Guests for Monday’s In Focus were Jennifer Vellenga, program head of K-State Theatre, and Jerry Jay Cranford, the faculty member who is directing “Not Without Laughter.” Joining the program via telephone were Democratic State Rep. Sydney Carlin of Manhattan and State Sen. Tom Hawk, another Manhattan Democrat.
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Kansas State used a last-minute rally in regulation on Sunday evening at Allen Fieldhouse to register a 63-59 overtime win over Kansas. K-State has now won eight straight in the series. Kansas State (12-9, 4-6 Big 12) was led by sophomore forward Peyton Williams with a game-high 23 points, eight rebounds and a career-high tying five blocked shots. Williams has 15 games this season in double figures. Junior Kayla Goth added 14 points, six assists and three steals. The product of DeForest, Wisconsin, scored in double figures in 20 of K-State’s 21 games this season. Kansas (11-10, 2-8) was paced…
Over the last week or so, Kansas State fans have taken to social media and used the hashtag of #DeanWolf to support the star forward Dean Wade as he’s led the charge during Kansas State’s three game winning streak. In the final minutes against Georgia on Saturday the hashtag #DeanWolf came alive and so did the Wildcats. Wade scored six of his 20 points as Kansas State outscored Georgia 12-2 in the final 6:11, winning 56-51 in Bramlage Coliseum in the annual challenge between teams from the Southeastern Conference and the Big 12. For this Kansas State team, games like…
TOPEKA — Dozens of local school superintendents and Kansas lawmakers have packed the State Board of Education’s meeting room to show their support for a high-ranking education official. The board had a closed session Friday to discuss legal issues and planned to have another one to discuss personnel matters. It met after House Speaker Ron Ryckman Jr. and Senate President Susan Wagle sought the suspension of longtime Deputy Education Commissioner Dale Dennis and members of his staff. The Republican lawmakers’ request followed an audit questioning the legality of how some transportation funds have been distributed for years. They said they want…
It’s been 73 years since the Battle of the Bulge took place on the Western Front during World War II and area veterans who fought off the last major German offensive campaign are gathering Saturday in Manhattan. “I was a combat infantryman with Company B, 1st Infantry Division, and I joined the battle after it had been launched,” Manhattan resident and Battle of the Bulge veteran Jim Sharp told KMAN Friday. “The Germans had broken through and I was replacement for some of those who were captured the first few days of the battle. The annual reunion of Battle of…
On Friday’s In Focus, U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) was on the show in a recorded interview from Wednesday. He was followed by Washington Correspondent for the Kansas City Star Lindsay Wise who offered insight on the approval of Gov. Sam Brownback’s nomination to a federal ambassador post. The show concluded with Riley County Police Department Director Brad Schoen.
The emergency radio system upgrade for Riley County first responders and police was approved and signed during Thursday’s county commission meeting. Commissioner Ron Wells made the motion to sign the approximately $10 million radio upgrade. The base cost for covers $5 million of the agreement with the remaining being paid for over 15 years. Chairman Marvin Rodriguez gave his thanks for all those involved in the process. “This was not an easy thing and I think it’s a big step for us and I think it will give us what we need in the county,” said Rodriguez, “You can’t put…
Martin Luther King III was 10 when his iconic father, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. The oldest son of Martin and Coretta Scott King, he remembers his father taking the family to the YMCA and the fun they all had swimming together. He also remembers traveling with his father and witnessing the fight for civil rights. It was a movement of non-violence. And even though his father’s life was taken by an act of violence, his father’s message of peace and resistance to bloodshed reverberated inside K-State’s Forum Hall Thursday afternoon.…
Guests on today’s edition of In Focus included Jeff Wolfe, Conference and Noncredit Director at K-State Global Campus with Russell Disberger, Executive Coach for the K-State Global Campus Executive Education program and CEO of Aspen Business Group. The two were followed by Pawnee Mental Health Services Director Robbin Cole. Wolfe & Disberger: Cole:
Guests on today’s edition of In Focus included Blue Valley Randolph High School/Middle School Principal Marion Mazouch and Riley County Superintendent Cliff Williams, followed by Executive Director of the Manhattan Housing Authority JoAnn Sutton and Board Member Phil Anderson. Mazouch & Williams: Sutton & Anderson: