Kaitlynn Pelger moved into fourth place in career kills at K-State in a straight sets win over Texas Tech on Saturday night, 25-19, 25-19, and 25-22. 3,100 fans saw the match on “Pack the House Night” at Ahearn Fieldhouse, as Pelger had 15 kills and now 1,408 at K-State, as she passed Yolanda Young (1,394) on the Wildcats’ all-time list. She hit .406 on the night, and added eight digs and two blocks. Dakota Kaufman also had 10 kills for the Cats as she hit .450, and Courtney Traxson contributed nine kills. Katie Brand dished out 40 assists, matching her…
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Wide receiver-tight end Chris Harper, a fourth-round draft choice coming off failed stints in Seattle and San Francisco, was claimed on waivers Friday by the Green Bay Packers. Running back Michael Hill was released to make room for Harper, who becomes either the Packers’ fifth wide receiver or their sixth tight end. Seattle cut Harper, the 123rd overall draft selection, on Aug. 31. Seattle signed Harper to its practice squad but San Francisco, its NFC West rival, almost immediately signed him to a three-year contract for a berth on the 53-man roster.
DERBY, Kan. (AP) Crews have begun retrieving the wreckage of a small business jet that crashed in a Derby-area field, killing a nationally known pastor and the plane’s pilot. The crash Friday killed both pilot, Mitchell Morgan, and Ed Dufresne who led the World Harvest Church in Murrieta, Cailf. The Wichita Eagle reports hundreds of pieces of the Cessna Citation were strewn across fields outside Derby. Most of the wreckage is centered in a 15-by-20-foot wide and 6-foot-deep crater, where the plane caught fire. Investigators from National Transportation Safety Board, the Federal Aviation Administration, Cessna Aircraft Co. and the engine…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) The University of Kansas has given its College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award to a four-star general who was also a prisoner of war in Vietnam. Charles Boyd received the award Friday at the Dole Institute of Politics. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Boyd spent nearly seven years as a POW in Vietnam, and later attended the University of Kansas to study Spanish. At the presentation for the award, Boyd said his time at KU set him on the path to becoming a four-star general. He received his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) When cars collide with deer in Douglas County, residents can benefit. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department has a rotating list of county residents who are called and offered the chance to pick up freshly hit deer. Lt. Steve Lewis, a Douglas County Sheriff’s Department spokesman, says the so-called “deer list” has been in effect for about 25 years. Lecompton resident and deer-list member Timothy Kilburn is on the list, and says one medium-sized deer can “take care of you for a month at least.” Douglas County residents can apply to be on the…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A 36-year-old man was seriously injured when a grappling hook grabbed the cab of the pickup truck he was in at a Topeka salvage yard. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the accident occurred Saturday at the recycling center, where the victim works. Shawnee County sheriff’s Cpl. Steve Evans says the injured man was in the cab of a pickup truck when a large piece of heavy machinery reached down, grabbed the cab of the truck and started to grasp it using a grappling hook. The pickup was being lifted off the ground and about to be crushed when…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A 59-year-old Topeka man is undertaking a 350-mile bike ride to help raise money for two children with cancer. Eric Nordgren said he considered not going through with his eighth annual Sunflowers-to-Roses cancer fundraiser, a 350-mile, nonstop bike ride through northeast Kansas. But Nordgren told The Topeka Capital-Journal he changed his mind after he reviewed the stories of the two young cancer patients he’s supporting with this year’s ride’s proceeds: 6-year-old Karis Selk and 3-year-old Londyn Hibbert. Nordgren says the children and their families had endured more than he could even imagine in their ongoing battles against…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) An adult elk has been spotted on a trail within the Topeka city limits. The Topeka Capital Journal reports Topeka resident Dan Byl has a trail camera on his property that captured two images this month of the large animal. He says at first he didn’t believe it could be an elk because the nearest elk herd is 60 miles away at Fort Riley. So he sent the photos to the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, which confirmed he had captured images of a bull elk. Matt Peek, elk program coordinator for KDWPT, says it’s…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Some parts of Kansas received up to half a foot of snow in the season’s first snowstorm, but the white stuff isn’t sticking around very long. The Wichita Eagle reports 6 inches of snow fell in the northwest part of the state, while the Goodland area got 5 inches and eastern Hodgeman and western Pawnee counties received about 3 inches. National Weather Service meteorologist Marc Russell says roads got slushy in areas with the biggest accumulations, but the snow melted quickly because the ground is still warm. Wichita had a trace of snow, but it wasn’t enough…
SUBLETTE, Kan. (AP) Someone in southwest Kansas is a bit wealthier after winning a $1 million prize in a Powerball drawing this week. The Garden City Telegram reports a Sublette resident who doesn’t want to be identified claimed the prize Thursday morning at the Kansas Lottery’s office in Great Bend. The winning ticketholder bought $20 in tickets at a convenience store in Sublette, one of which matched the first five Powerball numbers, but not the Powerball, in Wednesday’s drawing. The store will get a $1,000 bonus for selling the ticket.