WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A federal judge will let Kansas correct the birth certificates of two children of an illegal immigrant living in Topeka who stole the identity of a Texas teacher. Benita Cardona-Gonzalez was sentenced this week to 18 months in prison for assuming the identity of Candida Gutierrez, a schoolteacher in Houston. As part of the crime, Cardona-Gonzalez even filled in the other woman’s name as the mother on the birth certificates of her two U.S.-born children. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren granted a request by the Kansas Office of Vital Statistics to change the certificates to…
Author: KMAN Staff
Traffic was slow going between Wamego and Westmoreland Friday morning as all lanes of K-99 over Brush Creek Bridge were closed. But as of about 1 pm, word was released the bridge was back open. According to the Kansas Department of Transportation, a wide load semi was stuck on the bridge, causing the closure. The bridge is currently undergoing a replacement project, which has created the one lane of traffic being directed by traffic signals at either end or the bridge.
Sunset zoo’s trails are filled with babies this spring. A one month old chimpanzee, an eight month old colobus monkey, and the newest edition , a young bobcat kitten. The new kitten is a little over five months old and came to the zoo through the Milford Nature Center Wildlife Rehabilitation program. For the last two months, the orphaned kitten has been behind the scenes in the zoo’s quarantine holding area while the staff ensured the animal was healthy. The bobcat is now eating solid foods through the zoo’s feline diet, which consists of ground meat enhanced with vitamins and…
AMES, Iowa (AP) Iowa State basketball coach Fred Hoiberg has agreed to a new 10-year, $20 million deal with the Cyclones that will run through 2023. Hoiberg, who just completed his third season with the Cyclones, finalized the contract with Iowa State President Steven Leath and athletic director Jamie Pollard on Thursday night. Hoiberg, a former star player at Iowa State, has Iowa State to back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances for the first time in 12 years. The deal is nearly identical to the one that Pollard and football coach Paul Rhoads agreed to before last season.
LOS ANGELES (AP) Wichita State went from sweet to elite, beating LaSalle 72-58 on Thursday night to reach the final eight of the NCAA tournament for the first time in 32 years. Malcolm Armstead scored 18 points, Carl Hall added 16 points and freshman Ron Baker 13 for the ninth-seeded Shockers, who proved their upset of No. 1 seed Gonzaga in the third round was no fluke. They never trailed in this matchup of small schools whose past NCAA tourney success was long buried in the history books. The Shockers advanced to Saturday’s West Regional final against No. 2…
The freshman bullpen combination of Levi MaVorhis and Jake Matthys shut down Baylor in the final four innings and K-State scratched out just enough offense in a 3-2 win on Thursday night at Baylor Ballpark in Waco. Wildcat senior southpaw Joe Flattery pitched into the sixth inning, and left the game with nobody out and runners on first and third base. MaVorhis (3-0) then struck out the next two batters and induced a groundout to get K-State out of the jam. The Freeland, WA native would go on to win for the second time in as many games, but run…
The Standard & Poor’s 500 index closed at a record high Thursday, beating the mark it set in October 2007, a year before the peak of the financial crisis.
Dozens of residents of a hillside overlooking scenic Puget Sound have evacuated their homes after a landslide occurred early Wednesday on Whidbey Island, about 50 miles north of Seattle.
Edie Windsor, the plaintiff in the case against a federal law banning gay marriage sounded optimistic after the Supreme Court arguments in which it indicated it could strike down the law.
The Local 6400 AFT Kansas at K-State, sponsored an educational event to review and discuss the differences between civil service and alternative service. Attorney for AFT Kansas, Rebecca Proctor, provided the main presentation. The largest difference between the two systems is how wage adjustments are made. In a classified system, pay increases are approved by the legislature. In an alternative system of service, a university has the ability to determine an employee’s wage or pay raise. Cases of suspension, demotion or dismissal are also handled differently between the two systems. The meeting comes in light of Kansas State University expressing a desire to switch to an alternative…