WICHITA, Kan. (AP) An engineering building at Wichita State University has a new name after the widow of a late Cessna executive committed $3 million to the school. Starting this month, the Engineering Research Building began going by the name Donald L. Beggs Hall. Beggs stepped down as Wichita State’s president in June after 13 years. Velma Wallace says Beggs and his wife, Shirley, have had a “tremendous” influence on the university and community. She says naming the building after Beggs is a “testimony to his many contributions.” Her gift will help pay for bonds used to construct the building.…
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Making its annual debut, the performance of Hoo Haw is right the corner. Running the first, second and third weekends in August, the show is a favorite on the Columbian Theatre stage. “It’s one of our best selling and popular shows, so we’ve brought it back every year,” said Clint Stueve, executive director of the Columbian Theatre. The musical will include a mix of both country and gospel songs both old and new in a comedic performance. Tickets are available on the Columbian Theatre website or by calling 800-899-1893. Show times include 7:30 pm on Fridays and Saturdays and 2:00 pm…
“Mad Men,” a piercingly bleak portrait of a 1960s American anti-hero, earned a leading 17 Emmy nominations and the chance to set a new record as the most-honored drama in television history. “American Horror Story” also earned 17 nods.
Several communities in northern Nassau County are picking up from downed trees and power lines after a dangerous mid-summer storm.
“The Game” co-hosts Rob Voelker and John Kurtz at the batting cages.
Joining the likes of J.J. Smith, Darren Sproles and Daniel Thomas; John Hubert is the latest K-Stater to be up for the Doak Walker Award, which goes to the nation’s top running back. Hubert was a surprise starter in the backfield alongside Collin Klein in 2011, with Bryce Brown in the mix. While Brown floundered, Hubert blossomed, carrying the ball 200 times for 970 yards and three touchdowns. He enters his junior year two yards short of becoming the 25th Wildcat in school history to top 1,000 yards. K-State opens the season on Saturday, September 1st when they host Missouri…
Three K-State football players were named preseason all-Big 12 by the league’s media yesterday (Wednesday). Two Wildcat seniors who received first team all-Big 12 honors in 2011, linebacker Arthur Brown and defensive back Nigel Malone, received the nod on the preseason list. Sophomore Tyler Lockett was a second team all-Big 12 performer despite a season ending injury against Oklahoma State. Lockett made the preseason all-league squad as a kick returner. West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith is the Big 12 preseason Offensive Player of the Year, beating out Oklahoma’s Landry Jones. Texas lineman Alex Okafor is the preseason Defensive Player of…
(Courtesy K-State Sports Information) K-State quarterback Collin Klein was named to the initial watch list for the 2012 Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award. Klein is the fourth quarterback in school history to be recognized as a candidate for the award and the first since 1998. Chad May and Matt Miller were finalists in 1994 and 1995, respectively, while Michael Bishop was the 1998 winner. Klein is one of 34 quarterbacks nationally and five from the Big 12 on the watch list. The others are Geno Smith of West Virginia, Landry Jones of Oklahoma, Casey Pachall of TCU, and Seth Doege of…
John Szefc is leaving his post as K-State associate head baseball coach to become the new head coach at Maryland. He inherits a Terrapin program that went 32-24 overall last season, but finished just 10-20 in the ACC. Szefc has become a head coach for the second time in his career. He led Marist to 212 wins from 1996 until 2002, and the Red Foxes went to NCAA Regionals in 1997, 2000, 2001, and 2002. Following his stint at Marist, Szefc was a hitting coach/recruiting coordinator at Louisiana-Lafayette from 2003 to 2008. He spent two years at Kansas before coming to…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Billy Butler homered to lead off the bottom of the ninth inning and the Kansas City Royals outlasted the Seattle Mariners 8-7 on Wednesday night. Butler hit a 1-1 pitch from Josh Kinney (0-1) out to left center for his 18th homer. Butler went 3-for-3 and walked twice. Greg Holland (4-2) pitched a perfect ninth for the win. Lorenzo Cain, who had a pinch-hit homer Tuesday, homered in the fifth inning with Butler aboard. Cain, who also singled and scored in the Royals’ three-run second inning, is 10-for-20 in his six-game hitting streak. Royals starter…