Highway 24 east of Manhattan is down to one lane as construction has started on a new multiple use trail that will be installed from McCall Road to Levee Drive and then to Linear Trail. This lane closure is only temporary, and all lanes should be open by the end of the day as materials are unloaded for the contractor. //
Author: KMAN Staff
K-State is up to #18 in the AP poll in hoops and #23 in the Coaches poll. Kansas is the highest ranked Big 12 team at #6 and Oklahoma State was bumped out of the poll after their loss to the Wildcats. Wichita State is now ranked #23 in the AP poll, marking the first time since the 1964-65 preseason poll that K-State, KU, and Wichita State have all been ranked at the same time.
It didn’t turn out to be a top 10 finish for K-State, but the Cats achieved their highest final ranking in the Associated Press poll since 2002. After the Fiesta Bowl loss to Oregon, 11-2 K-State finishes at #12 in the AP and #11 in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll. The Cats checked in at #6 in the coaches’ and #7 in the media polls after their last bowl win 10 years ago, 34-27 over Arizona State in the Holiday Bowl. Alabama takes over the all-time lead in AP national championships following their 42-14 rout of Oregon on Monday night…
The Harlem Globetrotters say they hope that deprived NHL fans have taken some comfort in watching basketball on ice. The sporty entertainers strapped on custom cleats and hockey helmets for their basketball game on ice Monday in Michigan.
Alabama beat Notre Dame 42-14 in Miami on Monday, to win the Crimson Tide’s second straight BCS college football title.
The families of victims of the Colorado theater shooting sat through testimony Monday from police officers who tried to save the lives of the wounded. Suspected gunman James Holmes didn’t appear to show any emotion.
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Authorities say a 54-year-old Hutchinson man found dead in a jail cell appears to have died of natural causes. Reno County sheriff’s deputies found 54-year-old James Richard Shumpert unresponsive in his cell Sunday night, less than 24 hours after he was booked into the jail. He was pronounced dead at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. The sheriff’s department said Shumpert had a history of medical problems. An autopsy will determine the cause of death. Shumpert was taken into custody late Saturday on suspicion of criminal possession of a firearm, violating probation and possession of drugs and paraphernalia. He…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) An illegal immigrant charged with assuming the persona of a Texas teacher has struck a deal with federal prosecutors in Kansas in a case that put a face on the crime of “total identity theft.” Thirty-two-year-old Benita Cardona-Gonzalez, a Mexican national living in Topeka, pleaded guilty Monday to a reduced charge of possessing fraudulent identification documents. Cardona-Gonzalez was accused of completely assuming the persona of Houston elementary school teacher Candida Gutierrez, who first went public in a story by The Associated Press. Prosecutors agreed to recommend an 18-month prison term when Cardona-Gonzalez is sentenced in march. Cardona-Gonzalez…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Police in Wichita had little trouble finding the suspect in the early-morning robbery of a bar. The Wichita Eagle reports the 41-year-old man was a regular customer at Judy’s Place, where other patrons helpfully gave police his name and address. Police say the man went behind the bar at closing time early Monday, pushed a cashier out of the way and grabbed several hundred dollars before walking out. Wichita police Lt. Doug Nolte says officers followed the tips from other customers and found the man at his home, along with the stolen cash. Nolte says he does…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) An Abraham Lincoln re-enactor will help the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site mark the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. The free event takes place at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Topeka site that tells the story of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that declared segregated schools unconstitutional. Portraying Lincoln will be Richard Klein of Springfield, Ill. He traveled Lincoln’s famous 12-day inaugural journey during a National Park Service sponsored tour in February 2011. Lincoln issued his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in September 1862, after the Battle of Antietam. In it, he announced that if…