Each of Kansas State’s 16 athletic teams met and exceeded the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate multi year standard for the third straight year as the NCAA released its latest data from the 2011-2012 academic year. K-State scored record high marks across the board for the third straight year. Women’s golf, men’s golf and men’s cross country programs were awarded APR Public Recognition distinction for posting multi year APRs in the top 10 percent of all squads in each sport. Stay connected to all things KSU on the go just text EMAW to 88474 For full video wrap-ups, including analysis, highlights,…
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Senators from both sides of the aisle questioned the director of the National Security Agency says over surveillance programs. Keith Alexander says they have disrupted or helped disrupt dozens of terrorist attacks.
A 10-year-old girl whose efforts to qualify for an organ donation drew public debate over how organs are allocated was getting a double-lung transplant Wednesday after a match with an adult donor was made.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A Kansas man will spend at least 25 years in prison for the rape of a young girl who told police she was repeatedly abused over a period of years. The Lawrence Journal-World reports a Douglas County judge on Wednesday gave Robert Leo Hill two life sentences one for rape, the other for aggravated indecent liberties. The 42-year-old Lawrence man pleaded no contest to the charges last month. Prosecutors dropped eight other counts in exchange for Hill’s acceptance of the life sentences. The sentences will run together, and Hill will be eligible for parole after 25 years.…
GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) Record-breaking heat is settling in over parts of western Kansas, and there’s concern that gusting winds could create a fire hazard. The Garden City Telegram reports high temperatures in that city broke long-standing records Monday and Tuesday. The mercury hit 108 both days, and Wednesday’s high was expected to reach 101. The heat is being joined by winds gusting to as high as 36 mph. It’s a combination that put much of southwest Kansas under a red flag warning, meaning that conditions are favorable for fires. Garden City and other spots around the western half of…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A new government forecast for the size of the 2013 Kansas winter wheat crop reflects improvements amid the state’s wet spring weather. The National Agricultural Statistics Service on Wednesday revised its Kansas production estimate to 307.8 million bushels. That’s up 3 percent from last month’s forecast but would still be down 21 percent from last year’s crop. The agency also revised its average yield estimate to 38 bushels an acre. That is up 1 bushel from what had been expected just a month ago, but 4 bushels per acre fewer than what Kansas growers were cutting last…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A state consumer agency is alleging that the Kansas Corporation Commission violated the state’s open meeting law when it approved a water rate increase without a public vote. The Citizens’ Utility Ratepayer Board filed a complaint Tuesday over the KCC’s decision to allow a private water provider in Salina a total rate increase of $47,231 – a 127 percent increase for customers. The complaint sent to prosecutors alleges the KCC may have been routinely violating the open meetings law for the last four years by using a practice called “pink sheeting” to make decisions without a public…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Reno County will seek a one-year exemption from a new state law that requires counties to allow concealed handguns in public buildings unless adequate security is installed. The county commission voted Tuesday to seek the exemption. Commissioners said they hoped during the year that some questions about the new law will be clarified. The Hutchinson News reports the county will make a plan for new security measures at the county courthouse. County Administrator Gary Meagher said if the county develops a plan for the courthouse, it could then ask for a four-year exemption from the law. The…
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) Olathe residents gave overwhelming approval to a $244.8 million school bond issue that will be used for new schools and improved school security. Unofficial results of Tuesday’s election showed the issue passed with over 77 percent approval. The Kansas City Star reports it is the 11th consecutive bond package voters have approved in a district that has been growing for 40 years. Superintendent Marlin Berry said the district will now buy 80 acres and begin planning for a $114.4 million high school. The district also plans to build its 36th elementary school. New security measures include tightening…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A former Kansas high school football coach avoided jail time by agreeing to plead guilty to a misdemeanor count of patronizing a prostitute. Former Garden Plain football coach and teacher Todd Puetz was given a 30-day suspended sentence after his plea. The plea agreement was approved on Friday. He was one of seven men arrested in October 2011 who police say used electronic media to try to meet underage girls for sex. He was acquitted of two charges in April but the jury could not reach a verdict on a third count of electronic solicitation of a…