AUSTIN, Texas (AP) The Austin American Statesman is reporting that Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds will step down in August 2014 and move into a consulting role at the nation’s wealthiest college athletic program. Dodds could not immediately be reached for comment. Dodds vigorously denied a report earlier this month that he was stepping down on Dec. 31. Under the retirement plan to be announced Tuesday, Dodds will remain on the job through Aug. 31, 2014 and move into a consulting role through 2015. Dodds, 76, has been at Texas for 32 years. He was the AD at K-State from…
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Kansas City Royals finished 86-76 for their best record since 1989, and now their bevy of young players are looking toward a future that looks bright. Still, there are plenty of questions heading into next season. Will manager Ned Yost be back? Will they find a big bat for right field? Will they retain or replace right-hander Ervin Santana? Will some of the young pitchers develop into starters? Will they take the final step needed to make the postseason? Royals owner David Glass said it will be up to GM Dayton Moore to decide whether…
U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) released the following statement tonight on Washington’s failure to avert a government shutdown: “Americans expect and deserve their elected officials to work together to find solutions. If we had a functioning Senate we would not be in this position. Unfortunately, Senate Democrats and President Obama refuse to come to the table and work toward a responsible solution with those who disagree with them. They would rather shut down the government than negotiate. “I am anxious for this impasse to come to an end, and I will continue to do everything I can to make certain…
The results from the first day of the K-State blood drive are in, and 215 pints were collected between two buildings on campus. 153 pints of blood were collected in the Student Union, and 62 pints were collected at Putnam Hall. The blood drive continues today, Wednesday, and Thursday. For more information, visit redcrossblood.org
President Barack Obama speaks in the James Brady Briefing room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 30, 2013. Obama said a government shutdown would throw a wrench into the gears of U.S. economy. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Authorities inspect the wreckage of two Chicago Transit Authority trains that crashed Monday, Sept. 30, 2013, in Forest Park, Ill. The crash happened when a westbound train stopped at the CTA Blue Line Harlem station, and was struck by an eastbound train on the same track. The CTA is investigating the cause of the crash, including why the trains were on the same track. A CTA official said 33 people suffered non-life threatening injuries. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A former Kansas official has been paroled after serving more than 10 years for kidnapping, burglary and sodomy. Alan LeDoux, 66, who headed the Kansas Water Office, was sentenced in 2003 for breaking into the Topeka home of one of his wife’s relatives and attacking the woman. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports LeDoux was released on parole Friday under supervision in Jackson County. The Holton resident had pleaded guilty to the charges stemming from the 2002 attack. He was sentenced to 12 years and three months and entered prison in June 2003. LeDoux was director of the state’s…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The suspect in last year’s fatal shootings of two people at a Dollar General store in Wichita is going on trial. KAKE-TV reports jury selection for the case against Marquis Marshall, 20, began Monday in Sedgwick County District Court. Marshall is accused of killing store employee Zachary Hunt, 22, and customer Henry Harvey, 79, on Nov. 30, 2012. Harvey was at the counter buying candy for his grandchildren when he and Hunt were both shot several times. Wichita police have not speculated on a motive for the killings. Marshall was arrested several days later in a traffic stop. He’s charged…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) A 14-year-old Hutchinson boy charged with two counts of first-degree murder in a suspicious house fire that killed his mother and 11-year-old sister is scheduled to appear in court Monday. The hearing will be closed because the charges were filed in juvenile court. Reno County District Attorney Keith Schroeder has said he will seek to try the teen as an adult on the murder charges and a charge of the attempted murder of his father, who escaped the blaze without injury. Authorities had initially said the boy also escaped the fire that engulfed the two-story house early…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Hutchinson police have been dealing with some slimy creatures over the past few months, but not of the human kind. The Hutchinson News reports the latest encounter was with a 5-foot-long alligator last week that was found in a wooden crate in a garage. That reptile was taken to the Hutchinson Zoo, where it is being kept temporarily. A second, 2-foot-long alligator that was found earlier in the month was sent on Friday to Monkey Island, a nonprofit animal rescue in southwest Missouri. Those findings came after a 4-foot-long ball python was found on a porch of…