Birgit Wassmuth will be the next director of the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications at K-State, and will start her new job in June. Wassmuth comes to K-State from Kennesaw State University near Atlanta, where she served as chair of the department of communication for more than seven years. Under her leadership, the department managed exceptional growth, going from about 550 majors to about 1,400 majors. She also supported excellence in teaching and curriculum development, innovative research and professional service in ways that led to the communications program to national and international recognition. One of her first…
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Jeremy Guthrie won his career-best seventh straight decision, dating to last season, and Alcides Escobar had three hits and an RBI as the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 7-4 Tuesday night. The Royals, who had not scored in the first two innings in their first seven games, sent nine to the plate in a five-run first. Mike Pelfrey (1-1) gave up hits to the first five batters he faced. Joe Mauer, Josh Willingham and Eduardo Escobar each hit solo homers to keep the Twins close. Guthrie (2-0) improved to 7-0 in his past…
The chances for a comeback looked bleak when K-State trailed in-state rival Wichita State 6-1 entering the bottom of the eighth. But, the Cats scored five runs on five hits in the inning to tie the score at 6, and Shane Conlon scooted home on a passed ball by Shocker catcher Tyler Baker for an improbable 7-6 win on Tuesday night at Tointon Family Stadium. The win is K-State’s sixth in a row as they push their record to 24-10, and also are now second to Oklahoma in the Big 12 in overall victories. Wichita State scored two runs in…
FORD CITY, Kan. (AP) If Andy Thompson’s wife had been in town last week, there would have been no need for a tiebreaker in the city council race in a tiny southwest Kansas community. But Thompson tells The Dodge City Globe his wife’s return from a visit to their grandson was delayed when the boy got appendicitis. So she wasn’t among the 42 Ford City voters who cast ballots in the April 2 council election, which ended with 21 votes apiece for Thompson and Betty Shearon. The Ford County Board of Canvassers decided the race this week by putting the…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A northeast Kansas man was sentenced to a year of house arrest and five years of probation for not paying income taxes on money he earned while working as a consultant in Iraq. U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said in a news release that Gregory S. Light, 43, of Louisburg was sentenced Monday after he pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion. Prosecutors say while Light worked as a subcontractor in Iraq with his own company he did not report salary he was paid in cash. He bought money orders with the cash and kept them…
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a Leavenworth woman who didn’t show up for the start of her trial on charges that she left her baby alone in an alley. Jury selection for the trial of Elizabeth A. Michaud was scheduled Monday morning in Leavenworth County District Court. But Michaud, who’s been free on bond, did not appear. Michaud was charged with aggravated endangering a child after she allegedly left her infant son in a Leavenworth alley last May. Authorities say they believe she was under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Sedgwick County jury acquitted a former Garden Plain football coach of two charges involving sex with children but could not reach a verdict on a third count. The jury on Monday found Todd Puetz not guilty of attempted aggravated indecent liberties with a child and attempted criminal sodomy. The jury deadlocked on a charge of electronic solicitation of a child. Puetz was one of seven men arrested after a police sting operation in October 2011. He was accused of trying to meet a person he thought was a 15-year-old girl for sex after communicating with her…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The State Board of Education is preparing to approve changes in the material that Kansas students are expected to know in history, government and social studies. The new standards were developed over the past two years for kindergarten through high school. Kansas students would be asked to better understand the context of what they learn, not just memorize names and dates. Board members will adopt the changes at their April 16 meeting in Topeka. The new standards replace those that had been in place for Kansas schools since 2004. Students will take tests based on the standards…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) A federal judge has been asked to award three child pornography victims more than $2 million in restitution from a Kansas man convicted of downloading their images over the Internet. Brandon Hollister of Horton, Kan., pleaded guilty last year to one count of distributing child porn and was sentenced Monday to five years in prison. Three victims whose images were seized from Hollister’s computer have requested restitution. But recent court decisions have left it unclear whether individual violators can be forced to pay such large amounts to reimburse victims whose images have spread to countless other…
It’s time to check in with Riley County as Cathy sits down with Commissioner Robert Boyd, Fire Chief Pat Collins, Extension Agriculture Agent Greg Mcclure. [mp3-jplayer]