Author: AJ Shaw

The Sunset Zoo has a new tiger at their zoo. Marketing and development officer Melissa Kirkwood spoke about the new tiger on In Focus. Jaya is a Malayan tiger and comes from the Little Rock Zoo in Arkansas after spending almost the last two years at that zoo. Jaya moved into the zoo on Jan. 16. In Aug. 2022, he fathered three cubs with a female tiger. According to Little Rock Zoo staff, Jaya is a very laid back and mellow cat. Kirkwood says the main reason for Jaya’s arrival is for breeding purposes. Prior to being in Manhattan and…

Centennial League: Junction City Boys (10-2, 2-1) 70 @ Topeka Hayden Boys (4-8, 0-5) 45 NCKL: Louisburg Boys (4-7, 0-0) 45 @ Wamego Boys (4-7, 1-2) 56 Louisburg Girls (1-11, 0-0) 26 @ Wamego Girls (10-1, 3-0) 63

Manhattan City Commissioners were presented with a slew of plans Tuesday aimed at creating more housing in Manhattan. City staff presented potential strategies toward addressing housing challenges through Rural Housing Incentive Districts, Industrial Revenue Bonds, Moderate Income Housing grants and the city’s workforce housing sales tax. The 2023 Economic Recovery and Relief Sales Tax is dedicated 70% to debt and infrastructure, 20% to jobs and 10% to workforce housing. The current Economic Development Policies focus on the 20% dedicated to jobs. The policy and procedures have been implemented in partnership with the Chamber of Commerce and, according to city staff, has…

Hour 1: Seg. 1 – #4 K-State WBB pulls off huge comeback win at Baylor Seg. 2 – Was a star born last night for WBB? Seg. 3 – Jabroni of the Week Seg. 4 – Netflix bought the TV rights to Monday Night Raw Hour 2: Seg. 1 – K-State WBB moves up to #2 in Coaches Poll Seg. 2 – How will Tang’s bench continue to grow at ISU and Houston? Seg. 3 – Korean call of Bills’ missed field goal is money Seg. 4 – Ask us anything

Hour 1: Seg. 1 – Tang pulls off two comeback wins in Bramlage Seg. 2 – K-State WBB beats KU, now No. 4 in latest AP Poll Seg. 3 – Daniel Green declared for NFL Draft/WR transfer commits Seg. 4 – Last week in the Big 12 Hour 2: Seg. 1 – K-State men and women are first place teams! Seg. 2 – Interview with K-State AD Gene Taylor Seg. 3 – Iowa State preview Seg. 4 – This week in the Big 12

Centennial League: Wednesday January 17, 2024: Junction City Boys (8-1, 1-1) – 92 vs Sumner Academy Boys (2-7, 0-0) – 43 at Spring Hill Tournament Thursday January 18, 2024: Manhattan Girls (7-2, 2-1) – 41 @ Emporia Girls (7-1, 2-0) – 52 Manhattan Boys (6-2, 2-0) – 70 vs Olathe East Boys (4-4, 0-1) – 68 (2OT) at Dodge City Tournament of Champions Junction City Girls (0-9, 0-2) – 8 at Andover Girls (9-0, 1-0) – 66 at Salina Invitational Junction City Boys (9-1, 1-1) – 67 vs Gardner-Edgerton Boys (2-7, 0-0) – 51 at Spring Hill Tournament Friday January…

Seg. 1 – MHS Boys Recap/Interview with Benji George/MHS Championship Preview Seg. 2 – MHS Girls Recap/Interview with Scott Mall/MHS Girls Tournament Preview Seg. 3 – Interview with Junction City Boys Coach Nick Perez Seg. 4 – Interview with BV Randolph Girls Coach Kaylie Ines

The 21st Judicial District Nominating Commission has selected a new district magistrate judge in Clay and Riley County. John McNish, a private practice attorney from Marysville, will replace the late Judge Bill Malcolm who passed away on Oct. 15, 2023. McNish beat out Daniel Brenner of Holton and Audrey Waid of Clay Center for the position. McNish currently works for his own firm Bolton & McNish LLC in Marysville. He has been a licensed attorney for 42 years. He will serve one year in office and then stand for a retention vote in the next general election to remain in…

Kansas State University is dealing with disruptions to some computer services as a result of a recent cybersecurity incident. In a statement Tuesday, the university confirmed the incident is impacting certain network systems, including VPN, K-State Today emails and videos on its Canvas and Mediasite accounts. University officials say immediate steps were taken to investigate the disruption, isolating areas of concern. Impacted systems were taken offline and will remain offline for the immediate future as an investigation continues. The cybersecurity issue comes as spring classes got underway Wednesday. Students and staff are advised that if they notice anything suspicious as…

The Manhattan City Commission unanimously approved the Parks and Recreation Department’s Cemeteries Master Plan Tuesday night. The plan will see upgrades to infrastructure within Sunset and Sunrise Cemeteries, including an eventual new building for equipment at the latter and a joint maintenance facility to be shared between Sunset Zoo and Sunset Cemetery as well. Overall costs will be about $6 million for upgrades to Sunset Cemetery and over $3 million to Sunrise Cemetery. No projects are currently in the works, but Tuesday’s approval gives city officials some guidance on future funding mechanisms and strategies to achieve some of these projects.…