Arrests Adriane Michelle Shuckahosee, 30, Topeka, Kan., for theft by deception. Bond set at $500. Cipriano Gutierrez, 22, 1528 Oxford Pl., Apartment 14, for driving with a suspended license. Bond set at $1,500. Mark Vincent Gallegos, 24, 1913 Anderson Ave., Apartment 105, for aggravated assault and criminal threat. Bond set $10,000. Dustin Lee Thomure, 20, Junction City, Kan., for escaping from custody, probation violation, and failure to appear. Bond set at $5,000. Fernando Diaz, 19, Topeka, Kan., for invalid driver’s license and speeding. Bond set at $500. Gustavo Adolfo Correa, 46, 829 Humboldt St., for driving under the influence and…
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Alex Gordon and Billy Butler each hit a two-run homer and the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 7-6 on Friday night for their third straight win. Mike Moustakas delivered the go-ahead single in the eighth inning and Alcides Escobar added an RBI single three batters later for Kansas City. Trevor Plouffe homered for the Twins. Alexi Casilla had two hits and two RBIs, but Minnesota again struggled with runners in scoring position and dropped below the Royals for the worst record in baseball. Jonathan Broxton struck out Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau for his third save in…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Kansas City Chiefs added some extra bulk to their offensive line with their selections in the second and third rounds of the NFL draft on Friday. With the 44th overall pick Kansas City picked up Illinois offensive tackle Jeff Allen, an All-Big 10 honorable mention pick last season by the league coaches. The Chiefs went offensive line again in the third round selecting Oklahoma offensive tackle Donald Stephenson, an All-Big 12 honorable mention selection by the conference coaches last season. The 6-foot-6, 312-pound Stephenson was lightly recruited out of high school, but emerged as a solid lineman with the Sooners. He started…
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Andrew Heaney led Oklahoma State to a four-hit shutout of Kansas State and was aided by a three-run Cowboy fifth inning as OSU won the series opener, 5-0, Friday evening at Tointon Family Stadium. With the win, the Cowboys improved to 24-17 overall and 9-7 in Big 12 Conference play. The Wildcats fell to 19-24 on the year and 3-13 in conference action. K-State is on a current six-game slide and has dropped its last eight league contests. In a game that started 45 minutes late due to rain, Oklahoma State scored runs in the first two innings…
Due to inclement weather in the Manhattan area, the first pitch for the K-State Baseball game vs. Oklahoma State at Tointon Family Stadium has been pushed back to 8 p.m. CDT. Pre-game coverage from the K-State Sports Network will now begin at 7:30 p.m.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Washburn University is describing a $6 million gift as the largest in its history. The Topeka school said in a news release Friday that the money comes from Jacki Summerson and her late husband, Frank. The money has been placed in an irrevocable trust. Ultimately, it will be used to pay for high-caliber faculty members. The Summersons received undergraduate degrees from Washburn University in the late 1960s. His was in business administration; hers was in mathematics and physical sciences. Jacki Summerson said in a news release that she and her husband were fortunate to have had successful…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The former chancellor of Western Carolina University has been named the new president of Wichita State University. The Kansas Board of Regents announced Friday that John William Bardo was chosen the 13th president of Wichita State. He’ll replace Donald Beggs, who will resign June 30. Brado started his career at Wichita State, where he was graduate coordinator of the master of urban studies program from 1976 to 1977. He was also chairman of university’s sociology and social work department from 1978 to 1983. He has also worked at the University of North Florida and Bridgewater State College…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas House members of a conference committee on elections have asked their Senate counterparts to consider a proposal to help voters understand complicated ballot measures. The issue arose over a Feb. 28 Wichita referendum in which voters rescinded a tax incentive the City Council had granted to developers of the Ambassador Hotel project downtown. The Wichita Eagle reports some voters said the ballot language was so confusing it was impossible to know what a “yes” or “no” vote meant. Olathe Republican Rep. Scott Schwab, chairman of the House Elections Committee, asked senators on the conference committee to…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) New maps have emerged redrawing the Kansas Senate’s boundaries and a vote on the new districts is expected next week. The Senate Reapportionment Committee endorsed the new districts on Friday, along with new lines for the 10 State Board of Education seats. The measure also includes changes already approved by the Kansas House to its 125 districts. Legislators are facing a May 10 deadline to approve the new maps, which reflect population changes in the 2010 census. If the deadline is missed, it is likely that the June candidate filing deadline and August primary dates will have…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas has formally asked the federal government for permission to overhaul the state’s Medicaid program. Gov. Sam Brownback’s office declined Friday to discuss its application for a waiver of federal Medicaid rules until an afternoon news conference. But the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services confirmed for The Associated Press that it received the application Thursday. Brownback plans to turn over the state’s $2.9 billion-a-year Medicaid program to three private, managed-care companies, starting Jan. 1, 2013. The administration plans to issue contracts this summer, though it has promised to delay including long-term services for the developmentally…