Author: AJ Shaw

A familiar face is running once more for the Pottawatomie County Commission. Nancy McCarter, the former county clerk, is running in the 2nd district on the commission. McCarter previously ran in the district back in 2020 against current commissioner Pat Weixelman. “I’ve been in the county for 50 years,” she said. “I want to keep it as a great place to live and with the expansion of the commission to now five county commissioners, I felt like I was a good candidate because of my experience and knowledge of local government.” McCarter also addressed what she will focus on if…

RCPD conducted an arrest of individual who remain confined in the Riley County Jail as of Monday morning. Officers arrested 29-year-old John Short of Manhattan just before 2 a.m. on probable cause offenses for two counts of criminal damage to property and one count of attempted criminal damage to property. The arrest stemmed from a criminal report filed by officers just after midnight for felony criminal destruction to property of Radina’s Coffeehouse in the 600 block of Manhattan Avenue. Short remains jailed on a $5,000.

RCPD is investigating a report of theft at Walmart. Officers filed a report on Sunday afternoon just before 4:30 p.m. that two unknown suspects – a male and a female, scanned items but did not pay for them and then showed a fake receipt before leaving the store. Total loss from the crime is over $2,500. Anyone with further information can contact Crime Stoppers.

The Minnesota Twins have selected Kansas State shortstop Kaelen Culpepper with the 21st overall pick in the 2024 MLB Draft. The All-American shortstop who batted to a .328 AVG with .933 OPS and 11 homers to go along with 59 RBIs this past season becomes the second player ever in K-State baseball history to be taken in the first round of the draft. Jordan Wicks is the other one to be selected in the first round, being drafted by the Chicago Cubs in 2021. Culpepper was rated as the 31st best player by MLB.com’s Jonathan Mayo and is the 11th…

KANSAS CITY — The Kansas City Royals have added some much needed help to their bullpen. On Saturday, Kansas City added Washington Nationals relief pitcher Hunter Harvey in a trade that sent minor league third baseman Cayden Wallace and the 39th overall pick in Sunday’s First Year Player Draft to D.C. Harvey, 29 and a former first-round selection of the Baltimore Orioles, has made 43 appearances this season with Washington posting a 4.20 ERA and 50 strikeouts in 45 innings pitched. He’s been with Washington since 2022. The Royals sit currently 52-44 on the season and are 7 games back…

The 21st annual Battle of the Badges blood drive was held on Thursday and Friday at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Manhattan with Manhattan Fire Department taking home the title with 68 votes, their third championship in four years. Turnout was solid once more this year on Thursday. Kristi Ingalls with the American Red Cross said they came up about 14 people short on Thursday of their goal. “Our goal is to get around 170 donations” said Ingalls. “We hope we can achieve that.” The Battle of the Badges had a number of giveaways such as a commemorative shirt that…

On Friday’s edition of The Game, it’s the 5th annual Gamey Awards! Who will take home a Gamey this year?

USD 475 Board of Education announced on Friday that they have approved the hiring of Kimbre Smice as the new principal at Fort Riley Elementary. Smice is set to take over for longtime principal Kenny Upham who was recently named the academy principal of Business, Public Service and Hospitality Academy at Junction City High School. Smice has been in the district since 2011, working at Fort Riley Middle School and Seitz Elementary. She has previously worked at Fort Riley Elementary and is currently at Ware Elementary. She graduated from Illinois State in 2011 and received her masters from K-State in…

Dension Avenue will be closing down on Monday for at least the next two weeks between Anderson and Claflin. Crews hope to have the project completed by Thursday Jul. 25 as a concrete base is repaired followed by some paving. The official detour will be Sunset Avenue from Anderson to Claflin. Denison concrete repairs will also be getting underway today as Anderson and Bluemont will be milled from 11th Street to Harris Drive. Work is expected to last until Friday Aug. 9. Anderson and Bluemont will not be fully closed during this work, but there will be a shifting of…

On Thursday’s edition of The Game, Dylan Edwards has come out to discuss his journey to K-State. Then in Hour 2, former K-State football players Eric Wolford, Curry Sexton and Zach Nemechek join the program to discuss No Stone Unturned.