WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita police officer who shot and killed a man during a domestic violence incident will not be charged, Sedgwick County District Attorney Mark Bennett said. The officer, who was a member of the department’s SWAT team, shot Jason Williams, 37, in December 2020 in Riverside after Williams had shot his estranged wife and killed his mother-in-law, 52-year-old Michelle Barr, at a Wichita home. During the confrontation, Williams fired several shots and had threatened to kill himself. Two children and his brother-in-law were also inside the house. Williams’ wife had filed for divorce a month before…
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CHICAGO (AP) — Patrick Mahomes sure looked like he was ready to go. The one-time MVP, Super Bowl champion and four-time Pro Bowler made it look easy in his short time on the field. Mahomes threw for 60 yards and a touchdown on Kansas City’s first possession, then watched as the Chiefs lost to the Chicago Bears 19-14 in the preseason opener Saturday. “We did what we were supposed to do,” Mahomes said. “We went out there, we were able to spread the football around, get a lot of different guys involved and found a way to get in the…
MANHATTAN, Kan. (Kansas State Athletics) – For the second straight year, Kansas State sophomore men’s golfer Cooper Schultz will compete in the prestigious US Amateur. The US Amateur, which is entering its 122nd year of hosting the nation’s very best young golfers, will be held August 15-21, at the par 71, 7,487-yard Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, New Jersey, while the stroke play co-host venue will be the par-70, 7,256-yard Arcola Country Club. Schultz carded an 8-under par 136 in July’s qualifying event that was held at Overland Park’s Milburn Country Club, a performance that earned him an alternate position which he was…
CHICAGO (AP) — The president of the NFL Players Association blasted the conditions at Soldier Field on Saturday, and he didn’t exactly get an argument from the Chicago Bears or Kansas City Chiefs after their preseason game. Union president JC Tretter tweeted the field was not up to NFL standards. “The NFL said that this field met minimum testing standards,” he wrote. “We clearly need to re-evaluate what is an acceptable surface for players to compete on. We need new testing metrics looking at the performance and safety of every field. The NFL can and should do better.” Chicago quarterback Justin…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Max Muncy had a homer and four RBIs, Mookie Betts hit his team-leading 26th home run and the Los Angeles Dodgers extended their winning streak to 12 games with a 13-3 win over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night. Muncy went 4 for 5, including his 14th homer of the season, a two-run shot to right field in the fourth inning. Betts led off the game with a homer as part of a five-run first inning. “I think (Muncy) is just taking better at-bats and I don’t think he is trying to hit every…
MANHATTAN, Kan. (Kansas State Athletics) – Former Kansas State track athlete Wurrie Njadoe recently helped her country of The Gambia to a gold medal in the women’s 4×100-meter relay at the fifth annual Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey. The quartet of Njadoe, Gina Bass, Maimuna Jallow and Ola Bowaro finished in an Islamic Games record time of 43.83 to win the country’s second gold medal of the day after Bass won her fifth in the 200 meters. Njadoe also competed in the women’s 200 meters at the Islamic Games, finishing in fourth place with a time of 23.35. She posted a second-place time of 23.18 in…
DERBY, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas school district’s board rejected a proposed strategic plan after some members questioned its emphasis on diversity and students’ mental health. The Derby Board of Education voted 4-3 this week to reject a plan presented after months of work by parents, students, employees and community members, the Kansas News Service reported. Board President Michael Blankenship said focusing on diversity would not help students academically. He proposed replacing the word “diversity” in one part of the plan with the word “unity.” “If we keep going down the road of focusing on everything that makes us different, how…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ elections director says the state will go along with a request for a hand recount of votes from every county after last week’s decisive statewide vote affirming abortion rights, even though there was a 165,000-vote difference and a recount won’t change the result. Melissa Leavitt, of Colby in far western Kansas, requested the recount and declined to comment to reporters Friday evening, citing work obligations. But she said on an online site raising funds for a recount that she had “seen data” about the election. Her post was not more specific, and there is no…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Len Dawson, the 87-year-old Hall of Fame quarterback who led the Kansas City Chiefs to their first Super Bowl title, has entered hospice care in Kansas City. KMBC-TV, the Kansas City station where Dawson began his broadcasting career in 1966, confirmed Dawson is in hospice care through his wife, Linda. The MVP of the Chiefs’ 23-7 Super Bowl victory over Minnesota in January 1970, Dawson was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1987 and received the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award in 2012. From Alliance, Ohio, Dawson starred at Purdue and was selected fifth overall…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Tony Gonsolin took a no-hit try into the seventh inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers won their 11th straight game, beating the Kansas City Royals 8-3 Friday night. Gonsolin (14-1) tied Atlanta’s Kyle Wright for the NL wins lead. The Dodgers, with the best record in the majors, broke open the game on Trayce Thompson’s three-run homer in the eighth. “Tony was good,” manager Dave Roberts said. “I think it helped that this was a very aggressive ballclub. They were aggressive in the zone.” “I thought in the sixth or seventh inning he hit a…