For the first time in the history of the program, K-State football season tickets are sold out for the 2013 season. K-State is 2,400 season tickets ahead of last year’s pace, and student ISIS passes are also selling at a high level. In addition, the Wildcats will already play in front of capacity crowds for two of the eight home games at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. The August 30th season opener and debut of the new West Stadium Center against North Dakota State and the November 2nd matchup against Iowa State are sold out based on existing pre-orders from season…
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K-State will get an extra day of preparation for their first ever Super Regional at Oregon State. The NCAA announced the Cats and Beavers will play game one of their best two-of-three series on Saturday night at 6:00pm central time in Corvalis, Oregon. Game two will be Sunday night at 9:00pm, and the series finale, if necessary, is set for Monday night at 6:00. The Cats hosted the opening round of NCAA Regionals for the first time in school history, and advanced with wins over Wichita State, Bryant, and Arkansas. K-State is 44-17, while Oregon State stands at 48-10 after beating Texas A&M…
The deaths of three respected tornado researchers near Oklahoma City have renewed questions about whether the risk of heading into violent storms in ‘Tornado Alley’ is too great.
GALENA, Kan. (AP) A small southeast Kansas town is beginning to bustle again after years of fighting a reputation as a polluted town riddled with abandoned mine shafts. Officials in Galena say a hospital that opened in February and created 80 new jobs has capped a decades-long effort to revive the city. Decades ago, the United States Geological Survey said Galena was the most polluted city Kansas. And when a bar was nearly swallowed by a mineshaft in 2006 attracting national news coverage city officials said rebuilding efforts were stymied by a lack of money. The Joplin Globe reports several…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The head of a group that represents Kansas emergency responders says it’s time to consider rules for storm chasers in the wake of the deaths of three professional chasers in Oklahoma. Three veteran chasers were killed Friday when a tornado turned on them near El Reno, Okla. Officials say the men’s deaths are believed to be the first among scientific researchers while chasing tornadoes. Brian Stone is president of the Kansas Emergency Management Association. He tells WIBW Radio that the deaths are likely to prompt new study of who should be out chasing storms. He says if…
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) A northeast Kansas woman who left her 7-week-old son alone in an alley has been sentenced to 60 days in jail. The Leavenworth Times reports Elizabeth Michaud will also spend a year on probation under the sentence she recently received in Leavenworth County District Court. Michaud pleaded no contest earlier to child endangerment. The incident occurred in May 2012 when Leavenworth police received a missing-child report. Officers found Michaud walking around in a front yard saying she couldn’t find her baby. Another woman noticed the infant in a stroller about three hours later, alone in a Leavenworth…
ATCHISON, Kan. (AP) A northeast Kansas man who kept a tiger and other exotic animals on his property has pleaded guilty to numerous charges. Matthew Baker was arrested in early May after Atchison County authorities and the Humane Society seized several big cats and other wild animals from his rural property. KAIR-AM reports Baker pleaded guilty Monday to animal cruelty, failure to comply with USDA regulations and failure to comply with cage regulations. He also pleaded guilty to obstruction and possessing drug paraphernalia that turned up after he became disorderly with officers during the seizure. Baker will be sentenced July…
A budget work session was a part of Monday’s Pottawatomie County Commission meeting, meaning the budget is in the works. Though no decisions were made, talk about wages for employees and a request from Robbin Cole, Executive Director of Pawnee Mental Health, for additional funding are only the starting points of a long process. The commission also had their weekly update concerning the new Justice Center and Dan Rowe, Principal of Treanor Architects, was in attendance. Rowe expressed his concern of the schedule as at this point the building has still yet to be officially enclosed and there are only…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Jodi Kaus from PowerCat Financial Counseling, followed by Angela Prewitt, American Cancer Society staffer for the Relay For Life of Pottawatomie County and Cindy Dowdy with Riley County, and concluding with Frank Tracz from Municipal band. [mp3-jplayer]
During one of three weather delays at a soaked Yankee Stadium Sunday night, a few players got jumpy in the New York and Boston dugouts when thunder boomed and lightning crackled.