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Kansas State basketball takes another portal hit with guard Dai Dai Ames’ departure

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April 29, 2024

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Kansas State basketball takes another portal hit with guard Dai Dai Ames’ departure

For Kansas State basketball, the transfer portal is turning into a merry-go-round.

After adding two players — former Villanova guard Brendan Hausen and Arkansas big man Baye Fall — over the weekend, the Wildcats lost another one Sunday when point guard Dai Dai Amens tossed his name in the portal.

Ames, a 6-foot-1 freshman from Chicago, started 16 games, including the last 13 of the 2023-24 season. He averaged 5.2 points, 2.0 assists and 1.1 rebounds while shooting 35.3%, including 32.9% from 3-point range.

Ames becomes the sixth Wildcat player to enter the portal. He joins starting guard Cam Carter, who has since signed with LSU, and starting center Jerrell Colbert, along with super-senior guard Ques Glover, sophomore guard Dorian Finister and freshman guard R.J. Jones.

Ames was expected to be a key player for the Wildcats next year after a strong finish to his freshman season. He scored in double figures two of the last three games, including a career-high 16 points with five assists in a season-ending National Invitation Tournament loss to Iowa.

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K-State finished with a 19-15 record and a first-round NIT loss in Jerome Tang’s second season as head coach after he led them to the NCAA Tournament’s Elite Eight the year before. He already has signed four players from the portal, plus a four-star high school recruit, but has at least four scholarships left to give.

K-State’s top portal addition so far is former Michigan point guard Dug McDaniel. Tang also has signed shooting guard CJ Jones from Illinois-Chicago along with 3-point specialist Hausen and the 6-foot-11 Fall, a former McDonald’s All American.

Only four players remain from the 2022-23 Wildcats. Senior forward Arthur Kaluma, the third-leading scorer at 14.4 points and top rebounder at 7.0 per game, has declared for the NBA draft but remains eligible to return, while forward David N’Guessan (7.8 points, 6.8 rebounds) has yet to officially announce whether he will be back for a final super-senior season.

The other two still on the team are freshmen reserve forwards Taj Manning and Macaleab Rich.

K-State remains in the hunt for Rutgers center Clifford Omoruyi and Arkansas shooting guard Khalif Battle, both of whom visited Manhattan last week.

Arne Green is based in Salina and covers Kansas State University sports for the Gannett network. He can be reached at agreen@gannett.com or on Twitter at @arnegreen.

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Kansas woman tried to bite an officer during arrest

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12 hours ago

April 28, 2026

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Kansas woman tried to bite an officer during arrest

Crawford Atchison County

ATCHISON COUNTY —Law enforcement are investigating a Kansas woman after an altercation with police.

Just after 3p.m. April 25, police responded to a disturbance at a residence in the 600 block South 7th Street in Atchison, according to Police Chief Mike Wilson.

Police took 50-year-old Sarah Crawford into custody at the scene for criminal trespass during which time she attempted to bite an officer and resisted arrest. She is being held on requested charges of criminal trespass, assault on a law enforcement officer, and interference with law enforcement.

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Inspection underway after another fire damages Kansas City apartment building

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April 27, 2026

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Inspection underway after another fire damages Kansas City apartment building

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – City inspectors will determine if a damaged Kansas City apartment building with a history of problems is safe enough to remain standing.

Kansas City firefighters responded to a fire on the second floor of the Olive Park Village building shortly after 11 a.m. Monday. They could see smoke and fire coming from the building before they arrived at E. 9th Street and Olive Street.

The department said it took about 20 minutes to get the fire under control. No one was injured in the fire and it remains under investigation.

This is at least the second fire in the building in less than two months. Firefighters also responded to a fire at Olive Park Village on March 5.

This comes after dozens of families evacuated the building when the Department of Housing and Urban Development cut funding over dangerous and unlivable conditions.

The City of Kansas City, Missouri, announced on Friday, Jan. 16, that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ended its contract with property owner Millennia.

According to the City, the move happened after the company failed to fix ongoing safety problems and code violations at the Kansas City complex.

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Kansas’ Brady Ballinger joins K-Nation

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April 27, 2026

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MANHATTAN (KSNT) – Kansas baseball’s Brady Ballinger joins this week’s episode of K-Nation.

Ballinger caught up with K-Nation’s Kole Emplit to talk the season thus far, winning the Sunflower Showdown series, and much more.

In Game 2 against K-State, Ballinger was the hero with a go-ahead three run home run for Kansas in the ninth inning as the Jayhawks would go on to win 10-8.

“I’ve had a good season, but that was the best moment so far,” Ballinger said.

Ballinger and the Jayhawks will travel to Wichita on Tuesday, April 28, to take on the Shockers.

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