In what could be an indication of how Heisman Trophy voters are leaning, the Maxwell Award will be handed out Thursday night at the ESPN College Football Awards at Walt Disney World. The three candidates are the same for both awards, K-State senior quarterback Collin Klein, Texas A&M freshman quarterback Johnny Manziel, and Notre Dame senior linebacker Manti Te’o. Even though Tim Tebow won both awards in 2007 and Cam Newton did the same in 2010, the Maxwell has not exactly been in sync with the Heisman in recent years. Players like Peyton Manning, Drew Brees, Ken Dorsey, Larry Johnson,…
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For the first time, there will be two former K-State Wildcats on the PGA Tour. Aaron Watkins earned his tour card for the second time by finishing in a tie for 17th in the final “Q” school, held over six rounds at two different courses in La Quinta, CA. Watkins was on the tour in 2009, where he recorded a seventh place finish at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, but lost his card. His play picked up this year, highlighted by a top 15 finish in the US Open. Watkins joins former Wildcat Robert Streb on the PGA Tour, as Streb finished seventh on the…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The estate or guardian of the infant of the Chiefs player who killed her mother before turning a gun on himself will receive more than $1 million under terms of the NFL’s collective-bargaining agreement. Jovan Belcher’s 3-month-old daughter, Zoey, stands to receive $108,000 annually over the next four years, $48,000 in the fifth year and then $52,000 each year until age 18. She’ll continue to receive that amount until age 23 if she attends college. The beneficiary of Belcher, who was in his fourth season, also will receive $600,000 in life insurance, plus $200,000 for…
Jazz composer and pianist Dave Brubeck, whose pioneering style in pieces such as “Take Five” caught listeners’ ears with exotic, challenging rhythms, has died.
Marijuana is now legal according to Washington state law, starting on Thursday. Voters decided to legalize it last month.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas regulators have approved a 7 percent rate increase for the state’s largest natural gas company that will generate $28 million a year in new revenues for the utility. The Kansas Corporation Commission said a legal settlement it accepted Wednesday will raise bills for average residential customers of Kansas Gas Service by less than $2 a month. The settlement was reached in October by the company, the KCC’s staff and other parties. They included the Citizens’ Utility Ratepayers Board, a state agency representing residential customers and small businesses. The agreement will allow Kansas Gas Service to earn…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Plane maker Hawker Beechcraft Corp. is a step closer to exiting bankruptcy after a court ruling approving the company’s disclosure statement. The ruling by the bankruptcy court on Wednesday means Hawker Beechcraft can begin soliciting approval of its plan of reorganization from its creditors. The voting is expected to be completed by Jan. 22. The company says it will seek court approval to exit bankruptcy at a confirmation hearing scheduled for Jan. 31. Hawker Beechcraft says its reorganization plan is supported by a committee of unsecured creditors and the majority of its creditors. It plans to rename…
ASSARIA, Kan. (AP) Three central Kansas brothers who became an Internet sensation this summer with their parody song “I’m Farming and I Grow It” have a new tune that’s become an overnight hit. The Peterson brothers on Tuesday night released a parody of the song”Gangnam Style,” changing the title to “Farmer Style.” The Wichita Eagle says the song by Greg, Nathan and Kendal Peterson had well over 130,000 hits on You Tube by noon Wednesday. The video features the brothers dancing Gangnam style with other family members and includes farming scenes from their farm near Assaria. Their first video, a…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Topeka residents soon will be allowed to carry loaded handguns in their vehicles. The city council and Mayor Bill Bunten voted Tuesday to approve an ordinance that deletes a current ban on loaded handguns in vehicles. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that in exchange for that vote, the governing board will be asked in the near future to make it illegal to possess a firearm while committing more than a dozen specific misdemeanors. Police Chief Ron Miller says the arrangement is an attempt to allow law-abiding people to carry loaded guns in their vehicles but ban gun possession…
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback says Kansas lawmakers should take another look at his suggestions to pay for massive income tax cuts he signed into law earlier this year. The Republican governor told hundreds of people at a forum in Overland Park on Tuesday that he won’t consider restoring tax rates to previous levels. In January, the state will reduce individual income tax rates, drop the top tax rate to 4.9 percent from 6.45 percent and increase the standard deductions claimed by married couples and heads-of-household. The state also will exempt the owners of 191,000 partnerships, sole proprietorships…