It didn’t turn out to be a top 10 finish for K-State, but the Cats achieved their highest final ranking in the Associated Press poll since 2002. After the Fiesta Bowl loss to Oregon, 11-2 K-State finishes at #12 in the AP and #11 in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll. The Cats checked in at #6 in the coaches’ and #7 in the media polls after their last bowl win 10 years ago, 34-27 over Arizona State in the Holiday Bowl. Alabama takes over the all-time lead in AP national championships following their 42-14 rout of Oregon on Monday night…
Author: KMAN Staff
The Harlem Globetrotters say they hope that deprived NHL fans have taken some comfort in watching basketball on ice. The sporty entertainers strapped on custom cleats and hockey helmets for their basketball game on ice Monday in Michigan.
Alabama beat Notre Dame 42-14 in Miami on Monday, to win the Crimson Tide’s second straight BCS college football title.
The families of victims of the Colorado theater shooting sat through testimony Monday from police officers who tried to save the lives of the wounded. Suspected gunman James Holmes didn’t appear to show any emotion.
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Authorities say a 54-year-old Hutchinson man found dead in a jail cell appears to have died of natural causes. Reno County sheriff’s deputies found 54-year-old James Richard Shumpert unresponsive in his cell Sunday night, less than 24 hours after he was booked into the jail. He was pronounced dead at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. The sheriff’s department said Shumpert had a history of medical problems. An autopsy will determine the cause of death. Shumpert was taken into custody late Saturday on suspicion of criminal possession of a firearm, violating probation and possession of drugs and paraphernalia. He…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) An illegal immigrant charged with assuming the persona of a Texas teacher has struck a deal with federal prosecutors in Kansas in a case that put a face on the crime of “total identity theft.” Thirty-two-year-old Benita Cardona-Gonzalez, a Mexican national living in Topeka, pleaded guilty Monday to a reduced charge of possessing fraudulent identification documents. Cardona-Gonzalez was accused of completely assuming the persona of Houston elementary school teacher Candida Gutierrez, who first went public in a story by The Associated Press. Prosecutors agreed to recommend an 18-month prison term when Cardona-Gonzalez is sentenced in march. Cardona-Gonzalez…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Police in Wichita had little trouble finding the suspect in the early-morning robbery of a bar. The Wichita Eagle reports the 41-year-old man was a regular customer at Judy’s Place, where other patrons helpfully gave police his name and address. Police say the man went behind the bar at closing time early Monday, pushed a cashier out of the way and grabbed several hundred dollars before walking out. Wichita police Lt. Doug Nolte says officers followed the tips from other customers and found the man at his home, along with the stolen cash. Nolte says he does…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) An Abraham Lincoln re-enactor will help the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site mark the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. The free event takes place at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Topeka site that tells the story of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that declared segregated schools unconstitutional. Portraying Lincoln will be Richard Klein of Springfield, Ill. He traveled Lincoln’s famous 12-day inaugural journey during a National Park Service sponsored tour in February 2011. Lincoln issued his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in September 1862, after the Battle of Antietam. In it, he announced that if…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) The University of Kansas has signed on to a technology upgrade that helps its faculty and students who are working overseas. The university has signed onto Eduroam, which allows faculty and students to log onto a wireless network at any other participating research or education institution overseas. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the University of Kansas is one of only a few schools in the Midwest that has signed up for the service, which is used throughout Europe. Kansas faculty who travel abroad for research say the service is valuable when they are at universities or research labs…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Department of Transportation is joining Wichita’s efforts to persuade Amtrak to run a passenger route through the city. The transportation department says an initial planning study for expanded service is a good first step toward Amtrak expanding its rail service to Wichita on a route from Dallas to Oklahoma City. The Wichita City Council has made funding more passenger rail studies a lobbying priority for the upcoming legislative session. Transportation secretary Mike King is talking to Oklahoma officials who currently are more interested in a northeast route toward Tulsa. The Wichita Eagle reports the next…