Kansas

Kansas Governor Apologizes to Teen
By Jen Folger
November 29, 2011 - 11:16am
Governor Sam Brownback apologized to a high school student Monday over a negative tweet on the teen's twitter

A senior from a Kansas high school, Emma Sullivan, went to a Youth in Government program last week with other students to learn about the political process. While Sullivan was listening to Kansas Governor Sam Brownback speak, she posted a disparaging tweet about the governor on her twitter account.

Explosion at Kansas Grain Factory Kills Three
By Jade Kraszewski
October 31, 2011 - 12:39pm
Three people are still missing after a grain elevator exploded on Saturday

A grain elevator in Atchison, Kansas exploded on Saturday evening, sending a large orange fireball into the air and leaving three workers dead. According to the Associated Press, the blast was so strong that it shook the ground and was even felt in neighboring Missouri.

51 dead in Turkey after earthquake
By Alessondra Parra
March 8, 2010 - 4:06pm
Plus, Federal jobs bill would send $3 billion in aid to NY, and Orange basketball drops to No. 3.

An earthquake in southeastern Turkey collapsed homes killing 51 people and injuring 71.  The quake registered a 6.0 magnitude at the Turkish earthquake monitoring center.  Aftershocks registered magnitudes of up to 5.5, hours after the quake.  The quake struck in Elazig providence, and hit the village of Okular hit worse, according to Ozcan Yalcin, press secretary for the province's governor.

Listen to your coach, Syracuse
By Kyle C. Leach
March 1, 2010 - 10:46pm
The Orange men's basketball team is the top-ranked team in the country for the first time since 1990. Head coach Jim Boeheim says it's time to stop celebrating, and Halftime Snack thinks fans should listen up.

College basketball fans are emotional, narrow-minded, and hard of hearing. In other words: just like the players. The blood pressure is rising, the sweaty bodies are banging around, and you never want the passion to be in question. And then you ignore your coach.

The current Orange squad, more talented and balanced than many can remember, and is 27-2 beacuse they believed in the system the head coach set up. The result: Syracuse received the top ranking in both major college basketball polls released on Monday.

Friday Five – Lover’s Edition
By Kyle C. Leach
February 12, 2010 - 1:49pm
This is the fifth installment of “Friday Five,” a weekly column with analysis and insight on the Orange, the Big East and the rest of college basketball. Love it or leave it, let the emotion flow out.

This weekend is the time to love or to hate, Halftime Snack chooses to love:

Syracuse woman charged for beating daughter
By CWL
October 29, 2009 - 3:54pm
Daughter tells school she was beaten with belt, Philadelphia fan faces possible jail time, and Kansas dominates early basketball polls

The Post-Standard reporting that a Syracuse woman faces misdemeanor charges after her daughter told school officials she was beaten with a belt.

The 8-year-old daughter says she became afraid of her own mother and asked to move in with her grandmother instead. Lynette Warren, 38, was charged with assault, criminal possession of a weapon and endangering the welfare.

Police reports indicate the girl was beaten with the belt two times after she forgot to clean up her...