K-State coach Bruce Weber officially added his first two members of the recruiting class of 2014. Both Northwest Florida State College big man Stephen Hurt and Edwardsville, IL combo guard Tre Harris inked their national letter of intent on Wednesday when the early signing period opened. Hurt is 6 feet 10 inches tall and 280 pounds, and averaged 11.5 points and 7.8 rebounds per game last season at Lipscomb before transferring due to head coach Scott Sanderson stepping down. Harris, who is 6 foot 5 inches tall and 180 pounds, wasn’t on anybody else’s radar after he went to Fishburne…
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K-State coach Bruce Weber officially added his first two members of the recruiting class of 2014. Both Northwest Florida State College big man Stephen Hurt and Edwardsville, IL combo guard Tre Harris inked their national letter of intent on Wednesday when the early signing period opened. Hurt is 6 feet 10 inches tall and 280 pounds, and averaged 11.5 points and 7.8 rebounds per game last season at Lipscomb before transferring due to head coach Scott Sanderson stepping down. Harris, who is 6 foot 5 inches tall and 180 pounds, wasn’t on anybody else’s radar after he went to Fishburne…
A home video camera caught the power of Typhoon Haiyan as it hit Leyte province in the Philippines. Storm survivor Michelle Veloso gives an eyewitness account.
Federal, state and local authorities are investigating an explosion outside a county District Attorney’s office in Medford, Oregon. The device failed to fully detonate, and mostly broke windows.
Federal, state and local authorities are investigating an explosion outside a county District Attorney’s office in Medford, Oregon. The device failed to fully detonate, and mostly broke windows.
Marcus Foster scored 25 points and Kansas State overcame a stretch which saw them go the first seven minutes of the game without a Field Goal to rally and defeat Oral Roberts 71-63 Wednesday night at Bramlage Coliseum to pick up their first win of the 2013-14 season. Oral Roberts jumped out to a 12-2 lead before Nino Williams knocked home that first Field Goal with 13-12 remaining in the first half. The deficit grew to 16-4 before the Wildcats finally got moving and outscored the Golden Eagles 26-11 for the rest of the half to grab a 30-27 halftime…
ABILENE, Kan. (AP) A former Kansas teacher will spend 15 weekends in jail for having sexual relations with a 17-year-old male student. The Abilene Reflector-Chronicle reports Amber Stroda, 28, will also serve three days of probation under the sentence she received Wednesday in Dickinson County District Court. Stroda taught third grade at Solomon Elementary School and was also a dance team sponsor at Solomon High School. She resigned from her teaching job in October 2012. Stroda was initially charged with six counts of engaging in consensual sex with a student at least 16 years old. She pleaded guilty in August to…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Several Arizona groups want to join a lawsuit opposing efforts by Kansas and Arizona to force a federal agency to help the states’ enforce their proof-of-citizenship rules for new voters. A motion to intervene was filed Wednesday in federal court in Wichita by the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, the Arizona Advocacy Network, League of United Latin American Citizens of Arizona and Arizona state Sen. Steve Gallardo. Kansas and Arizona are seeking a preliminary injunction at a Dec. 13 hearing to force the U.S. Election Assistance Commission to modify a national voter registration form. The groups contend…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A Missouri man who sold counterfeit goods at a store in Kansas has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said in a news release Wednesday that Jehad Shalabi, 45, of Blue Springs, Mo., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit trademark goods. He sold the merchandise at the Joe Black store in Kansas City, Kan. Prosecutors say FBI agents working undercover bought counterfeit items at the store and agents searching the store in June 2011 seized 588 counterfeit items with trademarks including Polo Ralph Lauren, Nike and Major League…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas State Board of Education members are considering a proposal for a multistate group to develop new, standardized tests for public schools. The proposal on Wednesday’s agenda comes from the state Department of Education. Commissioner Diane DeBacker said the department wants the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium to develop math, reading and language arts tests to be given first in spring 2015. Kansas is among 21 states involved in running the consortium, which is based in Washington state. Under the department’s plan, the University of Kansas would still administer the tests developed by the multistate group. The university…