The Kansas State Wildcats scored early and often on Texas Tech Saturday leaving little suspense and no doubt about a series victory. The Bat Cats after having to score two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to win Friday night’s game plated nine runs in the opening frame Saturday and led 13-0 after four innings on their way to a 15-2 thumping of the Red Raiders before 1,950 at Tointon Family Stadium. Leading the offensive attack were Jon Davis and Shane Conlan….Davis had four hits and drove in four runs and Conlan’s three hits also led to four…
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SALINA, Kan. (AP) A Saline County judge has dropped several charges filed against a former cadet leader accused of sexually assaulting a younger cadet at an embattled Kansas military school. Judge Patrick Thompson made the decision Friday after a preliminary hearing for 18-year-old David James Burke, of McLean, Va. Burke had been charged with seven counts of aggravated sexual battery and one count of attempted aggravated criminal sodomy. But The Salina Journal reports that Thompson found there was only enough evidence to try him on three of the aggravated sexual battery counts. The case against Burke stems from incidents alleged…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A sweeping anti-abortion bill is headed to Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback. The House gave final approval Friday to the measure, which blocks tax breaks for abortion providers and outlaws abortions performed solely because of the baby’s sex. The measure also declares that life begins “at fertilization,” language that abortion opponents call a statement of principle and not an outright ban on abortion, though the bill’s opponents are skeptical. Brownback is likely to sign the bill into law. Abortion opponents argue the bill lessens the state’s entanglement with terminating pregnancies. Abortion-rights advocates say it threatens access to abortion…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas House has rejected a compromise bill on liquor laws over objections that some of the language had never passed either legislative body this session. Senators had approved the bill earlier Friday. It includes rules and regulations for wine tastings and provisions for alcohol to be served at the Statehouse with approval from legislative leaders. But a section on contests for homebrews prompted House objections, since the text had never been approved by the House or Senate in its original form. A similar objection was raised in the Senate on a different subject in the compromise…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Investigators are checking whether a classic car had mechanical problems before it slammed into a northwest Wichita house, killing the driver. KAKE-TV reports police on Friday identified the driver as Murvall “Gene” Dick, 84. He was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash Thursday afternoon. Dick was at the wheel of a 1941 Packard convertible when it veered off a residential street and crashed into a home. A friend who was following in another classic car told police he saw the Packard accelerate suddenly before it went out of control. No one else was injured.
Terminally ill actress Valerie Harper reunites with her co-stars from ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show,’ to tape an episode of Betty White’s hit comedy, “Hot in Cleveland.”
Eric Murdock filed a whistleblower lawsuit Friday against Rutgers. He says he was dismissed from his position when he brought the video showing coach Mike Rice’s abuse to the attention of university officials.
The Kansas State Wildcats Baseball team knew what was at stake Friday Night as they began their three-game weekend series with Texas Tech at Tointon Family Stadium especially knowing they could have easily swept last weekend’s road series at Baylor but wound up losing two games they had led. For much of this opening game on Friday night it looked like the result would be the same. Down to their last out and last strike, Austin Fisher knocked a two-run single to right field to give K-State a dramatic 6-5 come from behind victory over Texas Tech before a season…
Faced with complaints and legal challenges, the FAA delays closing airport control towers at 149 small airports.The first round of closures had been scheduled for Sunday.
Manhattan Regioanl Airport received good news Friday, as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that it will delay the closing of 149 airport control towers until June 15, 2013. The first 24 closures had been scheduled for Sunday, April 7, 2013. Other Air Traffic Control facilities in Kansas that are on the final closure list include: Philip Billard Municipal in Topeka; Hutchinson Municipal in Hutchinson; New Century Air Center in Olathe; and Johnson County Executive in Olathe.