Marcus Foster scored 17 points and Nino Williams added 15 including three clutch free throws in the game’s final 13 seconds to lift Kansas State to a 74-71 upset over sixth-ranked Oklahoma State before a sold out Bramlage Coliseum Saturday afternoon in the Big 12 opener for both teams. In a very physical contest K-State went toe to toe with a team that Head Coach Bruce Weber called a potential Final Four team that was missing two key players. Center Michael Cobbins had season ending surgery on his Achilles Tendon earlier this week and then backup point guard Stevie Clark…
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The Leonardville man involved in the fatal accident back in October, where Trevor Redding (17) died, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter. Garrett Olson (20) was arrested Friday by Riley County Police and charged with two felonies-failing to stop at an injury accident, and involuntary manslaughter. His bond was set at $10,000. However Monday’s Riley County Police report indicates Olson was released on $35,000 bond over the weekend. Olson was driving a 1990 Honda Accord Eastbound on LK & W Road, during that accident, just two miles northeast of Leonardville when the vehicle went into a skid , entered a…
A federal jury has returned guilty verdicts against three men convicted for their roles in a $28 million drug trafficking conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today. Marvin Lee Ellis, 36, Kansas City, Kan., was convicted Friday on one count of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, three counts of distributing crack cocaine, one count of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, one count of maintaining a residence in furtherance of drug trafficking at 921 Haskell in Kansas City, Kan., one count of unlawful possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and one count of unlawful possession…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A Lawrence disc jockey whose friends reported him missing has been found dead on the grounds of a northeast Kansas park. The manager of Clinton State Park told the Lawrence Journal-World that a body found Friday morning has been identified as that of 26-year-old Michael Packard. No information was released about the cause of death, but Lawrence police spokeswoman Kim Murphree says foul play is not suspected. Packard was last seen on New Year’s Eve at The Granada Theater, where he was working the door. Friends filed a missing person report Friday morning after Packard missed his…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A federal appeals court has ruled that a Kansas man was legally in custody while under house confinement and can be prosecuted for escape for leaving his home. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday reversed a lower court’s dismissal of the indictment charging Michael Ko with escape for failing to return his Leavenworth home. Ko received a five-year sentence for a 2009 conviction of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. He served most of his sentence in prison. With about four months left on it, the Bureau of Prisons transferred Ko to confinement at his home…
ATCHISON, Kan. (AP) Members of a northeast Kansas police department are mourning the loss of a four-legged colleague known for helping crack big cases and letting children pat his tummy. KAIR-FM reports the Atchison Police Department’s tracking and narcotics detection dog Bear died Wednesday of a terminal medical condition. The department says Bear died surrounded by fellow officers, and a private memorial service is planned next week. Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson said Bear came to the department in January 2008 and worked with Cpl. John Ross. The dog assisted the biggest methamphetamine and high grade marijuana seizure in department…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The Libertarian party will pick its candidate for governor at the party’s convention in Wichita on April 26. About 150 registered Libertarians will choose between Keen Umbehr and Tresa McAlhaney. Because Libertarians are not considered a major party in Kansas, they are prohibited from picking their candidate by ballot in a primary election in August. Some Libertarians say having a primary election like Democrats and Republicans would improve their candidate’s chances for a good showing during the general election in November. The Kansas City Star reports that a political party in Kansas must get 5 percent of…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Topeka officials are talking about making improvements to the city’s water purification process after struggling to comply with strict new guidelines. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that water in Topeka itself is still in compliance. But three suppliers that receive water from the city recently received notice from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment that their levels of haloacetic acids were higher than the state allows. Haloacetic acids are byproducts created from chlorine water filtration. The Environmental Protection Agency has identified the possibility that some people who drink water containing high levels of the acids over several…
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, right, and President Vladimir Putin drink tea in a skiing and biathlon complex “Laura” at the mountain resort of Krasnaya Polyana near the Black Sea resort of Sochi, southern Russia, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014.
A man clears snow from a vehicle on Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. A winter storm slammed into the U.S. Northeast with howling winds and frigid cold, dumping nearly two feet (60 centimeters) of snow in some parts and whipping up blizzard-like conditions Friday. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)