MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Wayne Dedrick scored 21 points, Jaime Smith added 18 and Division II Alabama-Huntsville held on for a 78-75 victory over North Texas in a Preseason NIT game on Monday night. The Chargers (2-0) will play Kansas State on Tuesday for a spot in the tournament semifinals at Madison Square Garden. Jordan Williams led the Mean Green (0-2) with 26 points. Dedrick made one of two free throws to give Alabama-Huntsville a 76-73 lead with 15.9 seconds remaining. North Texas cut the gap to a point with a quick layup, but the Mean Green had to foul,…
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The Big 12 conference named K-State defensive end Meshak Williams as its defensive player of the week. Williams had seven tackles, including three for losses and a pair of sacks. He broke up a pass and helped K-State hold TCU to 10 points in Saturday’s 23-10 win over the Horned Frogs. It was the lowest point output at home during Gary Patterson’s tenure at TCU.
Lance Armstrong has cut formal ties with his cancer-fighting charity to avoid further damage brought by doping charges and being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles.
The top US General in Afghanistan is now under investigation, in a case that’s linked to the scandal that forced CIA Director David Petraeus to step down.
Angel Rodriguez scored 19 points and hit four three-pointers as K-State beat Lamar 79-55 in the opening round of the Preseason NIT on Monday night at Bramlage Coliseum. The Cats forced 14 Cardinal turnovers en route to a 43-15 lead at halftime. K-State subbed liberally in the second half as they cruised to the victory. Will Spradling added 14 points for K-State (2-0), while Jordan Henriquez blocked six shots. Henriquez and DJ Johnson led the Cats with eight rebounds apiece. Lamar (0-1) was led by 17 points from Donley Minor. K-State will face Alabama-Huntsville in the second round of the…
The Konza Prairie Biological Station is getting an upgrade, and becoming more welcoming to visiting researchers. New Grants from the National Science Foundation, and the Manhattan-based Caroline Peine Charitable Foundation are being used to build and furnish a house at the Konza Prairie for visiting researchers. The new facility will have an energy efficient geothermal heating system, full kitchen, washer and dryer, and will hold 13 beds… doubling the current lodging capacity of the research compound. Konza Prairie Director , K-state professor John Briggs says a recent increase in research being done at the facilty necessitated the change, and will increase the…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Investigators in Lawrence are looking into the latest in a string of fires at apartment buildings. The Lawrence Journal-World reports reports no one was injured in the fire early Sunday at a complex on West 24th Street. Crews quickly extinguished the smoky blaze. A report released Monday by Lawrence Fire Chief Mark Bradford says the fire was deliberately set. No other information was released, and Bradford did not say whether officials believe it was related to several others in the area. The Journal-World says it used an open-records request last week to obtain all fire reports in…
PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) A southeast Kansas hospital will break ground next week on an $18 million expansion. The Joplin Globe reports construction of the new surgery center at Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg will begin Nov. 19. Crossland Construction Co., of Columbus, Kan., was chosen recently as the general contractor for the 40,000-square-foot addition. It’s the biggest expansion since the hospital was built in 1971. Via Christi officials hope the expansion will attract an additional 20 surgeons, physicians and other specialists to the Pittsburg hospital over the next three years. The surgery center is expected to open within two years.…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A fugitive immigrant who claims her family was killed in Mexico over a Kansas drug case faces sentencing in Wichita. Norma Quintana hopes to be sentenced to time served in Tuesday’s federal court proceeding. She was arrested in April and pleaded guilty to failing to appear at a 2010 trial for possession with intent to distribute 160 pounds of marijuana. Prosecutors agreed to drop the drug charge in a deal for her guilty plea for fleeing. Attorney Charles O’Hara argued that Quintana’s husband, son and brother were killed in Mexico while the criminal case was pending. He…
LYNDON, Kan. (AP) Officials in a northeast Kansas county are moving forward with certifying the vote in a state House race amid a legal battle involving another county. The Osage County Commission began reviewing provisional ballots Monday and planned to certify local election results. The move will affect the 54th House district race. Democratic Rep. Ann Mah of Topeka trails Republican challenger Ken Corbet by 27 votes out of nearly 11,000 cast. The district covers parts of three counties. Mah successfully sued Friday to force Shawnee County to turn over the names of voters who cast provisional ballots, hoping to…