Two members of Steubenville’s celebrated high school football team were found guilty Sunday of raping a drunken 16-year-old girl, and Ohio’s attorney general warned the case isn’t over.
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The NCAA Selection Committee announced on Sunday evening that the Kansas State Wildcats will be the number four seed in the West Regional and will begin play Friday at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. The Wildcats will have to wait a few days to find out their opponent in the second round as they will face the winner of the game between Boise State and La Salle. The match-up between the Broncos and the Explorers is one of four play-in games in this year’s tournament. Kansas State (27-7) was one of five teams from the Big 12 to make…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A University of Kansas student has begun a push to ban smoking throughout the Lawrence campus. The Lawrence Journal-World reports (http://bit.ly/156OsdZ ) that sophomore Ashley Hrabe (RAH’-bee), of Salina, has been involved with the Tobacco Free Kansas Coalition since she was in high school. The university already bans smoking inside or within 20 feet of any campus building. Hrabe wants to prohibit smoking anywhere on campus. Hrabe met this week with faculty, student and staff leaders at a University Senate committee meeting. The Journal-World reports she already has the support of some leaders of the Student Senate.…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A 26-year-old woman has been ordered held on $1 million bond on charges of attempted murder in the shooting of a Sedgwick County sheriff’s deputy. KFDI-FM reports (http://bit.ly/13Y0ABU ) Clara Crosser, of Gardner, was charged Friday and ordered to return to court for a preliminary hearing March 28. Crosser is one of two suspects in the shooting of a 33-year-old deputy who chased their vehicle Monday into Butler County. The deputy was struck by shotgun pellets in one eye and the upper body. He was released from a hospital Wednesday. A 35-year-old male suspect was wounded by…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) An Overland Park man has been sentenced to five years in prison for killing a Lawrence woman in a drunken-driving crash in Lawrence. The Lawrence Journal-World (http://bit.ly/15aUPNl ) reports that 24-year-old Sean Barrett Walker acknowledged he was at fault during a sentencing hearing Friday in Douglas County Court. He said he would take back his actions back if he could. Walker’s blood-alcohol level was nearly three times the state’s legal limit two hours after the 2010 crash that killed 19-year-old Mary Grace Paez. In September, a judge approved a $100,000 settlement for Paez’s parents in a civil…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A member of a group that advocates for Kansas schools is walking 60 miles to Topeka to talk to lawmakers about improved funding. Thirty-five-year-old Heather Ousley of Merriam began walking Saturday morning and plans to arrive in Topeka on Monday night. Teacher’s union members have invited her to attend several legislative sessions Tuesday. The mother of three is a member of Game on For Kansas Schools. She’s angered by several legislative proposals, including one to amend the Kansas Constitution to give the Legislature sole authority to determine funding for public schools, thereby cutting out the courts. The…
An Ogden man is being held on a major bond after being charged with aggravated battery. Michael Dechant (19) was arrested at 10 a.m. Saturday morning by Riley County police. Dechant was charged with a felony level aggravated battery charge. His bond was set at $250,000 and a press release has not yet been issued.
A road trip by a college women’s lacrosse team ended in tragedy when the team bus veered off the Pennsylvania Turnpike, crashed into a tree, killing a pregnant coach, her unborn child, and the driver, authorities said.
Returning to the national stage, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says the Republican Party must broaden its message in order to grow. She says the GOP must “leave no American behind.”