A pair of Kansas State’s biggest playmakers this season will forego their final year of college eligibility and enter the NFL Draft. Cornerback D.J. Reed and Byron Pringle both announced their decisions in the last 24 hours. Reed was named a Walter Camp All-American as a kick returner after scoring a pair of touchdowns on returns this season. He led the Big 12 in punt return yardage and kick return yardage. The former JUCO product was also 5th on K-State’s defense in tackles and grabbed a pair of interceptions. In his announcement Sunday night, Reed, who was not a high-profile…
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AMES, Iowa (AP) — If junior Dean Wade can shoot anywhere near as well as he did on Friday night, Kansas State just might have a chance in the Big 12 after all. Wade poured in a career-high 34 points, Kamau Stokes added 23 and Kansas State opened conference play by pounding Iowa State 91-75 for its first win in Ames since 2011. Barry Brown Jr. had 21 points for the Wildcats (11-2, 1-0 Big 12), who shot 13 of 26 from 3-point range to snap Iowa State’s nine-game winning streak. It was all keyed by the 6-foot-10 Wade, who…
WICHITA — The FBI is investigating the fatal police-involved shooting of a man in Wichita. A supervisor at the FBI office in Kansas City, Missouri, confirmed Friday that agents have been asked to join the investigation into the death of 28-year-old Andrew Finch. She declined further comment. Authorities are investigating whether the shooting on Thursday stemmed from someone making up a false report to get a SWAT team to descend upon Finch’s home. The practice known as “swatting” is more common among online gamers. Police say they were misled by a call indicating a homicide and hostage situation at the home.…
Friday’s In Focus said farewell to retiring KMAN News Director Cathy Dawes. Co-hosted by KMAN’s Dave Lewis and Brady Bauman. Friday’s full show can be listened to below:
On Thursday’s In Focus, KMAN’s Cathy Dawes, Dave Lewis and Brady Bauman reviewed the top local/regional stories of 2017.
Manhattan sales tax numbers ended the year in a somewhat disappointing fashion according to City Finance Director Bernie Hayen. December figures, which generally reflect October sales across the community, indicate $912,482 collected compared to $960,447 last December. The net budget impact for the month is listed a negative $89,736, and negative $273,341 for the year. Hayen adds the December sales tax reports are down a little more than 2% compared to the final report for the same period in 2016. And he says the city is about $13K behind the total amount of sales taxes collected in 2015.
Two people were injured in a Wednesday morning accident in Pottawatomie County on K-99. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Gary Hodges, 62, of Saint George was taken to KU Medical Center in Kansas City, with Mathias Hodges, 14, taken to the Wamego Hospital. Gary Hodges was driving a Mercury Mountaineer southbound on 99 when the right front tire left the roadway. Hodges then overcorrected, causing the vehicle to enter the ditch on the west side of the road, rolling and coming to rest on its tires. The accident on K-99 about a half mile north of Louisville Road was…
A machine shop near Eskridge was found fully engulfed in flames early Wednesday morning, according to a press release from the Wabaunsee County Sheriff’s Office. Property managers in the 15000 block of Mission Valley Road called 911 at 5:17 a.m. to report a structure fire on the property. Wabaunsee County Sheriff’s Office dispatched three fire departments to the scene, which included Eskridge Fire, Harveyville Fire, and Dover Fire. AMR ambulance and sheriff deputies were also dispatched. Wabaunsee County Emergency provided support to personal. Fire personal arrived on scene at 5:38 a.m. The structure was fully engulfed. It was determined that…
The identities of four people who were killed in a rollover accident on I-70 near Abilene Tuesday have been released by the Kansas Highway Patrol. The accident was reported just before 10 a.m. Tuesday in Dickinson County, near Abilene. The victims — all of Kearney, Missouri — were 47-year-old Lisa Luft, 14-year-old Aria Luft, 20-year-old Brianna Luft and 18-year-old Saleena Senzee. They were in a 2001 Dodge Dakota. Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Ben Gardner says the vehicle went off the roadway and rolled over. The cause of the accident wasn’t immediately stated to have been caused by the slick roadways…
On Jan. 1, the City of Manhattan will see changes in water and sewer rates. Most customers will see an increase in their bill with the average residential combined water and sewer bill going up from $58.82 to $59.84. That is a $1.02 increase. However, the average combined water and sewage bill for businesses will decrease $3.63, going from $309.08 to $305.45. Some of the changes that are effecting the price changes include monthly minimum charges for the first two units of water and wastewater, increases in monthly minimum charges for water, and decreases in monthly charges for sewer. The…