K-State women’s basketball coach Deb Patterson on Wednesday afternoon the fifth member of her 2013 recruiting class, Nashville, TN point guard Jailen Murphy. The 5-foot-9 player averaged 15 points per game for Brentwood Academy last season, and also averaged five rebounds, three steals, and two blocked shots a night. Murphy joins four players who inked their national letter-of-intent with K-State in November including fellow point guard Kindred Wesemann. The Pleasant Hill, MO native is 5-foot-6-inches tall. The last three players in the class stand at least 6-foot-3, Erica Young of Tampa, FL, Jessica Sheble of Olathe (North), and Breanna Lewis…
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MANHATTAN — Three Kansas State University students are recognized in the 2013 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship competition. Jenny Barriga, junior in chemistry and biochemistry, Dodge City, has been awarded the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, making her the university’s 69th Goldwater scholar. Kyle Snow, senior in chemical engineering, Eudora, and Brianne Pierce, junior in microbiology and premedicine, Wichita, have received honorable mentions in the competition. Kansas State University ranks first in the nation among all public schools in total Goldwater scholarships since the program began in 1989. Overall, Kansas State University is among the Top Five of all U.S. universities for…
ATLANTA (AP) Wade Davis pitched five-hit ball for seven innings, Jeff Francoeur had a fourth-inning RBI single, and the Kansas City Royals stopped Atlanta’s 10-game winning streak with a 1-0 victory Wednesday. The Braves were seeking their first 13-1 start since 1994, but the powerful Atlanta offense which homered five times off the Royals the previous night finally was stifled. Davis (2-0) didn’t walk anyone and struck out seven, and the Braves couldn’t get a runner past first base until Jason Heyward’s two-out double in the sixth. Their only serious scoring chance came in the seventh, when Juan Francisco was…
Police in West, Texas say their early estimate is between five and 15 people are dead, after the massive fertilizer explosion. Dozens were hurt and police emphasize, the numbers could change.
A witness caught the Texas fertilizer blast with his cellphone camera. Erick Perez, 21, of West, Texas stopped to record the fire while playing basketball.
A Miss. sheriff says a suspicious letter that was recently sent to a local judge is similar to the letters that were sent to Sen. Roger Wicker and President Obama in Washington. 45-year-old Paul Kevin Curtis has been arrested in the case.
The FBI and federal attorneys in Boston deny that a suspect has been arrested in the Boston Marathon bombings. The president of Boston’s City Council says that video has been turned over showing a bag being dropped near the scene.
The U.S. Senate rejected a bill to tighten restrictions on firearms sales by a vote of 54 to 46, well short of the 60 needed. Following the vote, Senator Joe Manchin alongside other Senate Democrats vowed to push on for gun restrictions.
According to CBS News, local authorities say 60-plus people are dead and hundreds are injured due to a plant explosion in West, Texas. An earlier press release from the Associated Press is published below: WEST, Texas (AP) Officials say it’ll be some time before they know how many people have been killed in a fertilizer plant explosion in the town of West, Texas. Firefighters were already at the plant battling a fire when the explosion happened Wednesday night. It was so strong it could be felt from 45 miles away, and sent flames shooting high into the night sky, raining burning embers, shrapnel…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) The University of Kansas says it plans to have its new multi-million dollar athletic complex open in time for next year’s Kansas Relays. University officials broke ground Tuesday on the Rock Chalk Park complex in northwest Lawrence. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the $40 million complex will include a track and field stadium, soccer fields, softball fields and other amenities. It is being built and financed by a private developer, who will lease it back to the university. The city of Lawrence is planning to build a regional recreation center next to the athletic complex. Athletic Director Sheahon…