With the Boston Red Sox steadily fading from postseason contention in the American League and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the thick of a pennant race in the National League West, the two teams completed a nine-player deal Saturday that changes the makeup of their respective divisions. The Red Sox sent Pitcher Josh Beckett, infielder Adrian Gonzalez, outfielder Carl Crawford and infielder Nick Punto to the Dodgers for infielder James Loney and minor league players Ivan De Jesus and Allen Webster along with two players to be named later. Crawford will be of no use to the Dodgers for the…
Author: KMAN Staff
Coming off a 22-win season and an appearance in the NCAA Sweet Sixteen a year ago, high expectations greeted Coach Susie Fritz and the Kansas State Volleyball team as the 2012 season began this weekend at Ahearn Fieldhouse. So far things are going as planned as the 22nd-ranked Wildcats have won their first two matches of the Varney’s Invitational. Friday night before more than 2,700 fans, K-State wasted little time in dispatching UC-Irvine in a three-game sweep by scores of 25-10, 25-18 and 25-12 and this afternoon it was much of the same fate for Oakland University’s Grizzlies as they…
Officials in Miami are urging residents and tourists not to take tropical Storm Isaac lightly. They say the time to prepare is now.
A disgruntled former women’s accessories designer shot a former colleague to death Friday and then was killed in a shootout with police near the Empire State Building that left nine others wounded, officials said.
The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s 911 system is back up and running after having some technical difficulties. For the time the system was down, the Wamego Police Department was taking calls and getting help to people who needed it.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Supreme Court has overturned the capital murder conviction and ordered a new trial for the man sentenced to death for killing a Greenwood County sheriff in 2005. The unanimous ruling on Friday sends back the case of Scott D. Cheever, who was convicted in October 2007 for the shooting death of Sheriff Matt Samuels when the officer was serving a warrant at a rural home where meth was made. The justices ruled that Cheever’s constitutional rights were violated when a psychiatrist disclosed Cheever’s psychological records during the trial without his consent. The testimony was based…
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) A 61-year-old Leavenworth man died when the moped he was riding was hit by a car. Leavenworth police say the accident happened early Friday near the entrance of a Home Depot store in Leavenworth. The man’s identity has not been released and police continue to investigate the crash.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Shawnee County judge refused to lower the $1 million bond for a suspect in a Topeka slaying whose first murder trial ended in a hung jury. An attorney for 18-year-old Daquan D. Wilkins of Topeka argued Thursday that Wilkins’ bond should be lowered because he was not directly involved in the shooting death of 40-year-old Natalie Gibson. Wilkins also was charged with aggravated battery in the shooting of Gibson’s partner, Lori Allison. The two women were shot as they arrived at their home in July 2011. Wilkins was one of nine people charged in the shootings.…
SALINA, Kan. (AP) The Saline County Clerk says opponents of a Salina ordinance prohibiting discrimination because of sexual orientation and gender identity gathered enough signatures to have the issue reconsidered. Saline County Clerk Don Merriman on Thursday certified that the opponents collected more than the number of signatures required to have the issue returned to the city commission. An ordinance protecting people from discrimination in housing, public accommodations and employment based on sexual orientation and gender identity went into effect June 4. The Salina Journal reports the petition will go before the city commission in the next 20 days. If…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Hutchinson voters are likely to face dueling questions on whether to repeal or expand a law that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation. The Reno County Clerk’s office has certified that petitions submitted last week by opponents and supporters of the ordinance each had sufficient valid signatures. One petition seeks to repeal an ordinance passed by the city council in June. Supporters want to expand the limited protections included in the ordinance. Hutchinson City Manager John Deardoff says the City Council will consider the petitions Sept. 4. The council can either adopt the conflicting changes or agree…