11 years ago
Twenty Kansas State University students are getting a boost with their undergraduate research projects as the inaugural recipients of research and travel grants from the university's Office of Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry. "Kansas State University is looking toward the future and meeting our visionary 2025 plan to be a Top 50 public research university," said ...

11 years ago
A Topeka man will be sentenced May 11 after being found guilty of killing his mother at a home they shared in 2011. A Shawnee County jury on Tuesday found 40-year-old Jason Hachmeister guilty of the premeditated murder in the death of Sheila Hachmeister. Prosecutors say the victim was stabbed several times and strangled. Testimony during the ...

11 years ago
Cold and chances for snow return to Kansas Wednesday. According to the National Weather Service, a cold front will push through the area  bringing gusty north wind, falling temperatures, and chances for snow. Snow will begin to drop south into North Central Kansas Wednesday morning and continue to push southeast into South Central and Southeast Kansas during ...

11 years ago
It's been a while, but there's a giant Powerball jackpot that's expected to have a prize of $317 million by Wednesday night's drawing. The total is a return to form for Powerball, which has been known along with Mega Millions for its record-breaking jackpots in recent years. But there's been something of a drought, with nearly ...

11 years ago
Non-dental volunteers are still needed at the upcoming Mission of Mercy free dental clinic in Salina. For the second time Salina has been chosen as the host city for a statewide free dental clinic. The Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation will host the fourteenth Kansas Mission of Mercy free dental clinic on February 13th and 14th at the ...

11 years ago
Education officials say a school funding bill in the Kansas Legislature would force immediate cuts to programs in some districts. The Senate Ways and Means Committee discussed a bill on Tuesday that would cut $39 million in supplemental funding for schools in the current fiscal year, which ends July 1. Committee chairman Sen. Ty Masterson, an ...

11 years ago
The Kansas House has given first-round approval to a bill eliminating a projected shortfall of more than $330 million in the state's current budget after members complained about some of the maneuvers for closing the gap. The Republican-controlled House advanced the bill Tuesday on a voice vote and expects to take final action Wednesday. The measure ...

11 years ago
Senator Jerry Moran will host an aviation event in Salina. According to the Senator's office, Moran will host an aviation roundtable to discuss a number of Kansas aviation priorities for 2015.  Along with Moran, the roundtable will include Senator Pat Roberts, representatives from the Kansas Association of Airports, the Federal Aviation Administration, the American Association of ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Historical Society has removed an 1860s illustration depicting an election in the state's territorial period after receiving complaints that the image had been airbrushed to remove references to voter fraud. The original illustration, "Voting in Kickapoo," shows men waiting to vote and then lining up for whiskey afterward. But the word "whiskey" and a ...

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The gap in bachelor-degree attainment between the nation's richest and poorest students by age 24 has doubled during the last four decades. A study released Tuesday by two education organizations finds that the percent of students from the lowest-income families earning a bachelor's degree has inched up just 3 points since 1970, rising from 6 to ...

11 years ago
A Kansas City high school's purchase of an estimated $47,000 grand piano is striking some sour notes among critics. The school board approved the purchase last month for Sumner Academy. District officials say the old piano is in poor condition due to use and age. It's at least 40 years old. Some, like former state Sen. Chris ...