GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) Baylor’s first BCS bowl appearance was a big-time bust. The sixth-ranked Bears, a 17-point favorite in the Fiesta Bowl at kickoff, never led against No. 15 Central Florida in a stinging 52-42 loss Wednesday night. This was supposed to be the most one-sided of all the BCS bowls this year, but UCF, not Baylor, had the unstoppable offense. The Bears did roll up 550 yards, but UCF had 556 and fewer mistakes. The Knights (12-1) scored touchdowns on their first two possessions. Baylor (11-2) tied it at 28 with 10:18 left in the third quarter, but UCF…
Author: KMAN Staff
The first snowstorm of 2014 is heading for the northeast. The storm is expected to drop six inches or more of snow in New York and Southern New England on Thursday and Friday.
Legal retail sales of pot began in Colorado on Wednesday. Shops limited the amount of marijuana each customer could buy amid concerns of enough supply. Concerns about widespread unruly crowds and pot smoking outside stores didn’t materialize.
A billowing fire engulfed a three-story building near downtown Minneapolis on Wednesday morning, sending 14 people to hospitals with injuries ranging from burns to trauma associated with falls.
Bill de Blasio takes the oath of office administered by former President Bill Clinton, formally becoming the 109th mayor of New York City while pledging to pursue a sweeping liberal agenda.
Updated 10 a.m. Thursday: Fort Riley authorities reacted Thursday to the recovery Wednesday afternoon of the body of a soldier assigned to the 1st Infantry Division’s 1st Combat Aviation Brigade at Milford Lake. Specialist Thomas L. Hedrick III, 31, of Thebes, Illinois., drowned Dec. 24 after falling through the ice on Milford Lake while duck hunting. Maj. Gen. Paul E. Funk II, 1st Inf. Div. and Fort Riley’s commanding general says “We are deeply saddened by this tragedy, yet thankful that our civil partners, particularly those from Geary County, were able to recover Thomas’ remains. Maj. Gen. Funk II, adds they hope…
Updated Noon Thursday: The victim’s name has been released in Wednesday’s apparent homicide in St. Mary’s. He has been identified as Levi Bishop, 24, of Rossville. ### Jan.1 release– The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Department is investigating an apparent homicide in St. Marys. Sheriff Greg Riat has announced on January 1st a vehicle drove into the parking lot of the St.Marys’ Police Department and an occupant of the vehicle summoned an on duty St. Marys Police officer, reporting an individual in the vehicle had suffered a gunshot wound. At approximately the same time at 4:43 a.m. Sheriff Dispatch received a 911…
Fireworks and grand celebrations are welcoming 2014 across the globe, but many who have had a difficult year are hoping for better times in 2014.
President Barack Obama shakes hands with people waiting to meet him as he holds his shave ice outside Island Snow, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2014. The first family is in Hawaii for their annual holiday vacation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
On January 4, 2014, in Manhattan, A recognition ceremony will take place during the K-State vs. Oklahoma State basketball game in which two nurses, Linda Patterson, of Dwight, and her daughter Dani Patterson, of Topeka, will be honored for saving the life of a K-State fan, according to Dr. Tom Craig, Junction City internist. This heroic deed happened during the K-State vs. Oklahoma football game on November 23 when a fellow fan sitting just two rows in front of Linda and Dani suddenly had a heart attack and went into cardiac arrest. While Dani proceeded with CPR, Linda was on…