City and university officials have announced that Orion Integrated Biosciences, Larchmont, New York, has opened a new office in Manhattan to work more closely with Kansas State University scientists and capitalize on the future opening of the National Bio and Agro-defense Facility, or NBAF. The announcement was made Tuesday at the NBAF Summit, a two-day meeting to update livestock producers and the animal health industry on science and security related to the new laboratory. Orion Integrated Biosciences founder and CEO Willy Valdivia said that moving his company’s operations to Manhattan helps it respond to “cycles of innovation that must happen…
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas’ top law enforcement official says the state mourns the “senseless” shooting death of a Kansas City police detective. Attorney General Derek Schmidt said in a statement Tuesday that he extends his prayers to the family of 39-year-old Brad Lancaster’s family and to Lancaster’s former colleagues. Police say Lancaster died at a hospital Monday about three hours after being shot while responding to a report of a suspicious person near a racetrack. A suspect, 28-year-old Curtis Ayers, was arrested after being shot by police during an attempted carjacking after he crashed another car. He was in stable…
TOPEKA — Two Kansas Supreme Court justices have questioned changes legislators made in the state’s education funding system and whether they’re fair to poor public school districts. Justices Lee Johnson and Dan Biles pressed state Solicitor General Stephen McAllister during a hearing Tuesday on changes approved earlier this year that left aid for most of the state’s 286 school districts unchanged. The changes prevented any district from losing money. Biles and Johnson questioned whether preventing any district from losing funds was fair to poor districts that were being shorted on their aid. The court in February ordered the Legislature to improve…
The Riley County Police Department filed a report for criminal damage to property at the Sunset Cemetery in the 200 block of Sunset in Manhattan. Police found that a columned headstone had been damaged creating a loss of approximately $300.00. Police are currently seeking information on this crime and ask that anyone with information contact the Riley County Police Department or the Manhattan Riley County Crime Stoppers. This crime is likely to have occurred between May 6, 2016 and May 9, 2016. Police in Riley County arrested Clinton Thompson, 27, of Topeka, Kansas while at the Riley County Police Department…
Wamego’s USD 320 Board of Education has selected a new superintendent. At Monday’s meeting, Board member Amy Schwein opened by offering a contract to Wamego High School Principal Tim Winter in the amount of $102,500. The offering and approval of the contract was approved by a vote of 7 to 0. In other business, the Board recognized teachers Rachel Buessing , Angela Dau, Philip Kline and Molly Townsend for their acceptance into the KSU Leadership Academy. According to Dr. Mary Kaye Siebert, the Leadership Academy is a 2-year program where the individuals will be part of Topeka USD 501 and…
*Courtesy of K-State sports information* MANHATTAN, Kan. – Following an impressive tryout at rookie minicamp over the weekend, former Kansas State defensive tackle Travis Britz signed a free agent deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the organization announced on Monday. K-State now has five players who were on last year’s roster move on to the NFL as Cody Whitehair was drafted in the second round of the 2016 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears in addition to Morgan Burns (Tennessee Titans), Glenn Gronkowski (Buffalo Bills) and Boston Stiverson (Dallas Cowboys) signing free agent contracts last week. A native of Harrisonville,…
*Courtesy of K-State sports information* MANHATTAN, Kan. – After tossing a complete-game victory at Oklahoma last Friday, K-State’s Parker Rigler was named Big 12 Co-Newcomer of the Week for the period ending May 8, the conference office announced. Rigler shared the honor with Steven Gingery of Texas Tech. A native of Edmond, Oklahoma, Rigler led the Wildcats’ to a series-opening 9-3 win over the Sooners in Norman by throwing his first career complete game and first by a Wildcat this season. The southpaw surrendered lone runs in the first, second and third innings but allowed just one hit after the…
The Royals continue to struggle as Kansas City began a four game series in New York against the Yankees on Monday night with a 6-3 loss. Royals starter Chris Young suffered the loss after he gave up five solo home runs in the first three innings. Former Royal Carlos Beltran hit two of the five home runs for the Yankees. The Royals have lost 10 of their last 13 games. Since an 8-2 start, Kansas City is 7-14 since and are currently 15-16 overall. The Yankees improved to 12-18 overall. Game two tonight with Kris Medlan (1-3, 6.85 ERA) makeing…
“The Game” on KMAN breaks down a busy sports weekend. K-State baseball drops two out of three in Norman against Oklahoma. The Royals continue to struggle as they lose their fourth straight series dropping two out of three against the Indians in Cleveland. The Chiefs hold their rookie minicamp over the weekend with plenty of storylines. The weekend headlines, K-State A.D. John Currie and “You can’t be serious” all on “The Game” on KMAN. https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/1-Royals-continue-to-struggle.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2-Weekend-Headlines.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/3-Tyreke-Hill-at-Chiefs-rookie-camp.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/4-Big-12-expansion.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/5-John-Currie.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/6-Pitching-and-hitting-struggling-for-KC.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/7-More-Big-12-expansion-talk.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/8-You-cant-be-serious-1.mp3