Four players from Riley County and three from Rock Creek were named to the all-Mid-East League girls basketball team. The Falcons’ junior trio of Madison Vargo, Makayla Vargo and Katelyn Thomson were named to the first team, while junior Taylor Oliver received honorable mention. Mustang senior guard Megan Srna made the first team, while senior Shiann Bruce and sophomore Alexis Wilson got honorable mention. Rock Creek placed four boys on the all-Mid-East League teams, and Riley County had two players honored. The Mustangs’ inside-outside duo of Jacob Miller and Ryan Schneider made the first team, while Tyler Dillon and Shane…
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LOS ANGELES (AP) Malcolm Armstead scored 14 points, Fred Van Vleet bounced in a big basket with 1 minute left, and ninth-seeded Wichita State earned its first trip to the Final Four since 1965 with a 70-66 victory over Ohio State on Saturday. Van Vleet scored 12 points as the Shockers (30-8) followed up last week’s win over top-ranked Gonzaga with a nail-biting victory over the second-seeded Buckeyes (29-8), whose 11-game winning streak ended one game short of their second straight Final Four. Wichita State roared to a 20-point lead with 11 minutes to play after Ohio State played an…
In what started as a promising series, ended in defeat for K-State as Baylor rallied to win each of the final two games at Baylor Ballpark. The Cats claimed the series opener 3-2 on Thursday night, and led 8-6 going into the eighth inning before the Bears rallied for 10-8 victory in 13 innings thanks to a pair of two-run homers on Friday night. K-State would jump out to a 3-0 lead on Baylor on Saturday, then saw Baylor score seven unanswered runs, and a 3-run rally in the top of the ninth landed just short in a 7-6 loss.…
Police in northeast Ohio are investigating a shooting outside a church that a parishioner says left one man dead after an Easter service.
About 75 vehicles crashed Sunday along a mountainous, foggy stretch of I-77 near the Virginia-North Carolina border, killing three people and injuring more than 20 others, police said.
Pope Francis has celebrated his first Easter Mass today as 250,000 people packed St. Peter’s Square. On Saturday night, he celebrated a trimmed back Easter Vigil service at St. Peter’s Basilica.
GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) A prank at Garden City High School wasn’t done in secret. The Garden City Telegram reports that principal James Mireles let 50 to 100 seniors into the school on a recent Sunday night to perform a supervised senior prank. The students used streamers, yarn, toilet paper and newspapers to cover the commons area. They also used sidewalk chalk outside. Mireles says several seniors asked for permission beforehand and promised to clean up after their classmates got a chance to see their handiwork. Mireles acknowledged that some people were surprised and that he wasn’t anticipating the Vaseline…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A 14-year-old boy has been shot and killed after an argument in northeast Kansas City, Kan. Police identified the victim Sunday as Miguel Garcia of Kansas City, Kan. The Kansas City Stars (http://bit.ly/YM27Ym ) reports that the victim and another teenage boy were walking together Saturday afternoon when a sport utility vehicle approached them. An argument between the two groups ensued. The SUV then circled the block before its occupants opened fire, striking Miguel. He was rushed to a hospital, where he later died. A 15-year-old boy who was walking with the victim wasn’t injured. The…
North Korean State Television broadcast a special statement from the North Korean government on Saturday, threatening military strikes on the U.S. and South Korea, amid escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula.
A small transformer caught fire at the Kansas State University dairy unit at 10:30 Saturday morning, and was extinguished quickly by a Riley County fire crew. The fire caused little damage, but approximately 20 gallons of transformer oil spilled during the fire. Steve Galitzer, director of environmental health and safety at the university, said an absorbent material was put on the spill and a berm is in place to keep it from spreading and to protect the area in case of rain. The transformer was damaged beyond repair and will have to be replaced.