Update 3: At the 7:00 pm briefing, not much had changed for the Riley County Police department as only eight total arrests were made for the day. Though only about halfway done at this point, Droge mentions things are going well. “We’re on a good start,” said Droge. “We’re on track to maybe a record breaking year in the opposite direction then we were going. I think that’s a testament to the officers out there doing proactive work. The people who are participating are making better decisions possibly. There were better educational opportunities about the laws this year. I know…
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Malaysia Airlines says it lost contact with plane carrying 239 people on its way to Beijing, the route taking passengers from Malaysia across to Vietnam and China. CCTV discusses the family members’ concerns. Four Americans reportedly are among the missing.
Chelsea Gardner scored 29 points the last two on free throws to end the game and CeCe Harper added 20 points as Kansas overcame a 16-point first half deficit and rallied to knock off Kansas State 87-84 in overtime in the first round of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Championship Friday night at Chesapeake Bank Arena in Oklahoma City. For a good portion of the first half the game mirrored the game on February 26 between the two teams in Lawrence when K-State won 76-68 after building a 21-0 first half lead then allowing the Jayhawks to tie…
The Manhattan High girls basketball team won an intense game over Lawrence Free State Friday night, earning them a sub-state championship and a spot in the state tournament.
A three-run first inning and solid pitching carried K-State to a 3-2 win over Iowa in the Wildcats home opener. Shane Conlon got K-State on the board with an RBI-single after back-to-back hits from Ross Kivett and Carter Yagi to start the game. Iowa starter Calvin Matthews then walked two more Wildcat hitters and hit another to allow the other two runs to score. From there K-State would manage just four hits in the final eight innings, but the Cats pitching staff made sure it didn’t matter. Starter Levi MaVorhis went six innings and allowed just two runs on seven…
The Pentagon estimates there are now about 20,000 Russian troops in Ukraine, as additional forces have gone into the country over the last week. The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Hagel phoned his Ukrainian counterpart to discuss the crisis.
Dave LeMote wipes down a post clock at Electric Time Company, Inc. in Medfield, Mass., Friday, March 7, 2014. Most Americans will set their clocks 60 minutes forward before heading to bed Saturday night, but daylight saving time officially starts Sunday at 2 a.m. local time
On Thursday March 6th, 2014 the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office was notified of the following incident; An 11 year old girl reported that she was walking in the city of St.Mary’s at approximately 3:30 p.m. She had been walking in an alley when she saw a white van turn down the same alley she was walking in, driving towards her. She cut through a yard because the van was coming towards her. The girl who was now walking on Palmer Street watched the van emerge from the alley and come back on Palmer Street driving towards her again. She said…
Updated 3 p.m. Friday: Governor Sam Brownback, joined by Attorney General Derek Schmidt, Senate President Susan Wagle and House Speaker Ray Merrick and other legislators responded to the Kansas Supreme Court ruling on the Gannon vs Kansas case. “We have an opportunity for progress,” Governor Brownback said. “My commitment is to work with legislative leadership to address the allocation issue identified by the court. We will fix this.” The court has set out steps for the legislature to end the lawsuit by July 1, 2014. It affirms the Constitutional requirement for education to be “adequate” and “equitable.” “Our task is…
Kansas State University students have elected Charles “Reagan” Kays, senior in agribusiness, Weir, as student body president. His running mate, Cody Kennedy, junior in secondary education and mathematics, Phillipsburg, will serve as student body vice president. Kays and Kennedy plan to start work immediately on implementing their platform issues, which are streamlining tutoring services, increasing communication with all 475 student organizations and advocating for a medical amnesty law. “I am most passionate about helping people and I want to do this for the rest of my life,” Kays said. “With the extraordinary opportunity to serve the students…