Michelle Plouffe scored 24 points including four critical free throws in overtime as Utah defeated Kansas State 54-46 in the semifinals of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament before 2,750 Wednesday night at Bramlage Coliseum. Kansas State which entered the game 13-0 all-time in the WNIT at Bramlage got off to a slow start making just two field goals in the game’s first 12 minutes as the Utes raced out to a 21-7 lead. K-State cut the deficit to 26-17 by halftime but still shot just 22 percent from the floor for the half. In the second half, the Wildcats turned…
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WICHITA, Kan. A south-central Kansas woman has pleaded guilty to federal health care fraud for illegally receiving payments from the Kansas Medicaid program to care for a sister with Down syndrome. Prosecutors say 46-year-old Lupe Adela Mains, of Pretty Prairie, also pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of mail fraud. Mains acknowledged receiving Medicaid funds from October 2007 through March 2009 to provide home care for her sister while the sister was really receiving care from another family member in Wichita. Mains also admitted that she fraudulently continued to collect her sister’s Railroad Retirement Board survivor disability benefits during that…
SCOTT CITY, Kan. The Ogallala Aquifer Advisory Committee plans to use its first meeting of 2013 to look at short- and long-term options for the declining Kansas aquifer and its users. The meeting is scheduled Monday at 10 a.m. in Scott City at the Scott County Library. Topping the agenda are enhanced management updates by each groundwater management district. There will also be discussion of potential future changes to the multi-year flex account program that allows producers to better manage water use during drought years.
More than 50 artworks by Kansas prison inmates are going on display in the Statehouse. The works will be exhibited for a week beginning Friday on the second floor of the Capitol in Topeka. It’s the second show of inmate art at the Statehouse in 18 months. A spokesman for the state Corrections Department says the first exhibition drew positive comments on the quality of the works and the importance of allowing inmates to express themselves creatively. The spokesman, Jeremy Barclay, says that some of the works incorporate their creators’ regrets and remorse for their crimes.
In the latest sign of escalating tensions with North Korea, the Pentagon said it will send an advanced ballistic missile defense system to Guam in the coming weeks, as Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called Pyongyang a real and clear threat.
A sheriff’s official says 56-year-old Nick Morale has been arrested for making a terroristic threat during the investigation into the killings of a Texas prosecutor and his wife, but there is no indication he’s connected to the deaths.
An endangered Florida panther rescued as a kitten and raised in captivity has made a rare run back into the wild. The state’s wildlife agency released the panther into a wildlife management area in the Florida Everglades.
After many months, and much anticipation, the Flint Hills Discovery Center has been awarded the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification. LEED is the nation’s preeminent program for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings. LEED certification of the Discovery Center was based on a variety of design and construction features, some of which include: a geo-thermal Heating and cooling system, use of LED or low-voltage lighting components, and two on-site bioswales used for groundwater filtration. “Achieving LEED certification was a goal for the design team and steering committee from the early planning stages.…
A man from St. Marys has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for drug trafficking. That announcement came from U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom Wednesday. Aljandro Oviedo-Tagle, 36, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Grissom commended Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Assistant U.S. Attorney Greg Hough for their work on the case.
It was local board report time again in Wamego. At Tuesday’s City Commission meeting, The Planning Commission reported several significant accomplishments last year, with one being the review of the City’s Zoning Ordinance concerning Day Care, in order to bring the day care catagories and definitions in conformity with the new State definitions. The Board of Zoning Appeals Chairman Woody Surs said they granted seven zoning variances and one special use permit. The special use permit was issued for a home occupation for a licensed day care, which is again to comply with the new State day care licensing requirements. Surs…