NORMAN, Okla. (AP) University of Oklahoma President David Boren said Monday the Big 12 Conference is settled with 10 teams through the 2012 football season, but didn’t rule out the possibility that two more teams could be added in 2013. “Definitely, I think we have the opportunity to back to 12, if we want to,” Boren told The Associated Press. Boren did not identify which other schools have expressed an interest in joining the conference. With the departure of Missouri and Texas A&M to the Southeastern Conference and the addition of TCU and West Virginia to the Big 12,…
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The United States department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will conduct the first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System Wednesday afternoon. The nationwide test will begin at 1 p.m, and is to last about 45 seconds. Kent Cornish, President of the Kansas Association of Broadcasters, reminds us a nationwide emergency alert system was put into place four decades ago–but it’s never been tested. He says for listeners, it won’t be the voice you usually hear–although the 45 second message will still tell you it’s a test with the tones at…
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) Texas A&M running back Christine Michael will miss the rest of the season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in one of his knees. The junior was injured in Saturday’s 41-25 loss to No. 7 Oklahoma. He has 899 yards rushing and eight touchdowns this season. Texas A&M coach Mike Sherman wasn’t sure which knee was injured, but says they will schedule surgery to repair it in a couple of weeks when the swelling subsides. It’s the second straight year where Michael has had a season-ending injury after he broke his leg last October. herman…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Kansas City Royals have traded outfielder Melky Cabrera to the San Francisco Giants for left-hander Jonathan Sanchez and another minor league pitcher. Sanchez was the Giants’ best pitcher during the latter part of 2010, when they beat the Texas Rangers to win the World Series. But he was just 4-7 with a 4.26 ERA this season before missing the final month with a left ankle sprain. Cabrera hit a career-best .305 with 44 doubles, 18 homers and 87 RBIs in his first season with the Royals. By dealing him to San Francisco, Kansas City…
Slick roads led to two injury accidents on K-177 about eight miles south of Manhattan within a couple of hours of each other Monday afternoon. The first accident was reported shortly before 1:30 when a 2003 Chevrolet Silverado pickup driven by Alan Boerger 71, of Manhattan was exiting I-70 onto K-177 when Boerger lost control on the wet roadway. The truck went into a skid and entered the east ditch, overturning. Boerger was taken to Mercy Regional Health Center where he was treated and released. Then shortly before three in the afternoon a ’96 jeep S-U-V driven by Maria Manriquez, 40, of…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) State budget cuts have led to fewer teachers in Kansas schools, but student enrollment continues to increase. The Lawrence Journal World reports that state budget cuts to public schools have resulted in fewer teachers and more crowded classrooms. The Kansas Department of Education says the total number of teacher positions statewide in the current school year is 34,075. That’s down 256 from last year, and down 1,363 since the 2008-09 school year. But student enrollment is up from more than 473,000 in 2008-09 to nearly 483,000 in the current school year. That’s an increase of about 9,700…
QUINTER, Kan. (AP) A western Kansas business has been fined $217,000 by the federal government after an employee died at the facility. Brad Lovelady and Galen Huffman of Formation Plastics said the fine from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration comes six months after Mike Wente died when he was crushed by a massive plastics forming machine at the Quinter firm. Lovelady and Huffman said they were expecting a fine, but they were shocked by the amount of the OSHA fines. Lovelady told The Hays Daily News he had expected a fine somewhere between $80,000 and $100,000, and thought it…
PARSONS, Kan. (AP) A train hit a car this weekend in southeast Kansas, killing a 21-year-old Parsons man died and injuring another person. The Wichita Eagle reports that the accident occurred Saturday in Neosho County. Zachary Scott Harding was killed. The Kansas Highway Patrol said the car Harding was in failed to stop at a railroad crossing. Another 21-year-old man in the car was hospitalized.