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- Jordan Webb will start at QB for Kansas football
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — One of the most embarrassing losses in team history has persuaded Kansas to change quarterbacks. Coach Turner Gill announced Wednesday that redshirt freshman Jordan Webb will start on Saturday against No. 15 Georgia Tech instead of sophomore Kale Pick. Pick had beat out Webb after a long and close competition between the two during spring practice and early fall. Webb came off the bench and played the last 10 minutes of Kansas' opener Saturday against North Dakota State. A 6-3 loss was one of the most humiliating defeats in decades for the program that won the 2008 Orange Bowl, and ruined Gill's debut as Kansas coach.Read more
- Woman gets life sentence for third felony drug conviction
KANSAS CITY, Kan. —A 51-year-old Kansas City, Kan., woman received a life sentence today for repeated federal drug trafficking convictions.Deborah Jackson pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and unlawful possession of a firearm while trafficking drugs, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. She admitted in her plea that her son helped her. The son, James Adam Jackson, was sentenced in March to 96 months in federal prison.The Jacksons sold methamphetamine and stored firearms at their residence in the 2700 block of Espenlaub in Kansas City, Kan., while running their drug business, Grissom said. It was her third felony drug conviction.Read more
- Barnett resigns from Kansas Senate
From the Associated PressRepublican Jim Barnett of Emporia is resigning from the Kansas state Senate with two years left in his latest term.The Emporia Gazette reports Barnett announced the decision Wednesday in a statement that didn’t give a reason. He’ll step down Oct. 1 and will announce his future plans within the coming week.Read more
- Kansas City woman sentenced to life for 3rd felony drug conviction
KANSAS CITY, Kan. —A 51-year-old Kansas City, Kan., woman received a life sentence today for repeated federal drug trafficking convictions.Deborah Jackson pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and unlawful possession of a firearm while trafficking drugs, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. She admitted in her plea that her son helped her. The son, James Adam Jackson, was sentenced in March to 96 months in federal prison.The Jacksons sold methamphetamine and stored firearms at their residence in the 2700 block of Espenlaub in Kansas City, Kan., while running their drug business, Grissom said. It was her third felony drug conviction. Read more
- Ex-KU athletics official receives sentencing delay
A federal judge gave a former University of Kansas athletics official a delay in sentencing Wednesday to give him time to help prosecutors investigate a $1 million ticket scalping scam.Jason Jeffries, the school's former assistant director of ticket operations, pleaded guilty in July to misprison of a felony, essentially knowing about the scam and hiding it from authorities. Brandon Simmons, the university's former assistant athletic director for sales and marketing, pleaded guilty to the same charge.U.S. District Judge Wesley Brown delayed Jeffries' sentencing until March 7. He did not immediately rule on Simmons' request for a similar extension.Read more