A strong tornado hit the Italian region of Emilia Romagna according to Italian media. Amateur video showed dramatic scenes from towns and villages close to the regional capital of Bologna.
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High Jumper Erik Kynard added to his long list of accomplishments on Saturday at the Big 12 Track and Field Championships in Waco, Texas by becoming the first high jumper to win three Big 12 titles. Kynard who repeated as conference champ in his event and who is the two-time defending National Champion, won the title with a jump of 2.30 meters or seven feet, six and a half inches. While Kynard made history the rest of his teammates have the chance to do so as well. Through two days the Wildcats are in second place in the team standings….K-State…
After a thrilling win Friday night in the series opener, the Kansas State Wildcats defense deserted them on Saturday as they committed five errors allowing Texas to take advantage for a 6-3 victory before 6,064 Saturday afternoon at Disch-Falk Field in Austin. Matt Wivinis (6-2) took the loss for the Wildcats who fell behind 5-0 after just four innings. Although he was tagged for four runs on the day, thanks to the errors just one of them was earned. The Bat Cats offense came off the bat of Jared King who had a two-run double in the fifth inning and…
Less than two weeks after the team suffered a major blow when Sophomore Point Guard Angel Rodriguez announced he was leaving the Kansas State Men’s Basketball program, it appears Bruce Weber’s squad will be getting some help in filling the vacancy he left behind. The Kansas City Star reports that Justin Edwards who had played previously at the University of Maine has committed to K-State. The report says Edwards who is six feet, three inches tall made his intentions known on Saturday just a couple of days after making a visit to the K-State campus. Edwards will be required to…
PARK CITY, Kan. (AP) A Colorado man has died after accidentally being shot with a .22 magnum by a friend who lives in the Wichita suburb of Park City. The Wichita Eagle reports Eloy Portillo-Meza was pronounced dead around 12:30 a.m. Saturday at Wesley Medical Center. He was rushed there in critical condition after the shooting at 9 p.m. Friday. Police say a friend who lives in the home thought he had unloaded the gun and was putting it back together when it discharged and hit the 36-year-old Denver resident in the abdomen. The gun owner was taken into custody…
PAOLA, Kan. (AP) Miami County authorities have charged two teenagers in connection with an ATV crash that killed a 17-year-old student. Miami County Attorney Elizabeth Sweeney-Reeder said Friday that William Mahaffy Sutherland, 18, of Overland Park has been charged with aggravated endangering a child and unlawfully hosting minors consuming alcohol. Sweeney-Reeder says another person who was 17 at the time of the crash is charged in juvenile court with involuntary manslaughter-DUI. They’re charged in connection with the November 2012 death of Tyler Rathbun. Rathbun was a senior at Shawnee Mission East High School when he died in an ATV crash…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is close to winning legislative approval for new power for his office to investigate and prosecute election fraud cases. Kobach said Friday he’s optimistic lawmakers will approve the bill when they reconvene next week to wrap up their business for the year. The House and Senate have approved different versions of Kobach’s bill, setting up negotiations over the final version. Lead House negotiator Lance Kinzer said Kobach’s proposal is on track to pass. Under current law, Kobach’s office can collect reports of election irregularities but must turn them over to county,…
The Manhattan City Commission will roll up their sleeves on Tuesday night to tackle a large number of items during the 5:30 p.m. work session at City Hall. Items on the agenda include K-18 corridor development, and a renovation of one of the local McDonald’s restaurants One of the items on the general agenda is looking to rethink land use for a plot on the east part of town. City Manager Ron Fehr says the location was originally planned as a mixed use office building, but a change might be coming down the road which includes the possible construction of…
A solar-powered airplane has taken off from Northern California on the first leg of a planned journey to several U.S. cities. The Solar Impulse left Moffett Field in Mountain View just after dawn.
A suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings died from gunshot wounds and blunt trauma to his head and torso, a funeral director said Friday.