MANHATTAN — David and Ellie Everitt, Marco Island, Florida, have made a gift of $3 million to Kansas State University — $2 million will go to the School of Leadership Studies to establish the David and Ellie Everitt Endowment for the Leading Change Institutes, and $1 million will benefit the new K-State Welcome Center. The Leading Change Institutes is a new initiative to begin in summer 2015. It will bring together influential leaders and scholars focused on the grand challenges of our times, and capture that thinking through substantive and accessible publications — sharing and testing ideas that confront…
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The Riley County Police Department has made an arrest in connection with a burglary and criminal damage to property investigation reported earlier this week. 19 year old Dillon Short, 19, of Manhattan was taken into custody on several possible charges including burglary to a dwelling, felony theft, obstruction of the legal process, misdemeanor theft, and making a false writing. Short was arrested in the 8800 block of Green Valley Drive at about 1:40 Wednesday afternoon, and was later released from custody on $10,000. RCPD filed a report Sunday after Everett Adkins reported losing possession of several hunting supplies, a rifle, and a…
Kansas State University commencement ceremonies will be Saturday, May 10, at Kansas State University Salina, and Friday, May 16, and Saturday, May 17, on the Manhattan campus. The class of 2014 is the 147th to graduate from the university since the first class graduated in 1867. To be awarded will be more than 2,550 bachelor’s degrees; 676 master’s degrees; 118 doctoral degrees; 100 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degrees; and nearly 30 associate degrees. About 240 students are earning their degree through distance education, which is offered through Kansas State University Global Campus. A live webcast of the ceremonies will be…
More than 100 jail inmates and corrections officers are injured and two people are dead, after an explosion at a jail in Pensacola, Florida. Officials do not know if the blast was connected to the massive flooding in the area.
Police in Northern Ireland arrested Sinn Fein party leader Gerry Adams on Wednesday over his alleged involvement in the Irish Republican Army’s 1972 abduction, killing and secret burial of a Belfast widow.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Alcides Escobar is a maestro with his glove, making the kinds difficult of plays at shortstop that has helped to make the Kansas City Royals one of the best defensive teams in baseball. On Wednesday night, Escobar showed he can swing the bat a bit, too. His two-run double in the seventh inning proved to be the difference in a tense 4-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. Eric Hosmer drove in the other two runs for the Royals, whose bullpen blew a 2-0 lead for young starter Yordano Ventura before holding on to beat Toronto…
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma State announced Wednesday that it has hired former Houston coach James Dickey as an assistant. Dickey coached at Houston the past four years before resigning because of a family matter. The Cougars went 17-16 last season with an 8-10 record in the American Athletic Conference. He led the Cougars to a 20-13 record and a CBI bid the previous season. Dickey was an assistant at Oklahoma State from 2002-08 and helped develop future NBA players Tony Allen, Joey Graham, Stephen Graham, John Lucas and Ivan McFarlin. Before that, he spent 10 seasons as head coach at…
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) Southern Mississippi has hired former Nebraska coach Doc Sadler as its next basketball coach. The school announced the hiring late Wednesday and will have a news conference Thursday afternoon. Sadler coached the Cornhuskers from 2006 to 2012, leading them to three appearances in the NIT. He was an assistant at Iowa State last season under Fred Hoiberg, and the Cyclones finished with a 28-8 record and an appearance in the NCAA tournament’s Sweet 16. Southern Miss athletic director Bill McGillis said in a statement that the Golden Eagles “hired one of the great coaches in America and…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Myles Turner, one of the top high school basketball players in the country, said Wednesday he will play at Texas, giving the Longhorns a lineup that could challenge for the Big 12 title next season. Turner announced his decision in a televised campus event at Euless Trinity High School near Fort Worth. The 6-foot-11 center was a McDonald’s All-American last season, averaging 18 points, 12 rebounds and nearly seven blocks. Turner will join a Texas lineup that returns five starters from a team that went 24-11 and played in the NCAA tournament after a losing season in…
Authorities rescued hundreds from flash floods overnight Wednesday in Florida’s Panhandle. The AP’s John Mone says this the latest damage from a severe weather system that’s killed dozens this week.