Kansas State got the bad taste of its first loss out of its mouth with an 80-61 victory over Green Bay Wednesday night at Bramlage Coliseum. Barry Brown’s 18 points led the way, but it was a balanced scoring effort throughout for the Wildcats, who never trailed. On the heels of a 69-68 heartbreaker to Maryland in the Barclays Center Classic, K-State (6-1) opened the game with focus and intensity. The Wildcats shot 55 percent in the opening period and led by as many as 16. “I challenged them to come ready to play and they did,” K-State coach Bruce…
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AP-KS–LawrenceSewage LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Officials say close to 2 million gallons of raw sewage overflowed from a manhole in south Lawrence, prompting a health and stream advisory. The Lawrence Journal World reports the overflow happened after a bypass pump failed Monday evening. Officials say sewage overflowed the manhole for about 12 hours and went into the nearby Naismith Creek. The city wasn’t aware of the overflow until Tuesday morning, and the flow of sewage was stopped about an hour after it was reported. Officials say the sewage could result in elevated levels of bacteria and contaminants in the creek, which…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A man charged with shooting and injuring a Topeka police detective has a criminal record, including a sex crime case and a case involving another law enforcement officer. Twenty-nine-year-old Christopher Curtis Harris appeared in court Monday on charges of attempted capital murder, aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, aggravated robbery and criminal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. It wasn’t clear if Harris has an attorney. Harris and detective Brian Hill exchanged gunfire Nov. 5, while Hill was trying to apprehend the suspect after a convenience store robbery. Hill is expected to make a…
A Kansas Department of Corrections inmate serving time on rape, aggravated sodomy, and aggravated burglary charges in Geary County has apparently been passed over for parole. Ronald Smith, 48, was sentenced to the KDOC in May of 1990. Smith was up for public comment sessions and possible parole this past summer but the KDOC website indicates his earliest possible release date is now November of 2018. Smith is currently being held in El Dorado.
Today’s edition of In Focus was Open Phones with Cathy and Dave.
WICHITA –A spring trial date has been set for three Kansas men accused of plotting to bomb an apartment complex where Somali immigrants live, with one of the three originally from Manhattan. . U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren scheduled on Wednesday the jury trial for April 25 at the federal courthouse in Wichita. Prosecutors say Patrick Stein,47, Gavin Wright,51, formerly of Manhattan, and Curtis Allen,49, were part of a militia group called The Crusaders. The government alleges they conspired to detonate truck bombs at an apartment complex where 120 Somali immigrants live in the meatpacking town of Garden City.…
Police arrested 24-year-old Logan Joye, of Junction City yesterday. Joye was arrested for the offenses of motion to revoke parole or probation which were listed on warrants from Geary County with a total bond of $15,000.00. 21-year-old Louisville man Mark Hecker was also arrested yesterday. Hecker was arrested for a warrant with the offense of probation violation. He was given a bond of $5,000.00. The original offense listed on this warrant was aggravated battery/theft. Officers with the Riley County Police Department filed a report for the offenses of aggravated burglary, aggravated intimidation of a victim or witness, battery, and criminal damage to…
Today’s guests for In Focus were USD 383 School Board President Marcia Rozell, Board member Pat Hudgins on the special meeting regarding MHS mascot, and Northview Music Teacher Laurie Davis. Rozell and Hudgins: Davis:
Today’s guests on In Focus were: Director. Biosecurity Research Institute Stephen Higgs Steve Hargrave and Bob Mertz with Riley County Farm Bureau
What do Steven Spielberg, Thomas Edison, Jane Goodall, and Elon Musk have in common? All have become famous for their inventions or creativity but they were “quirky” and “kind of different” from the average child at a very young age–and struggled with conventional education or learning. Autism spokesperson Temple Grandin also is kind of different or “weird” as she would say — but shared some suggestions during Tuesday’s Landon lecture at Kansas State University. And she is concerned about the ways we are educating our young people today at a time we need them in a variety of different fields.…