KMAN has received further information regarding the Pedestrian-Vehicle accident reported at 10th Street and Ft Riley Boulevard. Emergency personnel report that there were a couple injuries involved in the incident which includes a 25 year old female and a 15 month old child. The 25 year old female was struck by the vehicle in the incident and is complaining of back pain. The 15 month old child was a in a stroller, but was not struck by the vehicle involved. The child did receive a bruise on their upper lip from the stroller being tipped over. The two were taken to Mercy Regional Health Center. At approximately 12:26pm…
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Nino Williams scored 14 points as the K-State men’s basketball team made their season debut with a 81-61 exhibition victory over Washburn on Tuesday night at Bramlage Coliseum. Jordan Henriquez also chipped in with 13 points, as both he and Williams also grabbed nine rebounds. Rodney McGruder and freshman DJ Johnson each added 10 points. The Cats started the game on a 22-2 run and never looked back as every player on the roster saw minutes. One surprise was Thomas Gipson didn’t play until the final seven minutes of the game. Washburn was led in scoring by Will McNeill with…
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) It appears that Kansas State linebacker Tre Walker will miss significant time after hurting his right knee in Saturday’s win over Texas Tech. Wildcats coach Bill Snyder has a policy to not discuss injuries, but Walker tweeted on Tuesday that he was on crutches and teammates indicated he may not return this season. Fullback Braden Wilson called the injury a “sad deal,” and wide receiver Curry Sexton said he had “no doubts that you’ll see Tre back out there next August.” Walker made 52 tackles and three tackles for loss while helping the third-ranked Wildcats to…
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The NCAA has passed a proposal that will impose tougher sanctions on programs and hold coaches more accountable for rule-breaking. The board’s decision Tuesday concludes an effort that began in August 2011 when university leaders met with NCAA President Mark Emmert at a retreat in Indianapolis in the midst of one of the most scandalous years in college sports history. School chancellors and presidents promised then to get tough on rule-breakers and now they have. Under the new legislation, programs that commit the most egregious violations could face postseason bans of two to four years and…
Brittney Griner became the third player to be a two-time unanimous choice on The Associated Press’ women’s basketball preseason All-America team, receiving all 40 votes from a national media panel Tuesday. Griner joined former UConn star Maya Moore and Duke great Alana Beard in that select club. Griner isn’t the only unanimous choice on the preseason team. Delaware senior Elena Delle Donne and Notre Dame senior Skylar Diggins were also on all 40 ballots. Stanford’s Chiney Ogwumike (23 votes), Maryland’s Alyssa Thomas (19) and Baylor’s Odyssey Sims (19) rounded out the squad. It’s the first time there’s been a tie…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel will start Thursday night’s game at San Diego after Brady Quinn took a blow to the head in last weekend’s loss to Oakland. Coach Romeo Crennel said Tuesday that doctors have not cleared Quinn to practice, so Cassel will be the starter and Ricky Stanzi the backup. Cassel was the starter the first five games of the season before he sustained his own concussion against the Ravens. Quinn started one game in Cassel’s place, and then Crennel made the switch permanent going into last Sunday’s game against the Raiders. Quinn was hurt…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A convicted sex offender who escaped in Lawrence while being driven from Virginia to Colorado is back in custody. The Lawrence Journal-World reports police captured 22-year-old Deon Gregory Routt shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday after a chase near Memorial Stadium at the University of Kansas. A private security firm was transporting Routt when the van stopped in Lawrence around 5:30 p.m. Monday so officers could check on a prisoner. Routt to the opportunity to bolt. Routt is a registered sex offender. He was convicted last year of sexually assaulting a child in Colorado. Authorities were uncertain if…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita is hopping as the city plays host to the National American Rabbit Breeders Association Convention. Broadcaster KAKE reports that the event has attracted more than 3,000 rabbit breeders from across the country. Organizers say the five-day event will provide a $2 million economic boost. Convention chairman Tom Little says downtown hotels and some in outlying areas are packed. The crowd pours into downtown Wichita at meal time. Convention-goer Allan Ormond says he grew up on a ranch in Utah. Everything changed when he moved to the suburbs. Because subdivisions frown on cattle, he settled on rabbits.…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback’s emphasis on increasing adoptions in Kansas is showing some early promising results. The Kansas Department of Children and Families says 777 adoptions were finalized in the state in the 2012 fiscal year. Another 761 state adoptions were recorded in 2011. Those are increases from 721 in 2010, although not as high as the 816 in 2009. Brownback, whose family includes an adopted boy and girl, has made public adoptions a priority. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports adoptions through the state cost almost nothing, while private adoptions can cost up to $30,000. Children adopted after age…