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Lenexa to use $1.4M in guest tax funds to help pay for 3&2 Baseball field upgrades
Lenexa will help the 3&2 Baseball Club upgrade its fields to artificial turf using more than $1 million in funds collected through the city’s transient guest tax. On Aug. 6, the council approved granting the club, a nonprofit organization which operates nine ball fields at its complex near 87th Street Parkway and Ridgeview Road.
K-State Agriculture Today: 1747 – Wheat Performance Tests…Cicada Killers
00:01:05 – Wheat Performance Tests, Part 1: K-State crop performance test coordinator, Jane Lingenfelser, starts today’s show with two segments to review the 2024 wheat performance tests in Kansas. In the first segment she discusses how the growing season faired for weather, disease and insects. 00:12:05 – Wheat...
Headlines for Thursday, August 15, 2024
Thousands Lose Power in Kansas, Missouri as Storms Rolled Through Wednesday Night. KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KPR) — Thousands of people lost power late Wednesday night and into early Thursday morning as severe thunderstorms rolled through the area. Utility company Evergy says outages from the severe storms overnight peaked at about 37,000 customers without power throughout its service area - with Topeka, Wichita, Newton and Leavenworth heavily affected. As of 8 a.m. Thursday, Evergy had restored power for 65% of the affected customers. As of 4 p.m., about 4,500 customers were without power with about 360 outage events. A statement at the Evergy outage map website reported that the Wichita, Topeka, Newton and Leavenworth areas saw the greatest number of power outages. Evergy crews from surrounding communities have arrived to these areas to assist with power restoration. Damage reports have included broken poles, downed wires and trees in powerlines. In Topeka, where winds caused extensive damage to the power grid, restoration for some customers is expected to take until Friday evening. In the town of Sedgwick, nearly two dozen poles are being replaced, and work to restore some customers will take until Friday. Customers in other areas are expected to be restored by Thursday night. Severe thunderstorm warnings were issued for northeast Kansas and western Missouri late Wednesday night and into early Thursday morning.
Hutchinson man pleads guilty in stabbing
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A Hutchinson man pleaded guilty Thursday in Reno County District Court to charges including attempted first-degree murder. Briantey L. Baskin was arrested on May 9 after stabbing a man near 1st Avenue and Main Street. Baskin also pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, aggravated battery, and criminal...
SPD investigating wire theft from Salina construction site
A construction site in Salina was the target of a burglary between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning. Salina Police Department (SPD) Captain James Feldman said the theft took place in the 1000 block of Brock Road, where Will Electric employees showed up for work and discovered a significant amount of wire removed.
Straight-line wind microburst of 70-90 mph hits Oakland, north Topeka during thunderstorm
TOPEKA (KSNT) – A representative of the National Weather Service (NWS) in Topeka is weighing in on the damage caused by Wednesday night’s storm that caused damage in several neighborhoods. Chad Omitt with the NWS told 27 News a thunderstorm downdraft of 70-90 mph winds was responsible for causing damage in the north Topeka and […]
PRCA Rodeo Results- Night One
The first night of the Inter-State Rodeo is in the books, with multiple competitions coming down to the wire. Quintonn Lunsford leads in bareback riding, with 73 points after opening night. Bryce Eck was the only other qualified rider, sitting in 2nd place with 70 points. In steer wrestling, Tucker...
Wyandotte High School helps families transition into freshman year
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - At Wyandotte High School roughly 500 students made the transition from middle to high school Wednesday, Aug. 14, but they were not alone. Their guardians were there, too. To help families make the switch, Wyandotte High School faculty held a Family University. The course is...
FBI alerts Baldwin police to alleged threat at junior high
Baldwin City police determined there was no credible threat to students or staff of Baldwin Junior High School Thursday morning after hearing from the FBI, according to a department news release. The Federal Bureau of Investigation alerted the Baldwin City Police Department to a possible threat to the school, according...
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