A 30-year-old Manhattan man died in a Friday night crash in the 1800 block of Anderson Avenue. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Spencer Clark was driving a Honda S-2000 Convertible westbound when the vehicle went into a skid, crossing all lanes of traffic. Clark’s Honda then exited the roadway to the south, impacted a tree, and came to a rest next to a residence on its top. The accident was reported shortly after 10 p.m. Friday. Clark was wearing a seatbelt.
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Skylar Thompson is called “The Future” by many Kansas State football fans. The future has arrived. Kansas State rallied from a 19-7 deficit in the fourth quarter to beat Iowa State, 20-19, as time expired Saturday evening in Manhattan. Thompson found Isaiah Zuber in the back of the end zone to cap a ten-play, 87-yard drive in the final two minutes. “I don’t think giving up is in their vocabulary,” K-State coach Bill Snyder said. “I think they always fight.” For more than three quarters, K-State’s offense accomplished very little against the Cyclones. In fact, the Wildcats didn’t even reach…
Kansas State scored over half of their points in the paint and shot 89 percent (16-of-18) from the free-throw line to fight off George Washington 67-59 to earn a third-place finish at the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational on Friday. Junior forward Dean Wade nearly tallied a double-double, scoring 17 points and grabbing 9 rebounds, while junior guard Kamau Stokes added a team-high 19 points, in what was an efficient outing for the Wildcats as the close out tournament play. Coming off their first defeat of the season just 24 hours earlier, the Wildcats recouped early against George Washington, connecting…
ESKRIDGE — A Cold War-era missile silo in rural northeast Kansas that housed a nuclear warhead 65 years ago and was later converted into an underground mansion is now finding a new lease on life as an Airbnb location. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the Subterra Castle Airbnb opened for business about six months ago. It’s located in rural Wabaunsee County, about 15 miles (24.14 kilometers) southwest of Topeka. Airbnbs are privately owned residences that serve as a kind of bed and breakfast. People find the sites by going online and booking overnight stays of varying lengths. Matthew Fulkerson is…
Friday’s show featured Chad Omitt of the National Weather Service, Riley County Police Department Director Brad Schoen and U.S. Congressman Roger Marshall of Kansas’ 1st District.
LAS VEGAS — Kodi Justice scored 19 of his 28 points in the second half to lead Arizona State to a 92-90 victory over Kansas State on Thursday in the Las Vegas Invitational. Clinging to a two-point lead, the Wildcats opened the second half on a 7-0 run to extend their lead to nine, 51-42. But Arizona State quickly clawed its way back into the game, using a 12-2 run to take a 54-53 lead with 13:51 left in the contest. From that point there were six lead changes and five ties, before Arizona State went on a 13-5 run…
Today’s guests on In Focus were Riley County EMS Director David Adams and Assistant Director Josh Gering.
A Roeland Park man entered a no contest plea Tuesday to two counts of misdemeanor battery in Pottawatomie County District Court in connection with an incident at Country Stampede this summer that ended with a victim life-flighted to a Topeka hospital. Chance Stevenson, who had been set for a status hearing Tuesday, entered the plea, was found guilty and then sentenced to a six month underlying sentence. Stevenson is also to spend 72 hours in jail with probation for 12 months. He was also ordered to pay restitution, court costs and attorney fees. Stevenson is also not allowed at the…
Formal charges will not be filed against Grandview Plaza Police Chief Shawn Peirano, who was taken into custody Oct. 22 on initial domestic battery and criminal restraint charges. A release Tuesday indicated a thorough investigation by the Geary County Sheriff’s Office concluded all actions taken by Peirano were done in defense of another person and formal charges were not warranted. Information from the investigation indicates the incident involved Peirano and a person living with him who was not his spouse or any other immediate family member. Morris County Attorney Laura Allen was employed as a special prosecutor in the case,…
The Manhattan City Commission reviewed potential amendments to the second phase of the Peace Memorial Auditorium Improvement Project. The Friends of Peace Memorial Auditorium raised the majority of the funding for the first phase and a big chunk for the second phase, however funds have run short of the total project cost. As a result, some aspects of the project may be nixed or put on hold, a possibility that doesn’t sit well with FPMA, according to Parks and Rec Director Eddie Eastes. “The Friends of Peace Memorial would prefer the entire project, both audio and lighting, be completed rather…