NEW YORK (AP) — Struggling electronics retailer RadioShack has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and says it will sell up to 2,400 stores.
Those closings include seven in Kansas City area, Hutchinson, five locations in Wichita, one in Newton, Great Bend, Emporia and Pittsburg.
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Washington DC – In a special ceremony held in Washington, DC last week, Kansas State University Football Coach Bill Snyder was awarded the 2015 Excellence in Mentoring Award by MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership in recognition of his longstanding commitment to 0meeting the mentoring needs of young people in Kansas.
“If you are involved with coaching, you are involved with mentoring. And that mentoring happens both on and off the football field,” said Snyder. “I still have mentors. Probably the most significant thing that anyone can do in our lives is surround ourselves with people who care, and people who want to make our lives better. And young people don’t always know how to reach out and find those people. That is why the role of a mentoring program is so important.”
Coach Bill Snyder became head football coach at Kansas State University in 1989 and retired briefly in the 2005 season, returning in 2009. During his retirement, he spent three years establishing Kansas Mentors, dedicated to connecting existing mentoring programs with one another and serving as a resource center for communities wishing to start a program.
Through his steadfast support, Coach Snyder helped to increase funds in the mentoring sector, raise awareness about the importance of mentoring and elevate the cause. Coach Snyder, along with Coach Tom Osborne of the University of Nebraska, developed the Coaches’ Challenge, a recruitment campaign which has recruited tens of thousands of adults to mentor and this year, has first-time participation from the entire Big 12 Conference.
Coach Snyder was joined by the Director of Kansas Mentors, Cheri Faunce, at the awards reception. If you are interested in starting or strengthening the mentoring program in your community, please contact Cheri Faunce, cfaunce@ksde.org. Kansas Mentors is a partnership supported by the Kansas Volunteer Commission.
Five individuals were selected for the award: Former Detroit Mayor Dave Bing; Charles R. Burke of the Grable Foundation; Senator Mary L. Landrieu, Coach Bill Snyder, and Burlington Capital Group, LLC founder Michael B. Yanney.
Kansas City Royals Media Relations
KANSAS CITY, MO — The Kansas City Royals announced today that the club has come to terms with left-handed pitcher Danny Duffy for the 2015 season, avoiding arbitration. Consistent with club policy, terms of the contract were not disclosed.
Duffy, 26, had an outstanding 2014 season, ranking fifth in the American League in ERA (2.53), fifth in opponents’ batting average (.209) and ninth in WHIP (1.11), to go with a 9-12 record in 31 appearances (25 starts). His .209 opponents’ average last season was the lowest by a Royals’ lefty and third-lowest in club history by a pitcher that threw more than 140.0 innings. The southpaw held opposing lefties to a .137 average (17-for-124), allowing just three extra-base hits (all doubles). Duffy made three postseason appearances out of the bullpen, earning the victory in Game 1 of the American League Division Series, pitching a scoreless 10th inning against the Angels in the 3-2 triumph. He’s 17-22 with a 3.67 ERA and a .241 opponents’ average, pitching in parts of four seasons with Kansas City.
The signing of Duffy leaves the Royals with three unsigned arbitration-eligible players: pitchers Kelvin Herrera and Greg Holland and first baseman Eric Hosmer.
LENEXA – A Kansas man was injured in an accident just before 9 a.m. on Friday in Johnson County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2005 Kenworth Cement Truck driven by James Walter Westerfield III, 32, Kansas City, was southbound on Interstate 35 just north of U.S. 69 in Lenexa.
The vehicle made an evasive action to avoid hitting vehicles that had stopped due to traffic.
The truck went off the roadway and rolled down the hill.
Westerfield III was transported to Overland Park Regional Medical Center.
The KHP reported he was properly restrained at the time of the accident.
Governor Brownback’s K-12 and higher education cuts were announced Thursday
The cuts reduced the Base State Aid per pupil from $3,852 to $3,810.25 in order to cover a budget deficit. The Kansas Department of Education list reflects the difference between the the original funding and the new funding cuts. Each district’s base state aid is based on how many students attend the school district and the money goes into the district’s general fund.
The following is a list of how local districts base state aid will be affected
| USD # | County Name | District Name | Enrollment | $3,852 | $3,810.25 | (Col 3 – Col 2) | |
| 256 | Allen | Marmaton Valley | 276.5 | 2,100,110 | 2,077,348 | -22,762 | |
| 257 | Allen | Iola | 1,264.3 | 7,530,275 | 7,448,658 | -81,617 | |
| 258 | Allen | Humboldt | 763.5 | 4,490,662 | 4,441,989 | -48,672 | |
| 365 | Anderson | Garnett | 1,028.5 | 6,286,464 | 6,218,328 | -68,136 | |
| 479 | Anderson | Crest | 198.0 | 1,664,449 | 1,646,409 | -18,040 | |
| 377 | Atchison | Atchison Co Comm Schools | 580.0 | 4,063,860 | 4,019,814 | -44,046 | |
| 409 | Atchison | Atchison Public Schools | 1,583.0 | 8,724,010 | 8,629,454 | -94,555 | |
| 254 | Barber | Barber County North | 441.0 | 2,942,928 | 2,911,031 | -31,897 | |
| 255 | Barber | South Barber | 225.0 | 1,721,459 | 1,702,801 | -18,658 | |
| 355 | Barton | Ellinwood Public Schools | 415.5 | 2,779,988 | 2,749,857 | -30,131 | |
| 428 | Barton | Great Bend | 3,027.4 | 16,805,506 | 16,623,359 | -182,147 | |
| 431 | Barton | Hoisington | 694.0 | 4,415,162 | 4,367,309 | -47,854 | |
| 234 | Bourbon | Fort Scott | 1,821.1 | 9,960,887 | 9,852,925 | -107,961 | |
| 235 | Bourbon | Uniontown | 435.0 | 3,219,502 | 3,184,607 | -34,895 | |
| 415 | Brown | Hiawatha | 838.7 | 5,332,709 | 5,274,910 | -57,799 | |
| 430 | Brown | South Brown County | 545.5 | 4,082,735 | 4,038,484 | -44,251 | |
| 205 | Butler | Bluestem | 509.0 | 3,650,926 | 3,611,355 | -39,571 | |
| 206 | Butler | Remington-Whitewater | 495.9 | 3,439,451 | 3,402,172 | -37,279 | |
| 375 | Butler | Circle | 1,883.0 | 8,998,272 | 8,900,744 | -97,528 | |
| 385 | Butler | Andover | 5,674.4 | 25,098,091 | 24,826,065 | -272,026 | |
| 394 | Butler | Rose Hill Public Schools | 1,603.1 | 7,753,691 | 7,669,652 | -84,039 | |
| 396 | Butler | Douglass Public Schools | 685.0 | 4,219,096 | 4,173,367 | -45,729 | |
| 402 | Butler | Augusta | 2,173.7 | 10,761,718 | 10,645,076 | -116,641 | |
| 490 | Butler | El Dorado | 1,882.0 | 10,349,168 | 10,236,999 | -112,170 | |
| 492 | Butler | Flinthills | 277.7 | 1,977,617 | 1,956,182 | -21,434 | |
| 284 | Chase | Chase County | 344.5 | 2,516,897 | 2,489,617 | -27,279 | |
| 285 | Chautauqua | Cedar Vale | 164.1 | 1,422,544 | 1,407,125 | -15,418 | |
| 286 | Chautauqua | Chautauqua Co Community | 358.7 | 2,622,827 | 2,594,399 | -28,428 | |
| 404 | Cherokee | Riverton | 730.9 | 4,741,042 | 4,689,656 | -51,386 | |
| 493 | Cherokee | Columbus | 974.4 | 6,224,832 | 6,157,364 | -67,468 | |
| 499 | Cherokee | Galena | 796.4 | 5,364,295 | 5,306,154 | -58,141 | |
| 508 | Cherokee | Baxter Springs | 984.0 | 6,408,958 | 6,339,494 | -69,464 | |
| 103 | Cheyenne | Cheylin | 137.0 | 1,320,080 | 1,305,773 | -14,308 | |
| 297 | Cheyenne | St Francis Comm Sch | 277.0 | 1,954,505 | 1,933,321 | -21,184 | |
| 219 | Clark | Minneola | 248.5 | 1,862,827 | 1,842,637 | -20,190 | |
| 220 | Clark | Ashland | 196.5 | 1,586,639 | 1,569,442 | -17,197 | |
| 379 | Clay | Clay Center | 1,337.4 | 7,234,441 | 7,156,031 | -78,411 | |
| 333 | Cloud | Concordia | 1,016.0 | 5,853,499 | 5,790,056 | -63,443 | |
| 334 | Cloud | Southern Cloud | 233.0 | 1,924,844 | 1,903,982 | -20,862 | |
| 243 | Coffey | Lebo-Waverly | 452.5 | 3,127,054 | 3,093,161 | -33,893 | |
| 244 | Coffey | Burlington | 821.5 | 4,835,030 | 4,782,626 | -52,405 | |
| 245 | Coffey | LeRoy-Gridley | 215.3 | 1,737,252 | 1,718,423 | -18,829 | |
| 300 | Comanche | Comanche County | 311.0 | 2,301,570 | 2,276,624 | -24,946 | |
| 462 | Cowley | Central | 310.4 | 2,321,600 | 2,296,438 | -25,163 | |
| 463 | Cowley | Udall | 331.0 | 2,330,075 | 2,304,820 | -25,255 | |
| 465 | Cowley | Winfield | 2,194.2 | 11,849,522 | 11,721,091 | -128,431 | |
| 470 | Cowley | Arkansas City | 2,773.5 | 16,057,062 | 15,883,027 | -174,035 | |
| 471 | Cowley | Dexter | 145.0 | 1,257,293 | 1,243,666 | -13,627 | |
| 246 | Crawford | Northeast | 486.5 | 3,501,853 | 3,463,898 | -37,955 | |
| 247 | Crawford | Cherokee | 563.9 | 4,239,126 | 4,193,180 | -45,946 | |
| 248 | Crawford | Girard | 980.0 | 5,990,245 | 5,925,320 | -64,925 | |
| 249 | Crawford | Frontenac Public Schools | 875.5 | 5,148,198 | 5,092,399 | -55,799 | |
| 250 | Crawford | Pittsburg | 2,883.0 | 15,983,489 | 15,810,251 | -173,237 | |
| 294 | Decatur | Oberlin | 332.0 | 2,292,325 | 2,267,480 | -24,845 | |
| 393 | Dickinson | Solomon | 322.0 | 2,223,760 | 2,199,657 | -24,102 | |
| 435 | Dickinson | Abilene | 1,573.7 | 7,886,585 | 7,801,106 | -85,479 | |
| 473 | Dickinson | Chapman | 1,037.3 | 6,216,358 | 6,148,981 | -67,376 | |
| 481 | Dickinson | Rural Vista | 285.0 | 2,255,731 | 2,231,282 | -24,449 | |
| 487 | Dickinson | Herington | 475.8 | 3,243,769 | 3,208,612 | -35,158 | |
| 111 | Doniphan | Doniphan West Schools | 318.0 | 2,406,730 | 2,380,644 | -26,085 | |
| 114 | Doniphan | Riverside | 650.0 | 4,455,608 | 4,407,316 | 0 | |
| 429 | Doniphan | Troy Public Schools | 317.0 | 2,140,942 | 2,117,737 | -23,205 | |
| 348 | Douglas | Baldwin City | 1,337.6 | 6,937,067 | 6,861,879 | -75,188 | |
| 491 | Douglas | Eudora | 1,591.7 | 7,532,201 | 7,450,563 | -81,638 | |
| 497 | Douglas | Lawrence | 11,325.0 | 55,262,333 | 54,663,371 | -598,962 | |
| 347 | Edwards | Kinsley-Offerle | 333.5 | 2,613,197 | 2,584,874 | -28,323 | |
| 502 | Edwards | Lewis | 104.5 | 974,556 | 963,993 | -10,563 | |
| 282 | Elk | West Elk | 320.0 | 2,460,658 | 2,433,988 | -26,670 | |
| 283 | Elk | Elk Valley | 142.0 | 1,380,172 | 1,365,213 | -14,959 | |
| 388 | Ellis | Ellis | 410.3 | 2,561,195 | 2,533,435 | -27,760 | |
| 432 | Ellis | Victoria | 279.5 | 1,879,391 | 1,859,021 | -20,370 | |
| 489 | Ellis | Hays | 2,863.6 | 14,348,315 | 14,192,800 | -155,515 | |
| 112 | Ellsworth | Central Plains | 495.2 | 3,370,115 | 3,333,588 | 0 | |
| 327 | Ellsworth | Ellsworth | 592.0 | 3,801,154 | 3,759,955 | -41,199 | |
| 363 | Finney | Holcomb | 953.1 | 5,884,700 | 5,820,919 | -63,781 | |
| 457 | Finney | Garden City | 7,226.3 | 43,403,180 | 42,932,754 | -470,426 | |
| 381 | Ford | Spearville | 338.5 | 2,273,450 | 2,248,810 | -24,641 | |
| 443 | Ford | Dodge City | 6,443.1 | 42,026,476 | 41,570,971 | -455,505 | |
| 459 | Ford | Bucklin | 224.1 | 1,833,552 | 1,813,679 | -19,873 | |
| 287 | Franklin | West Franklin | 553.5 | 4,033,044 | 3,989,332 | -43,712 | |
| 288 | Franklin | Central Heights | 560.0 | 4,128,574 | 4,083,826 | -44,748 | |
| 289 | Franklin | Wellsville | 767.0 | 4,560,383 | 4,510,955 | -49,428 | |
| 290 | Franklin | Ottawa | 2,406.0 | 12,904,200 | 12,764,338 | -139,863 | |
| 475 | Geary | Geary County Schools | 8,309.9 | 43,790,692 | 43,316,065 | -474,627 | |
| 291 | Gove | Grinnell Public Schools | 82.5 | 798,134 | 789,484 | -8,651 | |
| 292 | Gove | Wheatland | 106.5 | 984,956 | 974,281 | -10,675 | |
| 293 | Gove | Quinter Public Schools | 286.5 | 1,922,533 | 1,901,696 | -20,837 | |
| 281 | Graham | Graham County | 391.2 | 2,581,225 | 2,553,249 | -27,977 | |
| 214 | Grant | Ulysses | 1,720.6 | 9,730,537 | 9,625,073 | -105,465 | |
| 102 | Gray | Cimmaron-Ensign | 643.1 | 4,255,690 | 4,209,564 | -46,125 | |
| 371 | Gray | Montezuma | 241.5 | 1,842,026 | 1,822,062 | -19,965 | |
| 476 | Gray | Copeland | 103.1 | 1,110,917 | 1,098,876 | -12,041 | |
| 477 | Gray | Ingalls | 227.0 | 1,745,726 | 1,726,805 | -18,921 | |
| 200 | Greeley | Greeley County Schools | 244.4 | 1,961,438 | 1,940,179 | -21,259 | |
| 386 | Greenwood | Madison-Virgil | 228.5 | 1,812,751 | 1,793,104 | -19,648 | |
| 389 | Greenwood | Eureka | 637.5 | 4,459,460 | 4,411,126 | -48,334 | |
| 390 | Greenwood | Hamilton | 88.5 | 856,300 | 847,019 | -9,281 | |
| 494 | Hamilton | Syracuse | 500.5 | 3,807,702 | 3,766,432 | -41,270 | |
| 361 | Harper | Anthony-Harper | 849.8 | 5,742,562 | 5,680,321 | -62,241 | |
| 511 | Harper | Attica | 155.1 | 1,229,173 | 1,215,851 | -13,322 | |
| 369 | Harvey | Burrton | 229.0 | 1,830,856 | 1,811,012 | -19,844 | |
| 373 | Harvey | Newton | 3,421.2 | 17,454,182 | 17,265,005 | -189,178 | |
| 439 | Harvey | Sedgwick Public Schools | 483.9 | 3,083,911 | 3,050,486 | -33,425 | |
| 440 | Harvey | Halstead | 761.9 | 4,813,074 | 4,760,907 | -52,167 | |
| 460 | Harvey | Hesston | 796.5 | 4,514,159 | 4,465,232 | -48,927 | |
| 374 | Haskell | Sublette | 488.2 | 3,614,332 | 3,575,158 | -39,174 | |
| 507 | Haskell | Satanta | 293.5 | 2,410,967 | 2,384,835 | -26,131 | |
| 227 | Hodgeman | Hodgeman County Schools | 287.5 | 2,065,442 | 2,043,056 | -22,386 | |
| 335 | Jackson | North Jackson | 376.0 | 2,683,688 | 2,654,601 | -29,087 | |
| 336 | Jackson | Holton | 1,118.5 | 6,439,774 | 6,369,976 | -69,798 | |
| 337 | Jackson | Royal Valley | 871.5 | 5,688,248 | 5,626,596 | -61,652 | |
| 338 | Jefferson | Valley Falls | 386.0 | 2,612,426 | 2,584,112 | -28,315 | |
| 339 | Jefferson | Jefferson County North | 420.0 | 2,828,138 | 2,797,486 | -30,653 | |
| 340 | Jefferson | Jefferson West | 822.0 | 4,994,888 | 4,940,751 | -54,137 | |
| 341 | Jefferson | Oskaloosa Public Schools | 534.5 | 3,799,613 | 3,758,431 | -41,182 | |
| 342 | Jefferson | McLouth | 490.1 | 3,263,029 | 3,227,663 | -35,366 | |
| 343 | Jefferson | Perry Public Schools | 759.1 | 4,941,346 | 4,887,789 | -53,557 | |
| 107 | Jewell | Rock Hills | 279.5 | 2,178,691 | 2,155,077 | -23,614 | |
| 229 | Johnson | Blue Valley | 21,387.3 | 108,657,601 | 107,479,913 | -1,177,688 | |
| 230 | Johnson | Spring Hill | 3,137.3 | 16,148,354 | 15,973,330 | -175,024 | |
| 231 | Johnson | Gardner Edgerton | 5,366.1 | 25,752,546 | 25,473,426 | -279,120 | |
| 232 | Johnson | De Soto | 6,755.6 | 32,163,044 | 31,814,444 | -348,600 | |
| 233 | Johnson | Olathe | 27,682.8 | 143,805,946 | 142,247,301 | -1,558,644 | |
| 512 | Johnson | Shawnee Mission Pub Sch | 26,281.1 | 133,211,790 | 131,767,971 | -1,443,819 | |
| 215 | Kearny | Lakin | 642.1 | 4,293,054 | 4,246,524 | -46,530 | |
| 216 | Kearny | Deerfield | 197.0 | 1,962,209 | 1,940,941 | -21,267 | |
| 331 | Kingman | Kingman – Norwich | 940.9 | 5,750,266 | 5,687,941 | -62,324 | |
| 332 | Kingman | Cunningham | 157.8 | 1,324,318 | 1,309,964 | -14,354 | |
| 422 | Kiowa | Kiowa County | 334.2 | 2,210,278 | 2,186,321 | -23,956 | |
| 474 | Kiowa | Haviland | 100.8 | 943,740 | 933,511 | -10,229 | |
| 503 | Labette | Parsons | 1,228.7 | 7,329,200 | 7,249,763 | -79,438 | |
| 504 | Labette | Oswego | 467.5 | 3,144,002 | 3,109,926 | -34,076 | |
| 505 | Labette | Chetopa-St. Paul | 454.5 | 3,094,312 | 3,060,774 | -33,538 | |
| 506 | Labette | Labette County | 1,491.8 | 8,367,700 | 8,277,006 | -90,694 | |
| 468 | Lane | Healy Public Schools | 70.5 | 721,094 | 713,279 | -7,816 | |
| 482 | Lane | Dighton | 231.5 | 1,781,165 | 1,761,860 | -19,305 | |
| 207 | Leavenworth | Ft Leavenworth | 1,702.0 | 7,937,046 | 7,851,020 | -86,026 | |
| 449 | Leavenworth | Easton | 620.5 | 4,175,568 | 4,130,311 | -45,257 | |
| 453 | Leavenworth | Leavenworth | 3,674.8 | 19,814,688 | 19,599,926 | -214,762 | |
| 458 | Leavenworth | Basehor-Linwood | 2,321.3 | 10,654,632 | 10,539,152 | -115,481 | |
| 464 | Leavenworth | Tonganoxie | 1,909.7 | 9,203,584 | 9,103,830 | -99,753 | |
| 469 | Leavenworth | Lansing | 2,485.0 | 11,597,216 | 11,471,520 | -125,697 | |
| 298 | Lincoln | Lincoln | 332.6 | 2,467,591 | 2,440,846 | -26,745 | |
| 299 | Lincoln | Sylvan Grove | 221.3 | 1,843,567 | 1,823,586 | -19,982 | |
| 344 | Linn | Pleasanton | 365.5 | 2,686,770 | 2,657,649 | -29,121 | |
| 346 | Linn | Jayhawk | 515.5 | 4,030,733 | 3,987,046 | -43,687 | |
| 362 | Linn | Prairie View | 868.6 | 5,767,600 | 5,705,087 | -62,512 | |
| 274 | Logan | Oakley | 366.1 | 2,481,844 | 2,454,944 | -26,900 | |
| 275 | Logan | Triplains | 68.0 | 741,510 | 733,473 | -8,037 | |
| 251 | Lyon | North Lyon County | 406.1 | 3,078,518 | 3,045,152 | -33,367 | |
| 252 | Lyon | Southern Lyon County | 501.0 | 3,408,250 | 3,371,309 | -36,940 | |
| 253 | Lyon | Emporia | 4,281.3 | 24,815,740 | 24,546,774 | -268,966 | |
| 397 | Marion | Centre | 487.9 | 2,929,446 | 2,897,695 | -31,751 | |
| 398 | Marion | Peabody-Burns | 254.0 | 1,992,640 | 1,971,042 | -21,597 | |
| 408 | Marion | Marion-Florence | 486.0 | 3,236,065 | 3,200,991 | -35,074 | |
| 410 | Marion | Durham-Hillsboro-Lehigh | 545.7 | 3,544,225 | 3,505,811 | -38,414 | |
| 411 | Marion | Goessel | 276.6 | 1,915,600 | 1,894,837 | -20,762 | |
| 364 | Marshall | Marysville | 707.3 | 4,415,548 | 4,367,690 | -47,858 | |
| 380 | Marshall | Vermillion | 520.5 | 3,430,591 | 3,393,409 | -37,183 | |
| 498 | Marshall | Valley Heights | 407.5 | 2,949,476 | 2,917,508 | -31,968 | |
| 400 | McPherson | Smoky Valley | 923.7 | 5,476,388 | 5,417,032 | -59,356 | |
| 418 | McPherson | McPherson | 2,282.3 | 10,811,023 | 10,693,848 | -117,176 | |
| 419 | McPherson | Canton-Galva | 355.5 | 2,605,108 | 2,576,872 | -28,236 | |
| 423 | McPherson | Moundridge | 406.2 | 2,573,136 | 2,545,247 | -27,889 | |
| 448 | McPherson | Inman | 420.3 | 2,709,882 | 2,680,511 | -29,371 | |
| 225 | Meade | Fowler | 154.0 | 1,372,082 | 1,357,211 | -14,871 | |
| 226 | Meade | Meade | 398.0 | 2,647,094 | 2,618,404 | -28,691 | |
| 367 | Miami | Osawatomie | 1,175.5 | 7,248,308 | 7,169,747 | -78,561 | |
| 368 | Miami | Paola | 1,933.0 | 9,557,582 | 9,453,992 | -103,590 | |
| 416 | Miami | Louisburg | 1,661.5 | 7,945,135 | 7,859,022 | -86,114 | |
| 272 | Mitchell | Waconda | 297.0 | 2,157,120 | 2,133,740 | -23,380 | |
| 273 | Mitchell | Beloit | 774.0 | 4,570,013 | 4,520,481 | -49,532 | |
| 436 | Montgomery | Caney Valley | 743.5 | 4,874,706 | 4,821,871 | -52,835 | |
| 445 | Montgomery | Coffeyville | 1,663.5 | 9,969,746 | 9,861,689 | -108,057 | |
| 446 | Montgomery | Independence | 1,942.2 | 10,548,702 | 10,434,370 | -114,332 | |
| 447 | Montgomery | Cherryvale | 897.7 | 5,605,045 | 5,544,295 | -60,750 | |
| 417 | Morris | Morris County | 710.8 | 4,505,684 | 4,456,849 | -48,835 | |
| 217 | Morton | Rolla | 184.6 | 1,559,290 | 1,542,389 | -16,900 | |
| 218 | Morton | Elkhart | 988.1 | 5,406,282 | 5,347,686 | -58,596 | |
| 113 | Nemaha | Prairie Hills | 1,085.9 | 6,154,340 | 6,087,636 | 0 | |
| 115 | Nemaha | Nemaha Central | 546.1 | 3,528,817 | 3,490,570 | 0 | |
| 101 | Neosho | Erie-Galesburg | 535.5 | 3,791,138 | 3,750,048 | -41,090 | |
| 413 | Neosho | Chanute Public Schools | 1,782.8 | 9,896,173 | 9,788,913 | -107,260 | |
| 106 | Ness | Western Plains | 118.0 | 1,251,130 | 1,237,569 | -13,560 | |
| 303 | Ness | Ness City | 293.9 | 2,006,892 | 1,985,140 | -21,752 | |
| 211 | Norton | Norton Community Schools | 691.1 | 4,280,728 | 4,234,331 | -46,397 | |
| 212 | Norton | Northern Valley | 169.5 | 1,465,686 | 1,449,800 | -15,886 | |
| 420 | Osage | Osage City | 631.0 | 3,934,818 | 3,892,170 | -42,648 | |
| 421 | Osage | Lyndon | 400.5 | 2,730,298 | 2,700,705 | -29,592 | |
| 434 | Osage | Santa Fe Trail | 995.5 | 6,127,376 | 6,060,965 | -66,412 | |
| 454 | Osage | Burlingame Public School | 301.1 | 2,079,695 | 2,057,154 | -22,541 | |
| 456 | Osage | Marais Des Cygnes Valley | 255.5 | 2,133,623 | 2,110,497 | -23,125 | |
| 392 | Osborne | Osborne County | 280.1 | 2,073,917 | 2,051,439 | -22,478 | |
| 239 | Ottawa | North Ottawa County | 607.3 | 3,870,490 | 3,828,539 | -41,950 | |
| 240 | Ottawa | Twin Valley | 592.9 | 3,719,876 | 3,679,558 | -40,318 | |
| 495 | Pawnee | Ft Larned | 882.5 | 5,674,381 | 5,612,879 | -61,502 | |
| 496 | Pawnee | Pawnee Heights | 165.7 | 1,223,395 | 1,210,135 | -13,260 | |
| 110 | Phillips | Thunder Ridge Schools | 218.0 | 1,900,962 | 1,880,358 | -20,604 | |
| 325 | Phillips | Phillipsburg | 590.5 | 3,712,172 | 3,671,938 | -40,234 | |
| 326 | Phillips | Logan | 153.5 | 1,419,462 | 1,404,077 | -15,385 | |
| 320 | Pottawatomie | Wamego | 1,495.8 | 7,234,826 | 7,156,412 | -78,415 | |
| 321 | Pottawatomie | Kaw Valley | 1,123.0 | 6,306,494 | 6,238,141 | -68,353 | |
| 322 | Pottawatomie | Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton | 304.5 | 2,143,253 | 2,120,023 | -23,230 | |
| 323 | Pottawatomie | Rock Creek | 901.3 | 5,534,168 | 5,474,186 | -59,982 | |
| 382 | Pratt | Pratt | 1,170.7 | 6,436,692 | 6,366,928 | -69,764 | |
| 438 | Pratt | Skyline Schools | 406.0 | 2,649,020 | 2,620,309 | -28,711 | |
| 105 | Rawlins | Rawlins County | 323.5 | 2,346,638 | 2,321,204 | -25,434 | |
| 308 | Reno | Hutchinson Public Schools | 4,837.2 | 26,118,101 | 25,835,019 | -283,082 | |
| 309 | Reno | Nickerson | 1,112.0 | 6,810,721 | 6,736,903 | -73,818 | |
| 310 | Reno | Fairfield | 274.5 | 2,318,134 | 2,293,008 | -25,125 | |
| 311 | Reno | Pretty Prairie | 272.4 | 1,944,875 | 1,923,795 | -21,080 | |
| 312 | Reno | Haven Public Schools | 911.0 | 5,603,504 | 5,542,771 | -60,734 | |
| 313 | Reno | Buhler | 2,129.5 | 11,145,377 | 11,024,577 | -120,799 | |
| 109 | Republic | Republic County | 470.3 | 3,206,405 | 3,171,652 | -34,753 | |
| 426 | Republic | Pike Valley | 205.5 | 1,707,592 | 1,689,084 | -18,508 | |
| 376 | Rice | Sterling | 520.4 | 3,295,386 | 3,259,669 | -35,717 | |
| 401 | Rice | Chase-Raymond | 164.5 | 1,489,954 | 1,473,805 | -16,149 | |
| 405 | Rice | Lyons | 796.6 | 5,278,781 | 5,221,567 | -57,214 | |
| 444 | Rice | Little River | 324.3 | 2,249,568 | 2,225,186 | -24,382 | |
| 378 | Riley | Riley County | 658.5 | 4,197,910 | 4,152,410 | -45,499 | |
| 383 | Riley | Manhattan-Ogden | 6,069.7 | 29,497,075 | 29,177,370 | -319,705 | |
| 384 | Riley | Blue Valley | 180.0 | 1,498,043 | 1,481,806 | -16,237 | |
| 269 | Rooks | Palco | 108.1 | 1,128,251 | 1,116,022 | -12,229 | |
| 270 | Rooks | Plainville | 370.0 | 2,374,758 | 2,349,019 | -25,739 | |
| 271 | Rooks | Stockton | 293.0 | 2,075,458 | 2,052,963 | -22,495 | |
| 395 | Rush | LaCrosse | 291.0 | 2,079,695 | 2,057,154 | -22,541 | |
| 403 | Rush | Otis-Bison | 237.5 | 1,773,461 | 1,754,239 | -19,222 | |
| 399 | Russell | Paradise | 118.0 | 1,134,414 | 1,122,119 | -12,295 | |
| 407 | Russell | Russell County | 767.0 | 4,809,222 | 4,757,097 | -52,125 | |
| 305 | Saline | Salina | 7,005.8 | 37,166,022 | 36,763,197 | -402,825 | |
| 306 | Saline | Southeast Of Saline | 697.9 | 4,366,627 | 4,319,299 | -47,328 | |
| 307 | Saline | Ell-Saline | 474.1 | 3,177,515 | 3,143,075 | -34,440 | |
| 466 | Scott | Scott County | 910.0 | 5,621,224 | 5,560,298 | -60,926 | |
| 259 | Sedgwick | Wichita | 47,256.8 | 281,361,636 | 278,312,091 | -3,049,545 | |
| 260 | Sedgwick | Derby | 6,503.5 | 32,627,981 | 32,274,342 | -353,639 | |
| 261 | Sedgwick | Haysville | 5,198.9 | 27,740,948 | 27,440,277 | -300,671 | |
| 262 | Sedgwick | Valley Center Pub Sch | 2,707.5 | 13,400,338 | 13,255,098 | -145,240 | |
| 263 | Sedgwick | Mulvane | 1,747.9 | 8,481,334 | 8,389,408 | -91,925 | |
| 264 | Sedgwick | Clearwater | 1,132.8 | 6,107,731 | 6,041,532 | -66,199 | |
| 265 | Sedgwick | Goddard | 5,231.7 | 25,479,439 | 25,203,280 | -276,160 | |
| 266 | Sedgwick | Maize | 6,849.7 | 32,388,386 | 32,037,344 | -351,042 | |
| 267 | Sedgwick | Renwick | 1,874.0 | 8,681,638 | 8,587,541 | -94,096 | |
| 268 | Sedgwick | Cheney | 761.1 | 4,435,578 | 4,387,503 | -48,075 | |
| 480 | Seward | Liberal | 4,734.0 | 29,552,544 | 29,232,238 | -320,306 | |
| 483 | Seward | Kismet-Plains | 699.5 | 5,932,850 | 5,868,547 | -64,303 | |
| 345 | Shawnee | Seaman | 3,762.8 | 18,326,275 | 18,127,645 | -198,630 | |
| 372 | Shawnee | Silver Lake | 690.0 | 4,049,608 | 4,005,716 | -43,892 | |
| 437 | Shawnee | Auburn Washburn | 5,919.1 | 28,475,525 | 28,166,892 | -308,633 | |
| 450 | Shawnee | Shawnee Heights | 3,503.6 | 17,506,184 | 17,316,443 | -189,741 | |
| 501 | Shawnee | Topeka Public Schools | 13,294.6 | 75,498,044 | 74,679,757 | -818,287 | |
| 412 | Sheridan | Hoxie Community Schools | 340.0 | 2,216,056 | 2,192,037 | -24,019 | |
| 352 | Sherman | Goodland | 1,047.5 | 6,155,111 | 6,088,398 | -66,712 | |
| 237 | Smith | Smith Center | 391.4 | 2,689,852 | 2,660,698 | -29,154 | |
| 349 | Stafford | Stafford | 263.0 | 1,870,531 | 1,850,257 | -20,274 | |
| 350 | Stafford | St John-Hudson | 345.5 | 2,390,936 | 2,365,022 | -25,914 | |
| 351 | Stafford | Macksville | 239.6 | 2,029,234 | 2,007,240 | -21,994 | |
| 452 | Stanton | Stanton County | 439.6 | 3,261,103 | 3,225,758 | -35,346 | |
| 209 | Stevens | Moscow Public Schools | 190.7 | 1,631,322 | 1,613,641 | -17,681 | |
| 210 | Stevens | Hugoton Public Schools | 1,058.3 | 6,784,142 | 6,710,612 | -73,530 | |
| 353 | Sumner | Wellington | 1,557.5 | 8,232,494 | 8,143,266 | -89,228 | |
| 356 | Sumner | Conway Springs | 476.5 | 3,121,661 | 3,087,827 | -33,834 | |
| 357 | Sumner | Belle Plaine | 600.8 | 3,743,374 | 3,702,801 | -40,573 | |
| 358 | Sumner | Oxford | 353.0 | 2,364,743 | 2,339,112 | -25,630 | |
| 359 | Sumner | Argonia Public Schools | 165.9 | 1,351,282 | 1,336,636 | -14,646 | |
| 360 | Sumner | Caldwell | 247.0 | 1,824,692 | 1,804,915 | -19,777 | |
| 509 | Sumner | South Haven | 179.5 | 1,505,747 | 1,489,427 | -16,320 | |
| 314 | Thomas | Brewster | 111.0 | 923,324 | 913,317 | -10,007 | |
| 315 | Thomas | Colby Public Schools | 902.7 | 5,345,035 | 5,287,103 | -57,932 | |
| 316 | Thomas | Golden Plains | 182.4 | 1,602,047 | 1,584,683 | -17,364 | |
| 208 | Trego | Wakeeney | 370.3 | 2,423,678 | 2,397,409 | -26,269 | |
| 329 | Wabaunsee | Mill Creek Valley | 453.5 | 3,160,181 | 3,125,929 | -34,252 | |
| 330 | Wabaunsee | Mission Valley | 454.0 | 3,266,496 | 3,231,092 | -35,404 | |
| 241 | Wallace | Wallace County Schools | 185.5 | 1,481,479 | 1,465,422 | -16,057 | |
| 242 | Wallace | Weskan | 96.0 | 840,506 | 831,397 | -9,110 | |
| 108 | Washington | Washington Co. Schools | 344.0 | 2,405,189 | 2,379,120 | -26,069 | |
| 223 | Washington | Barnes | 341.0 | 2,513,815 | 2,486,569 | -27,246 | |
| 224 | Washington | Clifton-Clyde | 320.0 | 2,187,166 | 2,163,460 | -23,706 | |
| 467 | Wichita | Leoti | 405.0 | 3,020,353 | 2,987,617 | -32,736 | |
| 387 | Wilson | Altoona-Midway | 211.0 | 1,797,728 | 1,778,244 | -19,485 | |
| 461 | Wilson | Neodesha | 678.0 | 4,408,614 | 4,360,831 | -47,783 | |
| 484 | Wilson | Fredonia | 651.9 | 4,345,441 | 4,298,343 | -47,098 | |
| 366 | Woodson | Woodson | 430.6 | 3,119,350 | 3,085,540 | -33,809 | |
| 202 | Wyandotte | Turner-Kansas City | 3,985.8 | 23,336,572 | 23,083,638 | -252,934 | |
| 203 | Wyandotte | Piper-Kansas City | 1,897.0 | 8,858,830 | 8,762,813 | -96,017 | |
| 204 | Wyandotte | Bonner Springs | 2,526.1 | 13,222,760 | 13,079,445 | -143,315 | |
| 500 | Wyandotte | Kansas City | 20,524.7 | 129,489,602 | 128,086,126 | -1,403,476 |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — After a huge hack, Anthem is warning about “phishing” scam emails that are targeting people it insures or has insured in the past.
The company behind Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance this week said hackers accessed records of about 80 million people, including their names, Social Security numbers and email addresses.
Anthem Inc. said Friday that the scam emails did not come from Anthem, but are meant to look like they do. The emails instruct individuals to click on a link for credit monitoring services.
Anthem will send physical mail through the U.S. Postal Service with information on how to sign up for credit monitoring
Anthem also says it’s not calling people, and if they get a call it is from a scam artist trying to obtain personal information.
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The oldest man on death row in Missouri is scheduled for execution next month for killing a deputy sheriff.
The Missouri Supreme Court on Friday set an execution date of March 17 for 74-year-old Cecil Clayton.
Barry County Deputy Christopher Castetter, a 29-year-old father of three, was killed the day before Thanksgiving in 1996. Castetter went to Clayton’s home near Cassville to check on a suspicious vehicle report. The deputy was shot once in the head before he got out of his car.
Clayton became Missouri’s oldest death row inmate in November when 75-year-old Kenneth Baumruk died of natural causes. Baumruk was awaiting execution for killing his wife and injuring four others during a 1992 shooting rampage at the St. Louis County Courthouse.
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — The lead attorney for a white supremacist from Missouri charged with killing three people at Jewish sites in Kansas has withdrawn from the case.
During a hearing Friday, attorney Ron Evans asked to withdraw because of a breakdown in communication with Frazier Glenn Miller Jr. District Judge Kelly Ryan granted the request, saying the communication problems prevented Evans from effectively representing Miller.
The 74-year-old Miller, of Aurora, Missouri, is charged with killing two people outside the Jewish Community Center in Overland Park and a woman at the nearby Village Shalom care center on April 13, 2014. Miller has said he wanted to kill Jews. None of his victims were Jewish.
The Kansas City Star reports the change in attorneys could delay a preliminary hearing scheduled for March 2.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — Florida authorities have decided not to come to Nebraska now to retrieve a woman wanted on a Florida warrant alleging felony theft.
Nebraska authorities have charged 56-year-old Cynthia Anderson with animal neglect, accusing her of drowning a puppy in a Grand Island airport bathroom. She’s free on bond awaiting Nebraska action, now that she’s not being held for Florida authorities.
Hall County Attorney Jack Zitterkopf told The Grand Island Independent (http://bit.ly/1ELMfLm ) that when Florida officials learned they would have to come to Nebraska for Anderson, they decided it wasn’t worth the effort.
A spokesman for Florida’s 7th Judicial Circuit, Spencer Hathaway, said Friday that the Florida case will remain pending and a decision about any effort to return Anderson to Florida will be reviewed after the Nebraska case is completed.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Nixa, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court Wednesday for receiving and distributing child pornography over the Internet according to Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri.
Michael Wunderlee, 41, of Nixa, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to 11 years and nine months in federal prison without parole. The court also sentenced Wunderlee to 10 years of supervised release following incarceration.
Wunderlee, who pleaded guilty on Sept. 8, 2014, admitted that he received and distributed child pornography over the Internet between May 13, 2010, and Feb. 25, 2012.
Federal agents from the National Park Service and the FBI executed a search warrant at Wunderlee’s residence as part of an investigation into another person’s use of a stolen government credit card number of a National Park Service employee. Wunderlee’s computer was seized and transported for forensic examination, which found approximately 139 videos and approximately 23 images of child pornography, including pre-pubescent victims.
Wunderlee admitted that he used file-sharing software to download the images and videos. The software automatically saved the downloaded images and videos to a share folder on his computer and made them available to be downloaded by others using the program.
Wunderlee was arrested on Sept. 30, 2013, and released on bond on Nov. 22, 2013, which included home detention and location monitoring. However, on or about Feb. 28, 2014, in order to avoid prosecution, Wunderlee absconded after cashing out his retirement account at Cox Hospital and leaving a note indicating he intended to commit suicide. On Aug. 6, 2014, FBI agents arrested Wunderlee at a home in Spotsylvania, Va.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven M. Mohlhenrich. It was investigated by the FBI and the National Park Service.
