K-State has help on the way in the secondary for the 2014 football season. Dodge City Community College CB Danzel McDaniel committed to K-State via his twitter account Sunday afternoon. @DM_The_Future My next stop will be Manhattan Kansas #EMAW #Family #Squaddd The 6-2, 205 pound McDaniel chose K-State over offers from Iowa State, Southern Miss, Nebraska, Iowa, Arkansas and others according to rivals.com. He is a three-star prospect. Stay connected to all things KSU on the go just text EMAW to 88474 For full video wrap-ups, including analysis, highlights, coaches & player interviews of K-State Football & Basketball check out…
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A Florida-based developer is exploring the possibility of building a wind farm in Douglas County. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that NextEra Energy Resources is looking for sites to place meteorological towers to measure the wind in the area. Company spokesman Steve Stengel says the measurements will determine if a Douglas County project would be economically feasible. He says the company also wants to find out if there are enough landowners willing to sell easements on their land for wind turbines to make a project possible. NextEra currently has wind energy developments in more sparsely populated western Kansas.…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback has seen an unusually high number of departures among his top leadership. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that almost half of Brownback’s 11 permanent Cabinet secretary appointments will turn over in the first three years of his tenure. The percentage outpaces that of predecessors Kathleen Sebelius, a Democrat, and Bill Graves, a Republican. Many other high-level appointed posts that pay around $100,000 a year also have been vacated. Those positions include Securities Commissioner Aaron Jack, information technology chief Jim Mann and Kansas Corporation Commission chairman Mark Sievers. Brownback spokeswoman Sara Belfry said the turnover isn’t…
GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) A special prosecutor has announced that no criminal charges will be filed against the Hamilton County sheriff. The Garden City Telegram reports that Sheriff Richard Garza voluntarily placed himself on administrative leave following his arrest in September. Scott City Attorney John Shirley said in an initial report that the incident stemmed from a “family matter” where no physical violence occurred. Shirley was appointed special prosecutor at the request of the Hamilton County attorney. The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office says Garza’s return to duty was effective Friday.
Leticia Romero scored 15 points, leading all K-State scorers, and helped the Cats hold on for a hard-fought 73-64 victory over UC-Santa Barbara at Bramlage Coliseum on Sunday. Ashia Woods added 13 and Bri Craig tallied 11, as the Wildcats improved to 5-3 on the season. K-State, who hadn’t played in 8 days, got off to a fast start courtesy of a 9-2 run, including a Haley Texada three. Later on in the half, Texada capped an 8-0 run to give the Cats their largest cushion of the day at 28-16. Deb Patterson’s team was able to maintain that advantage,…
Crowds gathered by the side of the road to see the hearse carrying Nelson Mandela’s flag-draped coffin make its way from Mthatha, South Africa to the village of Qunu where the anti-apartheid icon was born and will be laid to rest.
An 18-year-old student opened fire Friday at a Colorado high school, wounding a fellow student before killing himself. Another student who was thought to be wounded was actually covered in blood from the first victim and was unharmed.
Kansas State University awarded over 1,400 Bachelor’s Degrees 300 Masters Degrees, 16 Associate Degrees and 90 Doctorates Friday and Saturday in Bramlage Coliseum. “There are many reasons to care deeply about this place, your student colleagues, the great professors, everything you have learned while you have been here; but please remember this, Kansas State University also cares deeply about you and your success,” said Fred Logan, chair of the Kansas Board of Regents. Dr. Orlando Taylor, President of the Washington D.C. campus of The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, also addressed the grads and said they earned their degrees at…
Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock, some of the holiest sites for for Jews and Muslims, are covered in snow in Jerusalem, Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. Early snow has surprised many Israelis and Palestinians as a blustery storm, dubbed Alexa, brought gusty winds, torrential rains and heavy snowfall to parts of the Middle East. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)
Students comfort each other outside of Arapahoe High School after a shooting on the campus in Centennial, Colo., on Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson said Friday that the shooter, who died, was a student at the high school. He said another student was wounded when he confronted the armed student and was shot. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)