TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Beginning in 2016, students wanting to study at the University of Kansas will have meet increased admission standards. The Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday approved the new standards. Admission standards will remain the same at the other five regents universities in Kansas. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the new standards will require graduating high school students to complete a pre-college curriculum. For automatic admission, they also will be required to have either a minimum 3.0 GPA and an ACT score of at least 24 or SAT of at least 1090, or a minimum 3.25 GPA and an…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Topeka police say a man is in custody for questioning in the stabbing death of a woman. The woman was found dead Wednesday night at an apartment complex. The victim was in her 40s but her name has not been released. Lt. Ron Gish says a 23-year-old man is in custody. KAKE-TV reports Gish said the suspect told his mother he had stabbed a woman in an apartment. The woman’s death is the city’s 16th homicide this year.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Driving remains challenging in northeast Kansas as workers struggle to keep roads clear of snow driven by strong winds. Interstate 70, which was closed on Wednesday, was open statewide Thursday morning with conditions described as icy and snow packed. A semitrailer was off the road near the Douglas-Shawnee county line as traffic was moving noticeably slower. The Kansas Department of Transportation reported that a stretch of U.S. 36 from just west of Troy to the Missouri border was closed in northeast Kansas. More than 30 schools called off classes across the state, with some opening late. Gov.…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Crews from the Kansas Geological Survey will be in western Kansas in early January to measure groundwater levels in more than 500 wells. The work is part of the survey’s efforts to track changes in the depth of the region’s aquifers. The University of Kansas said in a news release that crews will work near Colby, Goodland, Syracuse and Liberal during the first week of January. The state’s Division of Water Resources will measure water levels in nearly 900 more wells in the central and western park of the state. The monitoring focuses on the massive High…
Throughout the year, the investigation has continued over the murder of Steve Freele, 31. During that time, the suspected shooter, an accomplise and others involved in connected robberies have seen trails and decisions. Last month, 20 year old Michael Layne accepted a plea agreement for the 2nd degree murder of Freele. This week, Layne received his sentence. Judge Meryl Wilson sentenced Layne to 165 months for the murder charge, 61 months for aggrevated robbery and 61 months for kidnapping all to be served consecutivly totally 287 months in prison. During the sentencing, Freele’s sister, Lisa Freele gave a tearful address to…
The idea of adding a fence around a portion of the Alvan D. Johnson Law Enforcement Center was proposed during a previous Riley County Commission meeting. Many individuals going to and from work release have created an unwanted footpath through the grass outside the center. This fence would block those individuals off so they stop cutting through that area. Police Lieutenant, Josh Kyle brought pictures and statistics forward during Thursday’s commission meeting. The pictures indicated the depth of the footpath that has been created and showed a vehicle that had been keyed as a result of individuals passing by the…
The storm that came through the area Wednesday night has caused hazardous road conditions as well as power outages for many residents in the city of Manhattan and surrounding counties. Spokeswoman for Westar energy Erin Larow says the high winds have caused most of the outages, and are hampering crews as they try to get out and repair the damage. Larow also cites hazardous road conditions as a major problem as crews from surrounding counties mobilize and try to get the the areas that are most effected. Larow says that there has been widespread outages all over Westar’s service area,…
A gaping hole was left in K-State’s secondary when junior safety Ty Zimmerman went down in the fourth quarter of the Cats’ win at TCU. Even though Dante Barnett and Thomas Ferguson filled in admirably, the impact was great as Baylor piled up 342 rushing yards in a 52-24 romp over K-State. Whether Zimmerman plays in the Fiesta Bowl against Oregon on January 3rd seven weeks after his injury remains to been. However, Coach Bill Snyder says his third team all-American has been a participant in some aspects of practice this month, and “would like to think that he’ll be…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Romeo Crennel isn’t worrying about his future with the Kansas City Chiefs. The veteran coach says he’s focused solely on trying to pluck off a win or two down the stretch in what has turned out to be a season of misery for the Chiefs. Not only is the team 2-12, but it’s also had to deal with a murder-suicide involving one of its players. Crennel has been in the business for more than four decades, though, and he understands how tenuous jobs can be in pro football. He was fired after four seasons in…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Texas coach Rick Barnes would not directly comment Wednesday night on a report that guard Myck Kabongo will be suspended by the NCAA for the rest of the season. Yahoo! Sports reported during the Longhorns’ 85-67 victory over No. 23 North Carolina that Kabongo will be dealt a season-long ban following an investigation into the sophomore’s relationship with Rich Paul, the agent of LeBron James of the Miami Heat. According to the Yahoo! report, Kabongo provided inaccurate information to NCAA investigators when interviewed. Yahoo! did not disclose its sources. Barnes said following the win that “every…