LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Sections of two streets in Lawrence will be renamed to honor former Kansas football coach and player Don Fambrough. The city of Lawrence and the University of Kansas will rename the two streets at a ceremony before the spring football game Saturday. The ceremony will be at the current intersection of 11th and Maine Streets. The city will rename a section of 11th Street “Fambrough Drive.” The university also will rename a stretch of Maine Street behind the Memorial Stadium press box “Fambrough Way.” The two streets will intersect. Fambrough died in September at the age of…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear the case of a woman who lost full custody of her child after a case manager recommended custody go to the child’s father. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Karen Williams contends the March 2011 custody decision was based on confidential conversations between the judge and the case manager. Williams says she didn’t have a chance to respond to accusations made by the case manager, violating her right to due process. In Kansas, case managers are appointed by judges and aren’t required to be licensed. The Legislature is also considering…
HAYSVILLE, Kan. (AP) The pastor of a small Kansas church that serves cowboys and cowgirls says he’s forgiven the thieves who caused thousands of dollars of damage at the church over the weekend. The thieves destroyed air conditioners at the Prairie Trail Cowboy Church in Haysville, just south of Wichita. They got away with only about 40 dollars worth of aluminum. KWCH reports church members found the damage as they arrived for services Sunday. A member of the congregation saw a truck near the church’s air conditions on Saturday afternoon but assumed it was a repairman. Pastor Chris Bray is…
Two Manhattan men were charged for their roles in the Wendy’s armed robbery reported Tuesday. Riley County Police say thanks to the immediate calls from Wendy with good descriptions, the dispatchers were able to get information to RCPD quickly. After receiving the information, officers were able to make it to the area before the suspects had fled the scene. The first suspect exited the back door of Wendy’s going Northbound. After the suspect got in the get away vehicle, the officers saw the vehicle leaving. Officers quickly caught up to the vehicle and attempted to get it to stop. As…
Youth was no barrier for Manhattan High grad Steve Andrus, as he nearly qualified for the 2012 London Olympic games over the weekend. Andrus is a senior-to-be on the Michigan State wrestling team, but is also one of the best young Greco-Roman wrestlers in the country. In Greco-Roman, only the upper body can be used to wrestle and not the legs. The former Indian and current Spartan was a wild card at 120 kilograms, and went 3-0 in the challenge bracket. Andrus wrestled 2008 Olympian Dremiel Byers of the US Army in the finals, but was defeated 2-0. Andrus didn’t qualify for London, but…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Ricky Romero won his third straight start, Brett Lawrie stole home and drove in two runs and the Toronto Blue Jays beat Kansas City 5-3 Sunday, sending the Royals to their 10th straight loss. The Royals have only six skids longer than 10 in franchise history. It is their longest losing streak since dropping 12 consecutive May 19- 30, 2008. Romero (3-0), who is 11-2 in 17 starts since July 21, gave up two runs on five hits in eight innings to earn the victory. In winning his past three starts, Romero has allowed 16…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) Denny Hamlin held off hard-charging Martin Truex Jr. down the stretch Sunday to win at Kansas Speedway for the first time. Truex had dominated most of the race, but Hamlin had gone to the front when his car hooked up under the first sunshine of the afternoon. Truex mounted a comeback, diving low with a couple laps left, but he couldn’t make the move stick and Hamlin pulled away. He coaxed his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota the rest of the way for his second win this season. Truex wound up leading a race-high 173 laps…
While not official yet, Manhattan Mayor Pro Tem Loren Pepperd is set to take over as the city’s mayor at Tuesday night’s city commission re-organization meeting. City manager Ron Fehr tells KMAN the selection of the Mayor is pretty standard, with the Mayor Pro-tem generally elected by the commission to the Mayor position. Fehr further explains the mayor Pro Tem is generally the person who received the most votes in the last election. And he says that gives a commissioner time to get used to that role before becoming Mayor further down the road. Mayor Pro Tem Pepperd indicates he…