LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas graduate Jason Booker has been hired as Deputy Athletics Director for External Affairs and Revenue Generation, Director of Athletics Travis Goff announced today. Booker will begin in his role immediately. Goff also announced Nicole Corcoran has been promoted to Deputy Athletics Director for Sports Administration and Student-Athlete Well-Being (Senior Woman Administrator). Additionally, in an effort to increase Kansas Athletics’ efforts on diversity and inclusion, Paul Pierce II will begin a newly created position as Associate Athletics Director for Inclusive Excellence.
Jason Booker – Deputy Athletics Director for External Affairs and Revenue Generation
Booker comes to KU after serving as the Senior Director of Corporate Partnerships and Broadcast Sales for the Kansas City Royals since 2014. Booker brings more than 24 years of professional experience with him back to Lawrence.
Taco Johns at 214 Leavenworth Street seen in this July 8 photo. The restaurant has stood vacant since a March 28 fire. (Steven Shaffur/KMAN)
Nearly 3 and a half months after it caught fire, Manhattan’s Taco John’s restaurant remains closed.
Manhattan Fire Department Fire Marshal Jake Powell gave a brief update on In Focus this week about the status of repairs at the store.
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Fire investigators in late May determined the March 28 fire was accidental, caused by ignited cooking oil on soiled towels in a storage area.
Manhattan inspectors also this week issued a $13.2 million permit to Stormont Vail Healthcare for its new medical complex, on the east edge of the K-State campus.
Riley County judge to sit with Kansas Supreme Court
21st Judicial District Judge John Bosch, serves Clay and Riley counties. (official photo)
A Riley County district judge will sit with the Kansas Supreme Court to help decide a case on the May 28 docket.
Judge John Bosch, who serves in the 21st Judicial District, representing Riley and Clay counties, will join 10th Judicial District Judge Keven O’Grady of Johnson County by teleconference.
The two will hear a petition for review out of Shawnee County over Stormont Vail Healthcare v. Harold E. Sievers. At issue is a matter of whether the district court and Court of Appeals erred by concluding the wages earned by Sievers lost their status as earnings once deposited into his bank account. Sievers had argued they were exempt under Kansas law.