K-State moves up one spot in both the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches’ polls this week. The Cats are now #21 in the media poll and # 20 in the coaches. K-State is fresh off a 51-9 victory over Missouri State last Saturday, and will host Miami of Florida this week at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. The Hurricanes opened the season last week by winning at Boston College 41-32. Oklahoma is still the highest ranked Big 12 team in the AP poll, but they slid down a spot to #5. The league now has a pair of top ten…
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– Manhattan High girls golf won their first tournament of the season by claiming the nine-hole Salina Central Invitational at Salina Municipal by 24 shots. The Tribe shot a 159, while Salina Central was second with a 183, while Russell came in third with a 186. MHS senior Blake Fingalsen won medalist honors with a one over par 36, Kylie McCarthy was third with a 38, and Kelsey McCarthy finished 4th with a 41. – Wamego Volleyball swept Clay Center in a pair of matches, 25-12 and 25-16 in the first, and 25-22 and 25-22 in the second. – Blue…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Jeremy Guthrie pitched seven strong innings and the Kansas City Royals got home runs from Alex Gordon and Johnny Giavotella in a 6-3 victory over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night. Gordon broke a 2-all tie in the fifth with a two-run shot off Matt Harrison, the third home run he has allowed to a left-handed hitter this season. After Salvador Perez’s run-scoring double with two outs, Harrison was replaced by Roy Oswalt. It was a rare short night for Harrison (15-9), who has pitched at least eight innings in eight starts. He fell to 10-5…
First lady Michelle Obama lovingly praised her husband Tuesday night in a prime-time Democratic Convention speech as a devoted husband, caring father at home and a ‘man we can trust’ to keep the country moving forward.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says the winner of the 2012 presidential election will have an opportunity to shape the country for decades to come and he urged voters to give President Barack Obama a second term.
Manhattan City Commissioners approved the 2011 tax audit during a Tuesday night legislative session at Manhattan City Hall. Mayor Loren Pepperd had a few pointed questions on procedures to the auditors, and was given the answers by auditors and local experts such as Kansas State university’s head of finance department Dr. Eric Higgins. Manhattan Director of Finance Bernie Hayen said this audit was the mostly heavily vetted procedure since he retook office, and appreciated the work done by the auditors and his staff. All items on the consent agenda were passed. A contract negotiation for improvements for the parks and…
LEAWOOD, Kan. (AP) Police in northeastern Kansas say they’re not actively seeking suspects in the deaths of two people found inside a home. Officers went to the home in Kansas City suburb of Leawood on Tuesday afternoon after a relative requested a welfare check. Details about the two people have not been released, but investigators say the deaths were not from natural causes.
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) A Kansas drug enforcement unit checking a report of a suspected meth lab found something quite different. The Hutchinson News reports Reno County investigators went to a Hutchinson apartment Tuesday where neighbors complained of a strong odor. But instead of a meth lab, the suspicious contraption turned out to be a fuel cell in simple terms, a device that converts the chemical energy of a fuel and an oxidant into electrical energy. The man who was making the fuel cell was not arrested. But officers on the scene did take in another person suspicion of theft.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) The president of the Republic of Colombia travels to Lawrence this month for events at the University of Kansas and the Dole Institute of Politics. The university announced the pending visit by President Juan Manuel Santos on Tuesday the same day Santos announced the signing of a preliminary agreement with Colombia’s main leftist rebel group to launch peace talks. Santos graduated from KU in 1973 with degrees in economics and business. He’s scheduled to be on campus Sept. 24 to meet with students. He’ll also take part in a public event at the Dole Institute, where he…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) An 8 year-old Wichita girl died after being struck by a bullet during a shootout at a mobile home park. Wichita Police Lt. Chris Halloran said officers were called to the shooting at the Oaks Mobile Home Park early Tuesday. They found a woman with a graze wound from a bullet and began searching mobile homes to see if anyone else had been hit. The woman was taken to a hospital with what are believed to be minor injuries. KFDI reports the girl was found dead inside one of the homes. Several people were taken into custody…