LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Kansas junior forward Thomas Robinson will appear with coach Bill Self at a news conference Monday morning at Allen Fieldhouse. According to multiple sources, Robinson will declare for June’s NBA draft in which he’s expected to be a top five pick. Robinson is a bruising All-American who grew from role player into one of the nation’s premier interior presences. He piled up his 27th double-double in a national championship loss to Kentucky.
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Eric Hosmer and Billy Butler homered and drove in three runs apiece, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Los Angeles Angels 7-3 Sunday, taking two of three in their season-opening series. Jonathan Sanchez (1-0) survived through five innings to win his first start with the Royals, who dampened the revamped Angels’ much-hyped home debut with two victories after getting shut out on opening day. Albert Pujols went 2 for 3 with a double and two walks, driving in his first run for the Angels with a first-inning groundout. Los Angeles’ new $240 million slugger went…
It’s a busy month for the Wildcat Creek working group, with two meetings –one which was held Thursday evening. Co-Chair Rich Jankovich tells KMAN a lot of things are coming together… The next meeting of the group is set for April 26th
GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) Jurors have begun deliberations in the capital murder trial of a central Kansas man accused of killing a 14-year-old cheerleader whose badly burned body was found at the asphalt plant where the suspect worked. Prosecutors recounted in Friday’s closing arguments the hundreds of text messages that Adam Longoria of Great Bend exchanged with Alicia DeBolt before her August 2010 death. Prosecutor Kevin O’Connor also noted that Longoria’s semen was found mixed with DeBolt’s DNA in his vehicle. The defense conceded that the relationship between the then-36-year-old man and the teenage girl was inappropriate but insisted he…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) The Kansas State Fire Marshall has pulled the plug on about 20 automated roll-your-own cigarette retail outlet stores in Kansas, citing fire hazards from the machines. The Topeka Capital-Journal reported Friday that the Kansas Department of Revenue licenses the venues, which involve dual machines that allow customers to convert bags of loose tobacco and boxes of unfiltered papers into cigarettes. Cease-and-desist letters went out in February noting a fire-safety law stipulating cigarettes rolled at commercial establishments had to use a type of paper that resists quick burn rates. Seth Valerius, general counsel with the Kansas fire marshal,…
NORWICH, Kan. (AP) Imagine having to celebrate the birthdays of six children in the same day. Sondra and Eldon Headrick of Norwich face that task Friday, and they couldn’t be happier about it. The Headricks’ sextuplets three girls and three boys turn 10 Friday. Ethan, Melissa, Grant, Sean, Jaycie and Danielle were born April 6, 2002, after Sondra underwent fertility treatments to try and have a sibling for the couple’s first child, Aubrianna. After 10 years of too much laundry and not enough sleep, the Headricks say their life functions as an “organized chaos.” The Wichita Eagle reports the next…
CHANUTE, Kan. (AP) Spirit AeroSystems has officially opened a new plant in Chanute. Gov. Sam Brownback helped cut the ribbon Thursday at the Chanute plant. KFDI reports the plant will produce engine assembly parts that will be shipped to Wichita. It currently has 16 employees but the company hopes to have more than 100 employees in the next two years. The work in Chanute is currently performed by workers in Wichita, who will be assigned to new tasks. Spirit CEO Jeff Turner said the decision to open the plant in Chanute was based on the quality of the workforce and…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A veteran who died 61 years ago in a North Korean prisoner of war camp will be buried in Wichita on Saturday. Army Cpl. Henry Johnson’s great-niece and her mother live in Wichita, and are the only known remaining relatives of Johnson. He had no known ties to Wichita. A memorial service for Cpl. Johnson will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Jackson Mortuary and burial will be in Lakeview Gardens Cemetery. The Wichita Eagle reports Johnson’s Army record shows he was taken prisoner in North Korea in 1950. Soldiers returning from prison camps in 1953 said…