MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Shane Southwell had 16 points to lead four players in double-figure scoring, and Kansas State rolled over Division II Alabama-Huntsville 87-26 Tuesday night to reach the semifinals of the NIT Season Tip-Off. The Wildcats (3-0), who easily dispatched Lamar in the opening round, will play Delaware on Nov. 21 at Madison Square Garden for a spot in the championship game. The Blue Hens beat Virginia earlier in the night. Kansas State raced out to a 19-2 lead over the Chargers (2-1), stretched it to 47-11 by the break, and pushed the advantage to 50 by midway through the…
Author: KMAN Staff
A miscommunication between the Manhattan City Commission and the Social Services Advisory Board, or SSAB, on a key 2013 budget issue prompted a special commission meeting on Tuesday night. The commission previously approved a 5% reduction in the SSAB’s city portion of the budget to their supported agencies. The SSAB then advised the commission to approve the new budget which used the money gained from a cut in a youth program fund to lessen the blow to their supported agencies from the previous 5% to 4.2 %. UFM Executive Director Linda Teener says the youth program under the knife is important to poverty stricken local families, and shouldn’t be considered…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) An immigrant who claims her family was killed in Mexico over a marijuana bust in Kansas now faces deportation after a federal judge tried to set her free. Norma Quintana was sentenced Tuesday to time served for failing to appear at a 2010 federal trial on a charge of possession with intent to distribute 160 pounds of marijuana. The drug charge was dismissed as part of a deal for her guilty plea to a charge of fleeing. Quintana has been in custody since her April arrest. A court filing indicates her husband, son and brother were gunned…
McPHERSON, Kan. (AP) A central Kansas prosecutor is investigating possible electioneering at polling places during last week’s voting. The McPherson Sentinel reports four anti-abortion voters’ guides were left in voting booths at a McPherson church and the Lindsborg Safety Center. McPherson County Clerk Cathy Schmidt says the guides appeared to be printed from a website. Kansas law prohibits electioneering, such as wearing or handing out various labels or materials, inside polling places on election day. It’s also banned within 250 feet of a polling place. McPherson County Attorney David Page says electioneering is a serious matter, but proving criminal intent…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Revenue Department has seized eight convenience stores in the southeastern part of the state for what it says are unpaid sales taxes. The agency says the seizures Tuesday of the eight Jump Start stores represent the last in a long series of steps to collect the taxes. The stores are owned by a company called TAS Group LLC. Revenue Department spokeswoman Jeannine Koranda says the business failed to send the state nearly $516,000 in sales taxes collected between October 2011 and July 2012. Agents shut down two stores each in Coffeyville and Independence and one…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The State Library of Kansas is using Facebook to complain about major publishers’ policies regarding e-books at libraries. Library officials contend that six large publishing firms refuse to sell some titles as e-books to libraries, or charge higher rates for popular books. State librarian Jo Budler told The Wichita Eagle the library needed to explain to the public why some popular books are not available as e-books. Some of the e-books not available include “Harry Potter,” and “The Signal and the Noise” by political forecaster Nate Silver. The Facebook page also lists e-books that are available to…
BUHLER, Kan. (AP) A stray dog cared for by residents of a central Kansas town for more than eight years finally has a home. The dog lived all those years near Buhler, eluding numerous efforts to catch her. Residents dubbed her D.D., short for “Ditch Dog.” They also did all they could to care for the dog, setting out food and watching out for her safety. But no one could get close enough to catch the dog. But recently, resident Rachelle Cavanaugh began slowly taming the animal after she noticed it apparently had developed arthritis. After weeks of work, D.D.…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A pair of mating bald eagles has returned to downtown Wichita for the third straight winter. The pair was arrived separately last week at their nest in the Twin Lakes area of Wichita. The Wichita Eagle reports photographers have chronicled nearly every waking moment of the eagles’ lives during their last two visits. And most of the watchers are hoping this will be the year they pair produces some eaglets. The eagles migrate from the northern Great Lakes to Kansas lakes and rivers. When the state’s lakes freeze, the eagles move to rivers, including the Arkansas River…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) An elderly Hutchinson man has died from injuries he suffered when he was hit by a car as he walked along a street Sunday. Police say Neil J. Kralicek, 77, died Monday at a Wichita hospital. He was hit by a car driven by Valerie S. Avery, 43. Kralicek was airlifted Sunday to the Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis in Wichita. Avery was not injured. Hutchinson police continue to investigate.
GRANTVILLE, Kan. (AP) Cleanup is under way after a Union Pacific coal train derailed in northeast Kansas. Jefferson County authorities say 23 coal cars derailed just north of Grantville Monday night. Grantville is a few miles east of Topeka and 25 miles west of Lawrence. Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Herrig says no one was injured. But one house was damaged when a piece of rail landed inside. He says the piece of rail landed on the bottom bunk of a bunk bed, and a child was sleeping on the top bunk. The cause of the derailment is under investigation.