Three-time Grammy Award winners and multi-platinum artists Zac Brown Band will headline the first major concert event at Bill Snyder Family Stadium in nearly 30 years as K-State Athletics and Basis Entertainment announced today details for a one-of-a-kind Wildcat Kickoff music festival on Saturday, Sept. 10. Joining Zac Brown Band’s headlining act will be multi-platinum pop rock band Train, featuring lead singer Pat Monahan. The event, which falls on K-State’s football bye week between the Sept. 2 Stanford trip and the Sept. 17 home opener versus Florida Atlantic, will mark the first stadium concert in Manhattan since 1987 when Willie…
Author: KMAN Staff
The Saint George Police Department along with deputies from the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the 200 block of Northern Heights Circle in Saint George Tuesday evening for a possible burglary in progress, according to a press release from the department. The call came in shortly before 5:30 p.m. that a citizen reported seeing a white male lurking around the residence trying to gain access through different doors. Upon arrival law enforcement surrounded the residence and found the back door to the residence open. Officers began a systematic search of the residence. While in the residence they located a male…
WICHITA — A historic statue has been returned to a Civil War memorial in Wichita after undergoing a nearly three-year renovation in Missouri. The Wichita Eagle reports that a crane hoisted the statute, named “Liberty,” into place Wednesday. It occupies the pinnacle of the Soldiers and Sailors Civil War Monument on the south lawn of the Sedgwick County Historic Courthouse. Sedgwick County project services program manager Tania Cole says the statue was restored for $32,880. Liberty had some structural issues and was coming apart at the seams near her feet. Russell-Marti Conservation Services Inc. in California, Missouri, performed the restoration. The “Liberty”…
The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a burglary and theft of items that were located in a barn near the area of Burklund Ravine Road and Highway 16 in rural Olsburg. The victim reports that sometime between Monday and Tuesday (April 25th, and April 26), unknown person or persons entered the barn and removed a Bobcat S-175 skid loader, a Land Pride Z-54 zero turn mower, and a 5 x 10 utility trailer. These items are valued at over $25,000. The Bobcat is with tires, not tracks and is described as white and orange with a black flat blade bucket…
In today’s edition of In Focus, Cathy Dawes with K-State’s Vice President of Communications, Jeff Moris; owner of Quantum Health and Wellness Center, Dr. SueLyn Hall; and Executive Director of Pawnee Mental Health, Robin Cole.
Officers with the Riley County Police Department arrested Dion Gant, 49, of the Kansas Department of Correction on a warrant for the offense of aggravated false impersonation on April 27, 2016 at approximately 12:05 PM. This warrant stems from an incident that occurred in December 2014 and had a bond of $5,000.00. At the time of this report Gant was not confined at the Riley County Jail. Justin Kendrick, 19, of Manhattan was arrested on April 27. 2026 at approximately 6:00 PM while at the Riley County Police Department. Kendrick was arrested on a warrant for the offense of contributing…
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback held a ceremonial bill signing for HB 2567 Wednesday. The newly signed bill expands eligibility for in-state tuition rates to veterans with established residency in the state prior to service in the armed forces. Last year, legislation was passed (HB 2154) authorizing in-state tuition rates for all veterans and current members of the armed forces using federal education benefits. These rates apply at all 32 public postsecondary universities and colleges in Kansas, regardless of time spent in the state. “We want to make this as straight-forward as possible,” stated Blake Flanders, President and CEO of the Kansas…
*Courtesy of K-State Sports Information* MANHATTAN, Kan. – Tyler Wolfe hit a pair of home runs, turning in the first multi-home run game by a Wildcat since 2013, and Mitch Zubradt and Colton Kalmus quieted Grand Canyon over the final six innings as K-State beat the Antelopes, 10-6, on Wednesday at Tointon Family Stadium. Wolfe, who had one career home run entering the night, hit a three-run home run in the first and a solo shot in the seventh to help lead the Wildcats (19-22) to their third consecutive win. The senior also had a career-high five RBI. “(Wolfe) swung…
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Mike Trout hit a tying two-run homer, Yunel Escobar put the Angels ahead with a solo shot in the sixth inning and Andrelton Simmons also went deep to power Los Angeles to a 4-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night. Escobar, the Angels’ leadoff hitter, drove Chris Young’s 3-1 pitch to center field for his third homer of the season leading off the sixth to put the Angels ahead 3-2. He had four hits in Tuesday night’s 9-4 victory. Simmons ended the scoring in the seventh with his first homer as an Angel. His…
Kansas State University fraternities are calling on the university to begin investigations of alleged sexual violence that occurs off campus, according to a report from the Associated Press released Wednesday. It cited a story from Monday’s Manhattan Mercury that reported the university’s Interfraternity Council unanimously approved a resolution seeking the university’s involvement in off-campus incidents. The move comes less than a week after two students sued the university, alleging civil rights violations for not looking into two allegations of rape that occurred at off-campus events hosted by fraternities. As KMAN reported April 22, university and local leaders were quick to…