NEW YORK (AP) K- State quarterback Collin Klein, Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel, and Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o are the finalists for the Heisman Trophy. Klein would be the first player from Kansas State to win the Heisman. Manziel would be the first freshman to win the Heisman and the first Texas A&M player since halfback John David Crow won the school’s only Heisman in 1957. Te’o is trying to become the first defense-only player to win a Heisman and the eighth player from Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish have had seven Heisman winners, tied for the most, but…
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K-State head coach Bill Snyder is one of nine coaches to be named a finalist for the 2012 Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award, the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) announced today. It is the second coach-of-the-year award Snyder is in the running for as he was named a semifinalist for the Maxwell Coach of the Year Award last month. This is the 5th time Snyder has been a finalist…he was a finalist last year as well as in 1993, 1995 and 1998. The finalist for the award include Brian Kelly of Notre Dame, Urban Meyer of Ohio State,…
COURTESY K-STATE SPORTS INFORMATION AND ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS MANHATTAN, Kan. – In the midst of one of the greatest seasons in school history, Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein was named the recipient of the 2012 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, the award’s foundation announced today. Klein is the first Wildcat to pick up the honor and the fifth from the Big 8/12 since the award’s inception in 1987. The Loveland, Colo., product earned K-State’s first major college football award since Terence Newman won the 2002 Jim Thorpe Award. “It’s a tremendous honor,” said Klein. “Anyone that is familiar with the game…
LENEXA, Kan. (AP) Lenexa police say a quick-thinking 11-year-old boy escaped an attempted abduction. Police say the boy was riding his bicycle Sunday afternoon when a white car drove past slowly and turned around. The boy says a passenger in the car pointed a gun at him and told him to get into the car. Lenexa police officer Dan Friesen says in a news release that the boy knew he couldn’t get into the car under any circumstances. So he ran to a nearby liquor store, and police were called. The vehicle was a dirty, white four-door passenger car of…
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) The U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth is on lockdown after two separate fights broke out. Penitentiary officials say in a news release the lockdown was declared Sunday evening after a fight in one of the housing units. Another fight occurred earlier in the day in the recreation yard. Both fights were quickly contained and involved only a few inmates. Officials say security was never breached during the fights. No staff members were injured and two inmates suffered only minor injuries. No programs will be held and no visiting will be allowed until the lockdown ends.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Police say a 19-year-old man is jailed as a suspect in the fatal shooting of two people at a Wichita discount store. The suspect was arrested Sunday afternoon. He had been sought since the shooting Friday at a Dollar General store. The victims of the shooting were 79-year-old Henry Harvey, a customer at the store, and 22-year-old Zachary Hunt, a store employee. The suspect is being held in the Sedgwick County Jail facing two charges of first-degree murder. Bond has not yet been set.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Jamaican woman faces sentencing for entering into a sham marriage with a Fort Riley soldier to get legal immigration status. Shannakay Hunter now lives in New York City. U.S. District Judge Monti Belot gave her permission to participate by phone in her sentencing Monday, rather than traveling to Wichita for the proceeding. Hunter was convicted in August of conspiracy to commit marriage fraud, marriage fraud and lying to the government. She faces up to five years on each count but is likely to get far less prison time if any under federal guidelines. The man she…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Republican legislators are meeting in the Statehouse to choose the next Senate president and speaker of the House. Monday’s elections will be held by returning incumbents and those taking office for the first time in January. Republicans will outnumber Democrats during the upcoming session 32-8 in the Senate and 92-33 in the House. Party primaries in August saw the conservative wing of the Republican Party oust several moderates, including Senate President Steve Morris. In the House, Speaker Mike O’Neal decided to retire after 28 years in the chamber, including two terms as speaker. Democrats are expected…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) An agency that provides legal assistance to low-income Kansans is closing its branch office in Lawrence. Kansas Legal Service says it plans to shut the Lawrence office at the end of the year because of funding cuts. KLS managing attorney Bethany Roberts told The Lawrence Journal-World the agency’s Topeka office will provide services to clients in Douglas and Jefferson counties. Roberts says Kansas Legal Services lost contracts with the state to help move people from state assistance to federal assistance. Two of those contracts were worth a total of nearly $1 million. KLS also closed a field…
Monday saw another regular business meeting for the Pottawatomie County Commission and with November closing out last week they were looking at another round of monthly updates from their departments. Scott Schwinn, county transfer station landfill supervisor and county sanitarian, Leslie Campbell, Pottawatomie County Heath Director, and Gregg Webster, zoning administrator, all gave their reports for the month of November. Schwinn mentioned that numbers were a little lower than expected, but compared to last year, still doing rather well. Campbell said she would be bringing back, after the new year, a new mission statement for the health department. She also mentioned that…