her presence. We pictured her and her “deer” friends drawing tumbleweeds to see which one of them would become the decoy. Ole’ Mable lost and had to wander around in front of us while the rest slunk away unnoticed.
Another time as a woodpecker drummed away on a tree somewhere behind us. We pictured two deer, Harvey and Bessie, hiding in the nearby tree row. “I told you that bird was a good investment,” Harvey said. “That Morse code is the cat’s meow!” Hunting blinds have zippers on the windows and doors which seem to sound like freight trains on calm evenings. We imagined Bessie suddenly stopping Harvey in his tracks and saying “I just heard a zipper; they’re here again!” We were hunting near an abandoned farmstead, so we parked our pickup out of sight amidst the old buildings. We imagined Harvey crawling up onto the pickup hood, lying on his side with his tongue hanging out and saying “Look Bessie, they got me.” “That’s not funny; you come down from there this instant!” Bessie ordered. “No wait,” Harvey replied “I think I see why deer like it up here. It’s nice and warm!”
Jeff Foxworthy would probably say “If your hunting blind has more amenities than your house, you just might be a redneck.” I like to look at a hunting blind as a redneck think-tank. I believe all presidential cabinet meetings, United Nations Assemblies and World Summits should be held in huge hunting blinds from here on out. Who knows what diseases could be cured, what discoveries made and what mortal enemies might shake hands again. Who knows, it might even spur congress into working together for a change! Continue to Explore Kansas Outdoors.
Steve Gilliland, Inman, can be contacted by email at [email protected].
As we get settled into the second week of the 2018 legislative session, most of our work is concentrated in committees where bills are being prioritized and vetted. The Senate has 13 standing committees which cover many different topics, including education, agriculture, judiciary, and utilities—to name a few. In observation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the legislature and state offices were closed Monday, January 15th. However, the abbreviated week did not slow committees from introducing and holding hearings on proposed legislation – as of Friday, the Senate has introduced roughly 50 bills in the first two weeks. Once a committee completes hearings and votes on a bill, if passed, it will then make its way to the Senate floor and the full body will begin to debate and vote on the measure. Floor debates and votes will begin in the coming weeks.
If you’re interested in tracking our work, you can head to our website at www.kslegislature.org and click on the calendar tab at the top of the webpage to view the senate’s daily schedule. You can also view live streams of the Senate sessions on the Legislature’s YouTube page at www.youtube.com – KS Legislature. Our Committee meetings are also audio live-streamed this year – you can find the agendas and listen-live button on the legislative website as well. You can also listen to archived committee meetings.
Floor Action
Seventeen Kansans were confirmed by the Senate to various positions and boards during the week for the first recorded votes. Irvin Mitchell (Russell County) and Leonard Wolfe (Marshall County) were confirmed on a vote of 39-0 to the State Banking Board.
Committee Assignments
My committees will remain the same as last year – I am the Chairman of Ethics, Elections and Local Government; I will serve on the Judiciary and Utility committees and will remain on the Historical Preservation Committee. I also was assigned to serve on the joint Legislative Post Audit Committee. This committee will not meet often during session but during summer and fall to consider specific subjects assigned to us by the Legislative Coordinating Council.
State of the State
On Tuesday, Governor Brownback gave his eighth and final State of the State address. The one point that received the strongest response was his proposal for Kansas to spend an additional $600 million on school funding over the next five years. Governor Brownback gave five strategic objectives for K-12 education – higher average teacher pay than surrounding states, increase the number of school counselors and school psychologists in Kansas schools by 150 positions each year; have at least 50 schools participating in the Kansans Can school redesign project; have every Kansas high school offer at least 15 credit hours of dual credit coursework to every high school student at no additional cost to parents and the choice of taking either the ACT college entrance exam or the Work Keys assessment at no cost. He also touched on added funding for the Department for Children and Families of $16.5 million and hiring 20 additional child welfare staff. He also proposes additional funding for the aviation industry in Wichita and requests an additional $1 million to an apprenticeship program which helps students seeking certification from trade schools and community colleges such as a CNA or mechanical license. The governor’s proposal would leave the government with a $266 million ending balance for FY 18. In the following fiscal year, the proposal would again boost state spending by $290 million leaving FY 19 with an ending balance at $150 million. The ending balances for this year and next year are only capable by further delaying state payments to the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System and drawing from the Kansas Department of Transportation.
Governor Brownback mentioned Kansans he remembered during his public career including Leo Lange of Marysville – I also had the pleasure of meeting a 107-year old World War I veteran in Marysville, Kansas when I was in the Senate. Leo Lange was one of the very few World War I veterans still alive at the time. Mentally sharp, but laying in a deteriorated body, I asked him what was the biggest change he had seen in our nation over his many years. Again, without hesitation, he said, “When I was young we didn’t have anything but we were a lot happier.”
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER STATUE
On Wednesday, the Senate Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on S.B. 262 – a Capitol Preservation Committee bill – which would authorize the construction of a statue honoring Dwight D. Eisenhower. S.B. 262 which is sponsored by myself and Senator Randall Hardy (R-Salina) would allow for construction to begin on the northwest quadrant of capitol grounds.
State law requires legislation to be passed before any statue or memorial be placed on capitol grounds. The monument would be a replica of the Jim Brothers statue of Eisenhower that resides in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. The funds required for the installation and construction of the statue were raised through a private fundraising campaign. At Wednesday’s hearing the great-grandson of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Merill Eisenhower Atwater, spoke to endorse the legislation. Final action on S.B. 262 in the Senate Ways and Means Committee is scheduled for next week.
2018 Keep it Clean Kansas Calendar – Kansas Department of Health and Environment
This yearly calendar features the winning artwork of Kansas students grades K through 12 who entered the calendar contest. The Bureau of Waste Management has sponsored this contest since 2000 to encourage students, their families and other Kansans to respect and take care of our Kansas land, water and air. Tess Cecrl of Washington County High School drew the artwork for the December calendar page. Calendars are available at no cost at KDHE by calling Bill Bider at785-296-1600.
Page Dates
The Page program is designed for students in middle school, junior high or high school. Working as a page in the Kansas Legislature is an excellent way to learn more about the legislative process. I was a page in 1981 for Representative Bill Fuller and I still have my black and white photo as a memento hanging in my office. The dates assigned to us are Monday, February 5th, Thursday, February 8th, Tuesday, February 13th and Thursday, February 22nd. Please call my office and speak to Randi or email [email protected] to reserve a space.
Office Information
My office remains in the same suite, 223E (East wing second floor) next to the cage elevator. Randi Walters who has worked in the Capitol for 15 years as an assistant and a committee assistant will be my assistant again this year. When visiting the Capitol, look for the two kiosks in the Visitors Center where you will be able see the calendar of the day, events and now directions to find the offices of Capitol staff and legislators.
As session progresses, not every bill introduced will make it to the governor’s desk, but that doesn’t mean opinions, facts and testimony wasn’t heard. Your participation in the state legislature is vital. As we continue to weed through the different bills, I hope to hear from you. I want to know how legislation will impact you and our district, or the ideas you have to improve a bill. There’s still plenty of time to get involved, but the legislative calendar does move quickly, so if you have interest in a particular subject, be sure to engage soon. An email with your thoughts (not a form letter) is truly the best way to reach us as we sit in committees for most of the day and seldom get to stay at our desks for long periods.
Senate District 36 includes:
Cloud, Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell, Osborne, Ottawa, Republic, Rooks, Russell, Smith and Washington counties
Marshall County: Cities: Blue Rapids, Marysville, Oketo and Waterville; Townships: Blue Rapids, Blue Rapids City, Cottage Hill, Elm Creek, Herkimer, Logan, Marysville, Oketo, Walnut and Waterville
Phillips County: Cities: Agra, Glade, Kirwin and Phillipsburg; Townships: Arcade, Bow Creek, Crystal Deer Creek, Freedom,
Glenwood, Greenwood, Kirwin, Phillipsburg, Plum, Rushville, Solomon(part), Sumner, Valley and Walnut
Billinger, R-GoodlandBy Sen. RICK BILLINGER R-Goodland
In observation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the legislature and state offices were closed. The abbreviated week did not slow committees from introducing and holding hearings on proposed legislation. As of Friday, the senate has introduced roughly 50 bills in the first two weeks.
The only floor action this week was held Tuesday when the Senate voted to confirm 17 governor nominated appointments.
We had two days of hearings on S.B. 263 in my Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources committee last week. This bill would create a program to research the use of industrial hemp. The Department of Agriculture, alone or in coordination with a state educational institution (regent schools), may cultivate industrial hemp grown from certified seed and promote the research and development of industrial hemp.
In 2017 H.B. 2182 was passed in the house and allowed for the growth of industrial hemp across the state. In H.B. 2182, industrial hemp would not be considered a controlled substance or marijuana as defined by state law. Representatives from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and various law enforcement officer associations spoke in opposition to H.B. 2182 in 2017. They expressed concern the bill would provide a legal defense to the possession of marijuana by a person holding an industrial hemp license. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation testified neutral to S.B. 263 but were opposed to H.B. 2182. The Farm Bureau testified in support of S.B. 263 but was neutral to H.B. 2182.
In the Senate Ways and Means we held a hearing on S.B. 262 which would authorize the construction of a statue honoring Dwight D. Eisenhower. State law requires legislation to be passed before any statue or memorial be placed on capitol grounds. The funds required for the installation and construction of the statue were raised through a private fundraising campaign and when approved the statue will be placed on the northwest quadrant of capitol grounds.
The State Finance Council was scheduled to meet on Thursday January 18th to vote on a plan to rebuild Lansing Correctional Facility, however, Governor Brownback postponed the vote. According to a spokesman for the governor “There are some questions that still need to be answered. It’s not dead.” The plan introduced would be a 20 year, $362 million contract that would finance, design, construct and maintain a new state prison in Lansing.
On Thursday, in the Ways and Means Committee, I introduced a bill on home-owned amusement rides and agritourism activities. This bill should be read in and receive a senate bill number either Monday or Tuesday. I will keep you informed as this bill progresses.
Once a committee completes hearings and votes on a bill, if passed, it will then make its way to the senate floor and the full body will begin to debate and vote on the measure. Floor debates and votes will begin in the coming weeks. If you’re interested in tracking our work, you can sign on to our website at http://www.kslegislature.org and click on the calendar tab at the top of the webpage to view the senate’s daily schedule. You can also view live streams of the senate sessions on the Legislature’s YouTube page by clicking
Kansas currently has a record 1.4 million people employed. (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
“The most recent figures show just shy of 86% of Kansas kids get their high school diplomas.
That’s slightly above the national average, which is at a record high.”
After one year of Trump’s presidency: with the stock market at an all-time high KPERS should report a $2 billion-dollar investment gain for 2017. This should bring the total asset level to around $19 billion and improve the funding ratio.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. Senate is moving toward a vote on Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s nomination for an ambassador’s post.
The Senate is moving ahead and has filed cloture on the nomination of @govsambrownback to be the Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom. Looking forward to approving the nomination as early as this week.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell filed a motion Monday to cut off debate on President Donald Trump’s nomination of the conservative Republican governor to serve as U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom.
McConnell communications director David Popp said in an email that a vote on the motion would occur Friday unless minority Democrats agree to have a vote sooner. Ending debate would clear the way for a second vote on Brownback’s nomination. Read Brownback’s Senate testimony here.
Trump first nominated Brownback for the ambassador’s post in July, but his appointment has faced opposition from Democrats and LGBT groups.
Brownback would resign if he is confirmed. Fellow Republican Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer would be elevated to governor.
WACO, Texas (AP) – Barry Brown scored 34 points, reigning Big 12 player of the week Dean Wade added 24 and Kansas State beat Baylor 90-83 on Monday night for its third straight victory.
Kansas State (15-5, 5-3 Big 12) tied its highest point total of the season.
The Wildcats made five of their first six 3-point attempts in running out to a 29-13 lead with eight minutes to go in the first half. The Bears got within five points twice late in the first half, but a 16-3 run midway through the second half gave the Wildcats enough of a cushion at 71-52.
Baylor (12-8, 2-6) had six players score in double figures, led by Manu Lecomte with 18. Jo Lual-Acuil added 15, and Tristan Clark had 14 points and eight rebounds for the Bears.
Kansas State’s win comes on the heels of a week in which it earned a pair of home victories against ranked teams against then-No. 4 Oklahoma and No. 24 TCU.
BIG PICTURE
Kansas State: The Wildcats average a Big 12-low 11.3 turnovers per game, and they improved upon that mark with 10 miscues. But more importantly, none of those came in live-ball situations until there were 12 seconds remaining. That helped the Wildcats hold Baylor without a fast-break point and made up for a 36-20 deficit on the boards.
Baylor: For the second straight game, the Bears trailed by double digits less than six minutes in and spent the rest of the night trying to get back in it. Unlike in Baylor’s road tilt against then-No. 10 Kansas on Saturday, the Bears never got back in this one.
UP NEXT
Kansas State returns home for its Big 12-SEC Challenge game against Georgia on Saturday.
Baylor travels to meet Florida in the Big 12-SEC Challenge on Saturday.
TOPEKA— Law enforcement authorities are investigating a stabbing and asking the public for help to locate a suspect.
On Monday afternoon, police were called to a Topeka hospital after a victim arrived for treatment of non-life threatening injuries they received after being stabbed by a known subject, according to Lt. Colleen Stuart.
The stabbing occurred in the 300 Block SE Lime in Topeka.
Police are attempting to locate Cori-Anne McKinney ,23, as a person of interest for aggravated battery in this incident.
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact DET Iams [email protected] 785-368-9026-Office or CrimeStoppers at 234-0007
First responders on the scene of Monday’s fatal crash -photo courtesy WIBW TV
DOUGLAS COUNTY— A Kansas woman died in an accident just before 2:30p.m Monday in Douglas County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2002 Pontiac Sunfire driven by Kristina Lisa Robinson, 37, Junction City, was eastbound on U.S. 40 just east of Bob Billings Parkway. The driver failed to negotiate the curve and lost control of the vehicle. It slid sideways, crossing into the westbound traffic. An eastbound 2013 Chevy Malibu driven by Elijah Joseph Garcia, 20, Lawrence, struck the Sunfire in the passenger side right front quarter panel.
Robinson was pronounced dead at the scene. Garcia was transported to KU Medical Center.
A passenger in the Malibu Phillip Kwabena Amfoh Afful, 18, Lawrence, was transported to Overland Park Regional Medical Center.
Robinson was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.
