Shane Southwell scored a career-high 21 points to lead three Wildcats in double figures and Kansas State overcame a sluggish start with an incredible scoring run en route to a 72-55 victory over George Washington in the final non-conference tune-up before a sellout crowd of 12,532 Tuesday afternoon at Bramlage Coliseum. The Colonials who were 11-1 entering the contest knocked down seven of their first nine shots for an incredible 78 percent as they jumped out to a 15-6 lead with 15:24 left in the first half. However, George Washington’s score wouldn’t change again until seven minutes 24 seconds later…
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A juvenile party resulted in several arrests, according to a press release issued Tuesday. Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the area of 202 Norther Heights Circle on St. George for a parking complaint, around 2 a.m. Sunday morning. After deputies arrived, they learned that juveniles had been at the residence allegedly consuming alcohol, some of which were still inside the residence. Sheriff Deputies and the St. George police department investigated the incident and met with an uncooperative individual. A warrant was applied and obtained for the residence . As a result of this search warrant-Kameron Quinn (18) was taken into…
After weeks of investigation, a press release was issued Tuesday morning regarding an arrest made in a sexual exploitation of a child case that was filed in November. Harold Heilman (36) of Manhattan, was arrested at his home in the 2500 block of Farm Bureau Road for the listed offenses of sexual exploitation of a child and electronic solicitation. Both of these crimes are classified as felony level and resulted in Heilman’s bond being set at $50,000. Throughout the investigation, police found that these crimes stemmed from an online relationship between Heilman and a 14 year old female, who resides out of…
SAN DIEGO (AP) Davis Webb threw for 403 yards and tied the Holiday Bowl record with four touchdown passes, and Texas Tech raced to a 37-23 victory over #14 Arizona State on Monday night, snapping a five-game losing streak. Webb tied the record set by BYU’s Jim McMahon in 1980 and matched by K-State’s Brian Kavanagh in 1995 and Texas’ Major Applewhite in 2001. The Red Raiders (8-5) won for the first time since beating West Virginia on Oct. 19. Arizona State (10-4) lost its second straight. Webb threw passes of 18 and 21 yards to Jakeem Grant, 1 yard…
SAN ANTONIO (AP) Quarterback Marcus Mariota had 386 total yards and #10 Oregon returned two interceptions for touchdowns, spoiling Texas coach Mack Brown’s farewell with a runaway 30-7 victory in the Alamo Bowl on Monday night. Brown received warm goodbyes from a sellout crowd in what was practically a home game for Texas (8-5). Even the school marching band spelled his name at halftime. But the blowout was a final reminder of why Brown is resigning after 16 seasons at Texas, which he led to a national championship in 2005 but couldn’t reverse a sharp decline in recent years. The…
Dramatic video captures the fiery train derailment outside Cassleton, North Dakota. Residents have been told to stay indoors as a precaution.There have been no reports of injuries.
Ambulances line up a site of a trolleybus explosion, background, in Volgograd, Russia Monday, Dec. 30, 2013. A bomb blast tore through the trolleybus in the city Volgograd on Monday morning, killing at least 10 people a day after a suicide bombing that killed at 17 at the city’s main railway station.
Recovery efforts to locate last week’s drowning victim in Geary County continue. Thomas Hedrick, the victim of the drowning that occurred at Milford Lake on Tuesday Christmas Eve, has still not been located. Previous attempts had been hampered by unfavorable weather conditions. Geary County Sheriff Tony Wolf hosted a meeting Monday morning with agencies that continue to be involved with the recovery effort. Those groups include the Geary County Sheriff’s Department personnel, Geary County Emergency Management, Kansas Department of Emergency Management, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas State Park’s Department, Kansas State Wildlife and Parks, Ft. Riley D-E-S, Ft. Riley P-D, and…
A Chinese scientist, accused of taking seeds from a private Kansas research facility and passing them off to a visiting delegation from China, appeared in court Monday. Weiqiang Zhang, an agricultural seed breeder at a bio-pharmaceutical production facility in Junction City, was charged with conspiracy to steal trade secrets. He has been accused of taking proprietary seeds from the facility and giving them to visiting Chinese agriculture officials this summer. According to U.S. Attorney, Barry Grissom, Zhang did not offer the judge a proposal for his release at Monday’s hearing. The next hearing will be a scheduling conference, which the federal judge in…
SAN DIEGO (AP) Nick Novak kicked a 36-yard field goal with 5:30 left in overtime and the San Diego Chargers, who trailed by 10 points in the fourth quarter, beat the Kansas Chiefs 27-24 to claim the AFC’s final playoff spot. The Chargers (9-7) ended a three-year postseason drought. The winning drive was kept alive by a 2-yard gain by Pro Bowl safety Eric Weddle on a fake punt on fourth-and-2 from the Chargers 28. The game ended when Kansas City couldn’t convert on fourth-and-15 from the San Diego 41 with 3:16 left. With the Chargers on the verge of…