The four newest schools in the Big 12 haven’t even joined yet, and commissioner Brett Yormark is already looking at potential new members. Yormark said he wanted to add a team from “out west” that has “national recognition” on Wednesday at the University of Cincinnati. Along with BYU, UCF, and Houston, Cincinnati is one of four schools who will join the Big 12 in 2023. When it joins the conference, BYU will be the only team in the Mountain Time Zone among those four teams that is located west of the Central Time Zone. “Well, I don’t want to get…
Author: Paul Parker
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas jury announced Thursday that it could not reach a verdict in the trial of a woman accused of killing her ex-husband and his girlfriend 20 years ago. Jurors deliberated for about 35 hours over six days in Dana Chandler’s trial. Chandler, now 62, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of 47-year-old Mike Sisco and 53-year-old Karen Harkness in July 2002, in Topeka. The jury foreman told Shawnee County District Court Judge Cheryl Rios that jurors were not able to reach a unanimous verdict in the case, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported. Thursday’s…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Legalized sports betting arrived in Kansas on Thursday, with wagers being taken at state-owned casinos and via mobile apps. The “soft launch” of sports betting in Kansas comes after Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly signed a bill in May that the Republican-controlled Legislature passed with bipartisan support. The launch meets a goal set by state officials to have the operations running by Sept. 1, in time for the first NFL games. An official launch of the operations is scheduled for Sept. 8. Bettors must be in Kansas to place their wagers. Under the law, each state-owned casino may offer…