On Thursday’s edition, the guys recap K-State baseball’s loss to TCU to the Big 12 Tournament and Mitch takes a look back at the tragic death of Owen Hart which happened 25 years ago today.
Author: AJ Shaw
AJ Shaw
Born and raised in the Chicagoland area, AJ joined KMAN in the Summer of 2023 and is currently a news/sports reporter, producer and host of Scoreboard Saturday. You can contact AJ at aj@1350kman.com.
With the recent decision of Kenny Titus to run for the State Senate, a Wabaunsee County native announced his intentions to run for the open seat. Eli Kormanik announced his candidacy on Wednesday to run in the 51st district legislative seat which encompasses East Manhattan to Wamego and rural Pottawatomie County. A life long resident of the county and Alta Vista, Kormanik graduated from Council Grove High School and recently interned at the Kansas State House and for Congressman Tracey Mann. Kormanik says he believes in reducing the size of government. He says he is also passionate about reducing the…
AAA is estimating that 43.8 million people will be traveling over Memorial Day Weekend, which is the second highest total ever estimated by the company and a record 38.4 million people will be taking to the roads. In their estimate, more than 488,000 Kansans are estimated to travel 50 or more miles this weekend with over 423,000 Kansans traveling by road. AAA’s Shawn Steward says low gas prices play a role in this. Steward reminds travelers to slow down and be careful particularly in high traffic situations or where orange cones may be out. The total number of travelers is…
On Wednesday’s edition of The Game, Derek Young from K-State Online joins the program and Mitch and AJ discuss K-State baseball’s victory over West Virginia in the Big 12 Tournament.
On Tuesday’s edition of the Game, Mitch recaps K-State’s loss to KU and looks ahead to tomorrow’s matchup against WVU and says it is a must-win. Plus Jabroni of the Week and Rashee Rice got some good news finally.
After coming up just 420 votes short in 2022 of unseating incumbent State representative Mike Dodson, Kim Zito announced her candidacy for a rematch this November in the 67th legislative district. Zito says she is running again at the urging of her husband. “I came up short two years ago,” she said, “And when I came home that night from the election watch party, my lovely husband told me I needed to do this again.” She further explained her reasoning saying that the legislature is not representing the views of the 67th district. “In the course of the two years…
On Monday’s edition, former KMAN sports directors and hosts of the show Brian Smoller and John Kurtz join the program as Brian discusses K-State baseball’s tourney hopes and John talks about the big court case House v. NCAA that could be decided this week.
The Riley County Law Board approved a motion on Monday to publish a budget that will be officially voted on at their meeting next month. After initially presenting last month a budget of $28.9 million, with an increase of 6.6%, RCPD presented other options Monday, showing reduced asks, totaling between 5 and 6 percent. The Law Board ultimately selected option 2, totaling a 5.88% increase, amounting to $28.5 million. The total dollar amount increase is approximately $1.8 million. Debate on Monday centered around funding for school resource officers. Board member Kaleb James led the argument saying that while SROs are important,…
Manhattan area lawmakers took part in a legislative forum, hosted Thursday by the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce. Medicaid expansion failed again and each of the Manhattan delegation shared their thought on the topic, which has long been pushed by Gov. Laura Kelly. Kansas remains just one of nine states to not have expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. State Rep. Mike Dodson expressed frustration with it not being passed. “We had Medicaid expansion heard in committee,” he said. “I would equate that whole process to a mock trial.” State Rep. Kenny Titus held a different view on the…
The Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce held its monthly military relations luncheon on Friday with its featured speaker being retired Sergeant Major of the Army Michael Tony Grinston who was recently appointed the CEO of Army Emergency Reserve. Grinston served 36 years in the Army before retiring last November. He has ties to the Flint Hills, being stationed on Fort Riley from 2013 to 2015 being apart of the Big Red One Soldiers. Grinston said he and his family still have many friends in the area and he said he always experienced kindness from people in the community during his…