A trio of K-State football players have been nominated for the Walter Camp player of the year in college football. Sophomore Tyler Lockett was a Walter Camp first team all-American at kick returner last season, and senior defensive back Nigel Malone made the second team. Both Lockett and Malone are on the watch list along with Wildcat senior linebacker Arthur Brown. Fifty players from across the country have been put on the Walter Camp watch list for the award given to the nation’s most outstanding player. The Cats are one of three teams with three candidates. The others are Oklahoma and USC.
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JUNCTION CITY, Kan.— Areas north of Madison Creek at Milford Lake have been placed under an advisory after testing was conducted for cyanobacteria by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. NOTE:Areas south of Madison Creek are not currently under an Advisory or Warning and are open to water-based recreational use. Cyanobacteria is commonly called blue-green algae, and when harmful algal blooms are present, KDHE, in cooperation with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism and other lake managers where appropriate, responds by informing the public of these conditions. Based upon sampling results and established health risk levels,…
After coaching a national championship team, former K-State standout Claire Coggins has decided to return home. Wildcat women’s basketball coach Deb Patterson has hired Coggins as the program’s director of video operations. The two-time second team all-Big 12 guard scored 1,236 points, 19th on the all-time K-State list, and is 22nd in assists with 213. Coggins was a member of the 2004 Big 12 championship team and the 2006 WNIT MVP. The Independence, Missouri native played two professional seasons; with the WNBA’s Chicago Sky in 2007 and one year later in Greece. Coggins coached as an assistant for two years…
Wamego officials responded Tuesday night to a complaint about power outages. At Tuesday’s City Commission meeting, Mark Jensen, who lives in the 700 block of Lincoln Avenue, brought the issue of variations in power, power outages and brown-outs that occur in his neighborhood on a regular basis. He said he’s been a resident since 19-80, and the issue has been a problem for years. City Manager Merl Page said the City was aware of the situation, and hopes with the installation of the new 3 point 2 mega-watt generator and increasing the circuitry to the East industrial area, the issue will be…
A hospital in Aurora, Colorado says it admitted patients after a shooting at a nearby movie theater. Some patients suffered from gunshot wounds and others from chemical burns caused by some sort of gas.
Jennifer Seeger escaped a shooting at a Colorado movie theater, but says the shooter pointed a gun at her face and shot people behind her. She says she crawled toward an exit when she saw a girl about 14 years old lying ‘lifeless’ on the stairs.
In his final warmup for the London Olympics, K-State’s Erik Kynard will high jump on Friday in Monaco. The Diamond League meet has ten competitors, nine of which are Olympians including fellow Americans Jesse Williams and Jamie Nieto, who both train under Wildcat coach Cliff Rovelto. Kynard arrived in Birmingham, England to begin training on Monday. He’ll jump in the Olympic prelims on August 5th, and the finals are August 7th. Friday’s warmup event begins at 1:05pm central time.
After being to finish 8th in last season’s Big 12 preseason media poll, K-State wound in 2nd place in the league with a 10-win season and a Cotton Bowl berth. The Cats will again have to defy expectations as they were picked 6th in the 2012 survey. Oklahoma has been picked to win the Big 12, and the Sooners received 32 of a possible 41 first-place votes. West Virginia, who beat Clemson in the Orange Bowl last season, had seven first-place votes headed into their first season in the Big 12. The Longhorns were picked third, followed by defending league…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Felix Hernandez won his fourth straight decision, Jesus Montero homered and drove in four runs as the Seattle Mariners defeated the Kansas City Royals 6-1 Thursday. Hernandez (8-5) is 4-0 with a 1.37 ERA in his past seven starts since a loss to San Diego on June 12. While he leads the majors with 143 strikeouts, Hernandez struck out only three, tying his season low. He allowed one run and eight hits, throwing only 89 pitches in eight innings. Hernandez worked out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the eighth, striking out Alcides Escobar and…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Kansas City Royals signed 38-year-old catcher Jason Kendall to a minor league contract Thursday and assigned him to Class AA Northwest Arkansas. Kendall, a three-time National League All-Star, has had two shoulder surgeries since he last played on Aug. 30, 2010, with Kansas City. He has been working out with the Royals since spring training. Kendall, a career .288 hitter, ranks fifth all-time with 2,025 games caught.