K-State head men’s basketball coach Bruce Weber announced the signing of Hargrave Military Academy center Neville Fincher to a national letter-of-intent with the Wildcat program. The 6-foot-9-inch 240-pound Fincher averaged 12 points, eight rebounds, and four blocked shots this past season. He graduated from Teaneck High School in Teaneck, NJ, in 2012, where he was a four-year lettermen for the Highwaymen. Fincher is rated as the #26 center prospect in the Class of 2013 by ESPN. The K-State 2013 recruiting class now numbers four as Fincher joins Wichita Falls, TX guard Marcus Foster, Houston, Texas small forward Wesley Iwundu, and Queens,…
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For the first time in a few years, K-State has a true quarterback competition as redshirt sophomore Daniel Sams and junior college transfer Jake Waters are fighting it out this spring to take the job vacated by Heisman Trophy finalist Collin Klein. Wildcat coach Bill Snyder says that neither Sams nor Waters has differentiated himself through the first 10 practices of the spring, not unlike any other position on the football team. Waters is considered the better thrower, but Sams is entering his third year in the program. “(Sams) really has developed the capacity to get the ball snapped,” Snyder said. “Meaning…
DERBY, Kan. (AP) Police in south-central Kansas report two arrests in a vandalism rampage that caused about $1 million in damage to a Wal-Mart store under construction. KAKE-TV reports Derby detectives arrested two men, ages 22 and 23, on Thursday. They were being held in the Sedgwick County Jail. Contractors discovered the damage on March 18 when they arrived for work at a Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market being built in Derby. The vandals had broken in over a weekend and used scissor lifts to ram freezer and cooler units located along one wall and in the center of the store. Doors…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt acknowledges that his office is taking longer than the 90 days specified by state law to process applications for permits to carry concealed weapons. But Schmidt also said Thursday he expects the delays to be eliminated by the end of the month. Schmidt said decisions on permits are being delayed only a few days beyond the 90-day period and that his office now has 11 employees working on applications. Gun-rights supporters have said the attorney general’s office has been struggling to process a record number of applications for permits over the past…
LINWOOD, Kan. (AP) This weekend’s cleanup of the Kansas River has been put on hold because of rising water and potentially dangerous conditions. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the group Friends of the Kaw planned to lead the cleanup Saturday. But KDHE said Thursday the event has been postponed indefinitely. The schedule called for canoes to put in near Eudora and pick up trash en route to an illegal dump site near Linwood, where volunteers would haul tires from the water and the river bank. Officials say the Kansas is too high and muddy for the cleanup…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) An agreement arising from a fatal natural gas explosion in Topeka will fine one company and require another company to change its operations. The Kansas Corporation Commission on Wednesday approved the agreement in response to a January 2012 explosion that killed Lucinia Tolliver, 81, at her home. The Topeka Capital Journal reports the agreement fines N-Line Lawn Service $5,000. The company was installing a sprinkler system in a yard behind Tolliver’s home when one of its machines moved a Kansas Gas Service line. Kansas Gas Service will be required to make such changes as amending its emergency…
SALINA, Kan. (AP) One of two men charged with several burglaries at Salina businesses pleaded no contest to 18 felony and misdemeanor charges. Michael S. Cox, 31, of Salina entered the pleas Tuesday to 13 felonies and five misdemeanors. He will be sentenced May 23. The Salina Journal reports a nine-page affidavit accompanying Cox’s plea lists about $33,500 in total losses at 17 Salina businesses. Cox’s co-defendant was scheduled to plea in the case Thursday.
RUSSELL, Kan. (AP) Eight people, including six students, are recovering after an accident in northwest Kansas on a hail-covered road. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the two-vehicle accident happened Wednesday on Interstate 70 five miles east of Russell. The patrol says a sports utility vehicle carrying six students from Clifton-Clyde High School slid across a median when the driver, Laura Kay Stunkel, 29, of Palmer, lost control after driving over some hail. The SUV struck a vehicle driven by Melinda Smith, a 53 year old Shawnee resident. All the injured were taken to a hospital in Russell. The extent of…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita police are looking for the driver of a 1980s Ford Bronco who allegedly posed as a police office. A Kingman woman called police Wednesday to report the Bronco pulled up behind her with flashing lights while she was driving in west Wichita. The lights appeared to be flashing from a visor, and there was no siren. The woman was suspicious and refused to pull over, causing the Bronco to speed up and pass her. The woman said the Bronco had a white top and blue lower half, with partial Kansas license plate number of 883.
EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) A North Carolina educator will become provost of Emporia State University in July. Emporia State President Michael Shonrock announced the appointment of David Cordle on Wednesday. He will replace Gwen Alexander, who has been serving since August as interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at the eastern Kansas school. Cordle is currently a professor of music and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. He also is a former faculty member and administrator at William Woods University in Fulton, Mo.; Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond; and Longwood University…