With a 23-22 lead, the K-State volleyball team looked to claim the first set at Iowa State on Wednesday night at Hilton Coliseum in Ames. But, the Cyclones rallied for a 26-24 victory, and led by as many as nine points in the final two frames to win both 25-19, 25-18 over the Cats. Courtney Traxson topped the K-State attack with eight kills. Katie Brand posted 25 assists and 11 digs for her eighth double-double this season for the Wildcats, and also led K-State (13-4, 1-3) with four blocks. Manhattan native Tristan McCarty had 13 digs. Iowa State (9-5, 3-1)…
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Kansas City, Kan., Board of Education has named the city’s police chief to lead the new police department for the city’s public schools. The school district said in a release Wednesday the board has selected Rick L. Armstrong as the first chief of the newly-formed police department for the Kansas City, Kan., Public Schools. Armstrong will take over the schools post in February after retiring from the city’s police department. The board voted last spring to go from campus security to forming its own police department and using sworn law enforcement officers, much like other…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas officials are notifying county health clinics that a program providing cash subsidies to women and children will cease issuing checks later this month because of the federal government shutdown. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment says Wednesday that because of uncertain funding checks won’t be issued for November or December through the federal Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infants and Children, commonly known as WIC. The program supplies low-income women with checks or debit cards that can be used for infant formula and cereal, fruits and vegetables, dairy items and other healthy food. WIC…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Democrats and liberal activists in Kansas are criticizing Republican Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins over the federal government’s partial shutdown. But Jenkins and other members of the state’s all-GOP congressional delegation said Wednesday they’re looking for President Barack Obama and fellow Democrats to negotiate on budget issues. They also said they won’t support increasing the federal debt ceiling without reductions in federal spending. Two dozen activists rallied outside Jenkins’ office in Topeka, demanding she work for a House vote on budget and debt ceiling legislation without conditions. Jenkins represents the 2nd District of eastern Kansas but is a member…
OAKLAWN, Kan. (AP) A 29-year-old Wichita man has been convicted of first-degree murder for his role in a 2011 robbery and homicide. The Wichita Eagle reports Nicholas Dupree was one of five men charged in the Dec. 14, 2011, death of Markez Phillips. A Sedgwick County jury found him guilty Wednesday. Dupree’s sentencing is set for Nov. 15. Police say Phillips was visiting his girlfriend in Oaklawn, which is south of Wichita, when a group of men forced their way into the home and shot him before leaving with three big-screen TVs.
SALINA, Kan. (AP) Salina police are investigating a recorded incident that appears to show an officer from the department throwing a person to the ground during an altercation outside a bar. Lt. Scott Siemsen told The Salina Journal the incident is being investigated, but he declined further comment. The 4.5 -minute video posted online by a bystander had more than 20,000 views by Wednesday morning. In the video, several people are outside a Salina bar when police arrive. An officer is shown walking over to a person and throwing him to the ground. Later the video appears to show someone…
CLAFLIN, Kan. (AP) Two people have been killed in a two-vehicle crash in central Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the accident occurred Tuesday afternoon northeast of Claflin when the car the victims were in car collided with a tractor-trailer. The Hutchinson News reports the victims were identified as Gordon Zahradnik, 80, and Rae Zahradnik, 78. They were both from Lyons. The patrol says the victims weren’t wearing seat belts.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas social services agency is ending its practice of using federal grant funds to encourage low-income residents to enroll in the food stamp program. A spokeswoman for the Kansas Department for Children and Families tells the Lawrence Journal-World that the decision is consistent with the state’s position that finding a job is a better than seeking short-term assistance. The grant program awarded federal funds to five groups across Kansas that used it to help low-income residents apply for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The groups were notified by the state on Sept. 30, one day before…
LINCOLN, Kan. (AP) A preliminary hearing in a second-degree murder case involving the son of a Kansas sheriff has been postponed. The hearing for Scott Weigel was scheduled Tuesday in Lincoln County District but it was rescheduled to Nov. 25. The 33-year-old Weigel is charged in the Sept. 9 shooting death of Keith Ancell, 21, of Lincoln. The Salina Journal reports Lincoln County Attorney Jennifer O’Hare asked that the hearing be delayed to provide attorneys more time to review the evidence. Weigel is being held in a jail outside of Lincoln County. His bond is $750,000. He is the son of…
DERBY, Kan. (AP) Voters in the Wichita suburb of Derby approved half-cent sales tax that will fund parks, the library and some costs for the city’s fire department. The Sedgwick County Election Office says 67 percent of voters supported the measure in a special election on Tuesday. The tax will take effect Jan. 1, 2015. About half of the revenue will be used to fund a new park, with baseball and softball fields and a dog park. Thirty percent will go toward fire and rescue services, with 20 percent for the library. The tax is expected to raise about $2…