Update Monday morning at 8 a.m.: Fire destroyed a home on McDowell Creek Road Sunday afternoon, with 47 firefighters from Riley and Geary Counties responding. Riley County Fire Chief Pat Collins indicates the call came in at 3:15 Sunday afternoon at 5650 McDowell Creek Road, which is an 1890 stone house with two additions. Mutual aid was called in with Geary County and Fort Riley assisting in hauling water. The occupants of the home are identified as Tracy Sohnrey, his wife, and four children. They were not injured. The owner of the home was reportedly Sohnrey’s father-in-lawWayne Erickson. Damage is…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Lottery officials say someone in northeast Kansas has hit the Hot Lotto jackpot, worth more than $9 million. The Kansas Lottery says the winner of Saturday’s multi-state drawing can choose to take $9.43 million prize in 25 installments or take the cash option of $7.15 million before taxes. Lottery officials urge the holder of the winning ticket to sign the back of it immediately and put it in a safe place until claiming the jackpot. The Lottery says the state’s northeast region includes 21 counties. It’s the fifth time a Hot Lotto jackpot has been hit in…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A man in his 40s is dead after falling 40 to 50 feet while trimming a tree in Wichita. The Wichita Eagle reports police spokesman Sgt. Jeff Davis says the man was taken to Wesley Medical Center in critical condition after he fell around 1 p.m. Friday and died a short time later. Davis says the man, who wasn’t being identified until his family was notified, secured himself with a rope around the waist and tied the rope to a very large branch. Davis says the man began sawing on a limb and didn’t realize it was…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) One of two pregnant orangutans at Topeka Zoo has lost her baby and was given an emergency hysterectomy to save her life. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Lena was in the third trimester of her first pregnancy when zoo staff became concerned Wednesday about her eating habits and lethargy. The 30-year-old orangutan refused to present her belly for an ultrasound Thursday night, and at 12:30 p.m. Friday she was anesthetized and taken to the zoo’s veterinary hospital. An ultrasound showed a fetus but no heartbeat. The medical team performed an emergency cesarean section that revealed the baby was…
At one of the top tournaments in the state each year, the Manhattan High wrestling team came in 7th in the team standings of the Newton Tournament of Champions on Saturday. 4-time defending Nebraska state champion Grand Island brought home the team title, Ark City was second, while Newton and Garden City tied for third. Six Manhattan High wreslters placed at the TOC, led by 145-pound Davis Matthews, who lost a 2-1 decision to Cody Eastman of Ark City in Saturday night’s finals. Matthews received a second place medal. 113-pound Jase Stone and 160-pound Austin Chauncey both were third. 120-pound…
Lance Armstrong will make a limited confession to doping during his televised interview with Oprah Winfrey next week, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.
Shane Southwell may have had one of the finest 20 second stretches for a Kansas State Men’s Basketball in recent memory on Saturday and Head Coach Bruce Weber along with his teammates will certainly be grateful. Southwell sank two critical free throws with 21 seconds left and then blocked a layup attempt in the final seconds by West Virginia’s Gary Browne as the 18th-ranked Wildcats ran their winning streak to six games with a thrilling 65-64 victory over the Mountaineers Saturday afternoon at WVU Coliseum. Southwell shared the game-high total with reigning Big 12 Player of the Week Rodney McGruder…
In what was a competitive game for much of the day, the West Virginia Mountaineers Women’s Basketball team marked their first trip to the Little Apple a rousing success as they used a 21-7 run down the stretch to earn a 66-52 win over Kansas State before 6,778 Saturday afternoon at Bramlage Coliseum. K-State jumped out to an early lead in the first half but the Mountaineers eventually pulled even and both teams took turns at the lead with the Wildcats heading into the locker room with a slim 23-22 lead at intermission. The Mountaineers led by as much as…
The NFLPA Collegiate Bowl All-Star Game has selected Kansas State Defensive Back Allen Chapman to play in its event on Thursday, January 17 at the Home Depot Center in suburban Los Angeles. Chapman finished the 2012 season with 57 tackles, 10 passes defended and five interceptions including three in one game against Oklahoma State in helping lead the Wildcats to the Big 12 Championship and an appearance in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. Chapman who is from San Francisco will play in the game which kicks off at 5 p.m. CST on Thursday, January 17 and will televised on ESPN 2.…
On Saturday January 12th, the North East Kansas Chapter of the “Veterans of the Battle of the Battle of the Bulge” celebrated the 68th anniversary of the end of the epic World War II battle named “The Battle of the Bulge”. Nicknamed “Hitler’s Last Stand”, it was the largest land battle for the United States Army throughout WWII. The battle began on the morning of December 16th, 1944. German troops surprised the un-expecting American Troops along the Ardennes between Belgium and Luxembourg. With the freedom of Europe at risk, over one million soldiers battled for 43 days through one of…