After taking a 25-14 loss in set one, K-State volleyball responded by claiming the final three sets over Tulsa on Tuesday night at Ahearn Fieldhouse, 25-23, 25-22, and 25-16. Kaitlynn Pelger led the Cats with 11 kills, but the match turned once her teammates got involved in the offense. Dakota Kaufman and Natali Jones each contributed nine kills, while Courtney Traxson had seven. Jones hit her career high in kills, and led K-State with four blocks. The trio of Tristan McCarty, Katie Brand, and Lilla Porubek each had 13 digs. Brand also contributed 38 assists. Tulsa (6-2) helped the Cats…
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CLEVELAND (AP) Jeremy Guthrie got a major assist from his defense in pitching six innings, Alcides Escobar hit a rare home run and the Kansas City Royals snapped a six-game losing streak in Cleveland, 6-3 on Tuesday night to close on the Indians and two others in the AL’s cramped wild-card scramble. Guthrie allowed just one run and nine hits, but was helped by three double plays. With the win and Tampa Bay’s loss, Kansas City pulled within three games of a wild-card spot. The Royals also got a game tighter to the Indians, who dropped to 6-3…
President Obama says he has asked members of Congress to postpone a vote on a military strike in Syria while a diplomatic option involving the surrender of chemical weapons is pursued, but says the military is fully prepared to respond.
By Cathy Dawes A large gas leak was reported at Miller Parkway and Arbor Drive in Manhattan at 5:15 Tuesday evening. The leak caused traffic issues, with the off ramp onto Miller Parkway closed for more than three hours. No further problems were reported as a result of the gas leak, with roadways open and operational shortly before 8:30 p.m.
By Cathy Dawes It’s day two in a Riley County District Court attempted rape case involving a child under 14. The jury trial got started Tuesday for 29 year old George Ferenz, who was a Fort Riley soldier at the time of his arrest last October. Jury selection began Tuesday morning Ferenz, who had been living in Manhattan, also faces charges of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and aggravated criminal sodomy. The alleged incidents reportedly occurred last fall. Ferenz had been serving with the 234th Armor Division at Fort Riley. KMAN’s Laura Monsanto will be checking in on the…
PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) Pittsburg State University has renamed its nursing school for the mother of a prominent alumnus who donated $1 million to the nursing program. KOAM-TV reports that the university renamed the school for the late Irene Ransom Bradley in a ceremony Tuesday. The Independence woman worked as a servant in a private home and died in 1996 at age 90. The gift is from her son, Dr. Fay Bradley, a retired Independence physician who earned a bachelor’s degree in biology at the southeast Kansas university in 1960. Pittsburg State President Steve Scott said the announcement showed the importance…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Eight more Kansas counties have joined a rural economic development program that helps new residents repay their student loans. The Kansas Department of Commerce said Tuesday the counties have been certified to partner with the state to help new residents repay up to $15,000 in college loans. Each of the counties has been designated as a Rural Opportunity Zone under a 2011 law aimed at helping counties with population declines attract residents. The new counties taking part are Doniphan, Haskell, Meade, Morris, Nemaha, Ottawa, Rice and Stevens. Seventy-five of the state’s 105 counties have been designated as…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas prosecutor says a Topeka police officer was justified in the fatal shooting of a knife-wielding man. WIBW-AM reports Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor issued his findings Tuesday about the death of Daniel DeLong, 56, on July 29. Taylor says the officer’s use of force was justified as both self-defense and the defense of others under Kansas law. Police Chief Ron Miller said at the time that DeLong was shot after he ran at officers and other tenants of an apartment building with a knife. Three officers went to the apartment after managers said they…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas education officials say the state won’t apply this year for federal Race to the Top funds. The state’s two previous applications for the federal funds have been rejected. Colleen Riley, who oversees early childhood programs at the Kansas State Department of Education, says feedback from the previous bids made it clear the state didn’t meet all the criteria that the Department of Education required for the grants. She says state agencies believe another bid from Kansas would also be rejected. And she told The Topeka Capital Journal that the department would need more time to prepare…
GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) A Garden City man is scheduled to stand trial in October in the death of a man who authorities say was stabbed 45 times. A pre-trial conference was held Monday for Fred Schmidt Jr., 34, who is charged with first-degree murder and other crimes in the March 2011 death of Jeffrey Nichols in Garden City. His trial was set for Oct. 21. The Garden City Telegram reports forensics reports indicated Nichols was stabbed 45 times when the men fought near his home. Schmidt was arrested in May in Mississippi. The next pre-trial conference in the case…