CHAPMAN, Kan. (AP) Their school was destroyed by a tornado, and now high school students in Chapman are losing their mascot to another force of nature the University of Notre Dame. The national sports powerhouse contacted school officials in the small, northeastern Kansas town after seeing its leprechaun logo on the Chapman website. High school principal Kevin Suther told KWCH-TV the letter arrived over the summer. Superintendent Lacee Sell adds it was clear Notre Dame was serious about getting Chapman to drop the fighting leprechaun mascot. School district officials say they can keep their “Fighting Irish” nickname, however, and the…
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Kansas City police say they have a warrant to again search a house from where a mother and father say their baby was abducted two weeks ago. Police Capt. Steve Young says officers will enter the home Wednesday. Lisa Irwin was 10 months old Oct. 4 when her parents reported her missing. Father Jeremy Irwin says he returned home from a late shift to discover the lights on, a window tampered with, the front door unlocked and Lisa gone. The baby’s mother, Deborah Bradley, was asleep elsewhere in the house. Bradley says she had been drinking…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita police have arrested a 37-year-old man after a fight involving a sword and steak knives at a local hotel. Police say the man threatened kicked in the motel room where a 57-year-old man was staying and threatened him with a sword Monday night. The older man ran to his room’s kitchen and grabbed two steak knives to confront the attacker. Police spokesman Lt. Doug Nolte says the fight spilled into the hotel’s parking lot. When police arrived the older man had the 37-year-old pinned against a wall outside the hotel. The Wichita Eagle reports officers found…
COFFEYVILLE, Kan. (AP) A 68-year-old Coffeyville man has died after losing control of an all-terrain vehicle and crashing into an area of dense trees. KOAM reports Howard Sylvester Homer was an inexperienced rider who is believed to have been riding at a high rate of speed Monday evening when he crashed. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says it received the call around 6 p.m. Homer was taken to the Coffeyville hospital, where he later died. Sheriff Robert Dierks says the accident shows why people need to be careful when operating ATVs, including using protective equipment such as a helmet and…
Volleyball Sub-State Tournaments will get underway this Saturday, October 22, 2011. There will be 8 sub-state tournaments per classification/division with the winners of each tournament advancing to their state tournament on Friday and Saturday, October 28-29. Districts have been announced (opening round pairings have not been set) 6A: Manhattan High will travel to Wichita Heights (Field: Derby, Junction City, Manhattan, Topeka, Topeka-Washburn Rural, Wichita-East, Wichita-Heights, and Wichita-Southeast) 4A: Wamego goes to Royal Valley (Field: Atchison, Hiawatha, Holton, Hoyt-Royal Valley, Meriden-Jefferson West, Perry-Lecompton, Topeka-Hayden, and Wamego) 3A: Both Rock Creek and Riley County travel to Marysville (Field: Marysville, Minneapolis, Riley County, Rossville, Silver Lake,…
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma has so far spent more than $50,000 on an investigation into major NCAA rules violations by the men’s basketball program. The university on Tuesday released the investigation’s costs to The Associated Press in response to an open records request. Oklahoma listed payments totaling $50,057 to the legal firm of Bond, Schoeneck and King since September 2009 while looking into the program’s second set of major rules violations in five years. The firm also performed an audit of the Sooners’ compliance policies last year. Oklahoma announced in July that it was admitting to two major rules…
CHAPMAN, Kan. (AP) Their school was destroyed by a tornado, and now high school students in Chapman are losing their mascot to another force of nature: the University of Notre Dame The national sports powerhouse contacted school officials in the small, northeastern Kansas town after seeing its leprechaun logo on the Chapman website. Superintendent Lacee Sell adds it was clear Notre Dame was serious about getting Chapman to drop the fighting leprechaun mascot. School district officials say they can keep their “Fighting Irish” nickname, however, and the community is holding a contest to pick a new logo. Chapman’s new…
In a short meeting Tuesday night, Manhattan’s City Commission approved two items slated on the general agenda unanimously. First up was a plan for a new Traffic Operations facility, which will be located on the east and west sides of 11th street, north of Fort Riley Boulevard and south of El Paso Lane. The facility will house office space, parking, and areas for the storage of vehicles and equipment. Also on the agenda was the Commission’s approval for the consolidated dispatch plan, which will combine dispatch to Manhattan’s emergency services. Manhattan Fire Chief Jerry Snyder was present to provide several…
A report to the RCPD about a possible sighting of “Baby Lisa”, a missing 11-month- old from the Kansas City area, has proven false. Riley County Police received the tip Tuesday, conducted an investigation, and have confirmed that the child seen was not the missing infant. Despite the false sighting, Riley County Police urge citizens to continue to be vigilant and to report any and all suspiscious behavior they observe.
Riley County police are confirming a tip on the possible sighting of the Kansas City baby missing that’s made national news, but indicate they have no idea if there’s any validity to it or not. Someone at McAlister’s Deli in Manhattan reported seeing two women with a baby matching the description of baby Lisa Irwin… then leaving the restaurant to get into a small black vehicle with Missouri tags. But Riley County police indicate they didn’t find such a vehicle. RCPD Captain Kurt Moldrup tells KMAN they get tips like that all the time, but take them seriously. He says…