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K-12 school leaders are wrestling with the challenges of how to best protect the safety of children and staff against the spread of COVID-19. State Education Commissioner Dr. Randy Watson held a conference call Thursday where he informed school leaders of three options the districts have in the event a local health department mandates a [...]

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Kansas health officials say they have identified three new cases of the novel coronavirus, making four cases in the state. Mary Beverly, the interim director of the Johnson County Health Department, says the cases are three men between the ages of 35 and 65 who all attended a conference in Florida. Beverly says the men [...]

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LEON, Kan. (AP) — Emergency crews are searching for the body of a 2-year-old Kansas girl who disappeared after her father drove them both into a river. Butler County Sheriff Kelly Herzet says the man’s body was recovered from the Walnut River near Leon Wednesday night but that the girl has not been found. Herzet [...]

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say two Kansas men were charged Thursday with first-degree murder and other crimes connected to the death of an 83-year-old Vermillion man. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said in a news release that the murder charges stem from the Jan. 24 death of Donald E. McLaughlin at his home. The [...]

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SALINA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say one person has been found dead inside a Salina home after a standoff and fire. Salina police said in a Facebook post that the standoff started Wednesday after an officer saw a man with an arrest warrant for burglary riding a bicycle. When the officer approached, the man rode [...]

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita police say a man died after his motorcycle crashed into a school bus. Police spokesman Charley Davidson says 22-year-old Tyler Bins died Wednesday afternoon after being pinned under the bus. A 49-year-old man who was riding a different motorcycle with Bins was seriously injured. Davidson says the men collided with [...]

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Thursday’s program featured a conversation with Fort Riley officials Kali Orrick with Child and Youth Services, Carolyn Tolliver-Lee with the Family Advocacy Program and Monica Smith, Education Services Specialist discussing April being Month of the Military Child and National Child Abuse Prevention Month and Fort Riley’s combined graduation. K-State Vice President of Communications and Marketing [...]

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Kansas State University is suspending in-person classes from March 16-20 and classes will resume remotely March 23 and continue until further notice, in an effort to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 after spring break. The change impacts all K-State campuses. Online classes will continue as scheduled. All campuses will remain open to serve essential needs [...]

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The pedestrian killed in a traffic incident last week at the intersection of 15th Street and Fort Riley Blvd. has been identified. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 61-year-old Francisco Nevarrez-Arrellano died March 11 after he was struck by an oncoming vehicle, driven by 22-year-old Madelline Haynes of Junction City. No further details have been released. [...]

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