WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas agency says it was “reprehensible” for one of its former social workers to refuse to act on behalf of a toddler who was later beaten to death. The Kansas Department for Children and Families commented Friday, one day after a federal judge ruled that Linda Gillen was entitled to immunity in a lawsuit by the girl’s grandparents. Twenty-three-month-old Brooklyn Coons, of Coffeyville, died in 2008. Her father’s girlfriend is serving life in prison for her death. Brooklyn’s grandparents contend Gillen refused to investigate their reports that the toddler was being abused. The judge ruled for…
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Video – The Manhattan High Indians earned their first win of the season in their home opener against Emporia Friday night.
With a brief break in the heavy rainfall, National Guard troops began evacuating hundreds of Jamestown, Colorado residents that have been stranded without power or water for more than a day. Rain is expected to continue over the weekend.
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — NASCAR added Jeff Gordon to the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship field Friday, a stunning and unprecedented step in the fallout from at least two attempts to manipulate the results at the season-ending race at Richmond last weekend. NASCAR chairman Brian France said he had the authority to expand the field to 13 drivers for the first time since the format was implemented 10 years ago. Front Row Motorsports asked for a deal from Penske Racing in the closing laps of at Richmond and then helped make sure Penske’s Joey Logano made the Chase field…
Lilla Porubek came thru with 16 kills as K-State beat Cal Poly 25-21, 25-21, 25-27, and 29-27 on Friday night at the Hilton Garden Inn Invitational in Berkeley, CA. The win over the Mustangs came a night after the Cats’ seven-match winning streak was snapped by Santa Clara. K-State pulled away late in each of the first two sets, and led 20-16 in the third set before Cal Poly scored 11 of the final 16 points to prevent a sweep. The favor was returned by the Wildcats in the fourth frame as the Mustangs led by as many as seven…
DETROIT — Prince Fielder homered and drove in three runs, and Justin Verlander pitched effectively into the seventh inning to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 6-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night. Detroit remained six games ahead of second-place Cleveland in the AL Central and dealt the third-place Royals a setback in the postseason race. Kansas City is one of several teams hoping at least to catch Tampa Bay for a wild card. Verlander (13-11) allowed three runs and nine hits in 6 2/3 innings. Three relievers finished. Joaquin Benoit worked out of a bases-loaded jam…
Smoke rises from the Funtown Pier Friday, Sept. 13, 2013, at Seaside Park, N.J., the morning after a fire burned a large portion of the boardwalk. The fire, which apparently started in an ice cream shop and spread several blocks, hit the recently repaired boardwalk, which was damaged last year by Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
A wall of a clouds enshrouds the high-rise buildings of downtown Denver early Friday, Sept. 13, 2013., as heavy rains continue to pummel cities along Colorado’s Front Range. Heavy, stationary rainstorms have wreaked havoc on cities and communities along the Front Range and into the foothills since Wednesday with more rain forecasted for the weekend ahead. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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TOPEKA, KS> According to U.S. Attorney, Barry Grissom, A Topeka man has pleaded guilty on Friday to federal bank fraud charges in connection with a plan to build an apartment complex in Junction City. John Wyatt Duncan, Jr., 52, Topeka, Kan., pleaded guilty to two counts of bank fraud, one count of money laundering and one count of making false statements in documents required by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). In court documents, Duncan was alleged to have obtained a $15.2 million construction loan for the purpose of constructing Quinton Pointe Apartments in Junction City. He was required…