Wesley Iwundu tied a career-high with 23 points and three teammates joined him in double figures as Kansas State routed Hampton, 89-67, in the opening game of the Barclays Center Classic Saturday evening at Bramlage Coliseum. For the second time in three games, the Wildcats used three-pointers as a critical and effective portion of their offense, making 12 of 23 attempts. In stark contrast to the first two games of the season, however, K-State opened the game red-hot from the floor. “We’ve shown we have a number of guys who can shoot,” K-State coach Bruce Weber said. “I hope it…
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TOPEKA — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is scheduled to meet this weekend with President-elect Donald Trump. Kobach spokeswoman Desiree Taliaferro told The Associated Press on Saturday that Kobach is on his way to New Jersey. She says she could not confirm details of the planned meeting, which is Sunday. Kobach served as an adviser to the Trump campaign on immigration issues. Before Kobach’s election in 2010, he had a national reputation in conservative circles for helping draft state and local laws aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration. He also has championed tough state voter identification laws. Kobach was…
It took a mixture of expected and unexpected faces working together in Waco, Texas, for Kansas State to finally learn how to close a tight game Saturday. The result, a 42-21 victory at Baylor, has Wildcat head coach Bill Snyder on the verge of history. Alex Barnes rushed for four touchdowns, Donnie Starks recorded the first two interceptions of his career and K-State ended a four-game losing streak to the Bears Saturday at McLane Stadium. The Wildcats also secured bowl eligibility for a seventh-straight season. K-State (6-4, 4-3 Big 12) overcame a lackluster first half on offense with a 21-point…
A St. George man was found dead in his pickup truck Wednesday, according to an email sent to KMAN by the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office on Friday. The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s dispatch received a 911 call reporting an unresponsive male in a pickup truck west of Military Trail Road and Limerick Lane on Wednesday just after 6 p.m. Sheriff deputies responded to this area, located the man and found him deceased. Authorities identified the man as 47-year-old Gary Dorr. Dorr was arrested in July for drug charges, including the possession of methamphetamine. Although foul play is not suspected at this…
A Manhattan man was killed Friday morning in a single vehicle accident near the intersection of College and Kimball Avenue. Gary Harris, 63, of Manhattan, was the driver of the vehicle, according to the Riley County Police Department. He was pronounced deceased after being transported to Via Christi Hospital by Riley County EMS. Officers with the RCPD and Kansas State University Police Department in a collaborative response between area emergency personnel arrived at the scene of a single vehicle collision near the intersection in Manhattan at approximately 7:20 a.m. Personnel on scene, with the assistance of the Manhattan Fire Department, extricated two…
TOPEKA — A Kansas agency is seeking proposals from private contractors to run a troubled state mental hospital that lost its federal certification a year ago over safety issues. The Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services issued a request for proposals on Monday to run Osawatomie State Hospital, one of the state’s two mental hospitals. The Osawatomie facility, about 45 miles southwest of Kansas City, has been losing between $500,000 and $1 million a month in federal funds since decertification last November. Lawmakers earlier this year approved measures requiring KDADS to seek permission from the Legislature before privatizing the facility.…
At the time of this report, officers were in the process of investigating a single vehicle traffic collision in the 2200 block of College Ave. More information on this collision is anticipated to be released later today in the form of an official press release. Javaris Brooks, 24, of Tampa, Florida was arrested yesterday, at approximately 5:40 PM while in the 2400 block of Greenbriar Drive. Brooks was arrested for the offenses of theft by deception and computer unlawful acts. He was given a bond of $6,000.00 and at the time of this report was not confined at the Riley…
GREAT BEND — Federal workplace safety officials say a man killed at a Kansas industrial plan became caught in a molding machine. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said in a news release that the 63-year-old plastics manager was killed Thursday at Fuller Industries LLC in Great Bend. The man’s name wasn’t immediately released. The company, formally known as Fuller Brush, is a manufacturer of commercial cleaning supplies, custom brushes and private label chemicals. Company officials didn’t immediately return a call seeking comment.
Today’s guests were Melissa Colby of the Riley County Senior Service Center, John Jobe with Riley County 4-H, Jim Franke with the Optimist Christmas tree lot, and Downtown Manhattan Executive Director Gina Scroggs, Belinda Snyder with Festival of Lights, and Megan Berry with Flint Hills Discovery Center on holiday events. John Jobe: Melissa Colby: Jim Franke: Gina Scroggs, Belinda Snyder, and Megan Berry:
WICHITA — Authorities are searching for a missing week-old baby after her mother was found fatally shot in Wichita. The Wichita Eagle reports that a relative found the woman dead Thursday in her apartment. Sgt. Nikki Woodrow says the woman’s daughter, Sofia Victoria Gonzalez Abarca, is “considered missing and endangered.” Police want to talk to anyone with a relationship to the victim. Police sent out an alert Thursday night saying the driver of a purple Cadillac who was a person of interest in the case has been found and questioned. He is not considered to be a suspect. Woodrow says the…