If there is a remedy for Kansas State to resurrect its quickly deteriorating season, playing the Baylor Bears was probably not it. Paced by true freshman Jarrett Stidham’s excellent performance in his first career start, the No. 6 Bears survived a late K-State comeback bid for a 31-24 victory Thursday night at Bill Snyder Family Stadium, sending the Wildcats to their fifth straight loss. It was a very familiar game for banged-up K-State (3-5, 0-5 Big 12). Similar to its losses to Oklahoma State and TCU, the Wildcats played a decent game in many phases. It just wasn’t good enough.…
Author: KMAN Staff
Officials in Fox Lake, Illinois say officer Charles Gliniewicz, who police say staged an elaborate suicide that led to a manhunt, attempted to hire someone to kill the village’s manager months before his death.
In a blistering critique, former President George H.W. Bush says Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld “served the president badly” when his son George W. Bush was in the White House and that former Vice President Dick Cheney “built his own empire.”
Kansas State University has been designated as the first Bicycle Friendly University in Kansas by the League of American Bicyclists, according to a press release sent by the Flint Hills Metropolitan Planning Organization. K-State has received the bicycle organization’s Bronze-Level Bicycle Friendly University award. In all, the league awarded or renewed bicycle-friendly status to 49 universities in 31 states this year, bringing the total of designated bicycle friendly universities and colleges to 127 in the nation. The Bicycle Friendly University program recognizes institutions of higher education for promoting and providing a more bike-able campus for students, staff, and visitors. The program provides the road map and…
Starting Dec. 1, Fort Riley’s Grant, Estes and a portion of 12th Street access control points will be closed Saturdays. The 12th Street commercial gate will remain open Saturdays for all commercial vehicles. The changes are necessary to maintain soldiers’ readiness for future training and deployment requirements. For more information about Fort Riley access procedures, visit http://www.riley.army.mil and click on the yellow “Accessing Fort Riley” button on the right-hand side of the page.
51st District St. Representative Ron Highland of rural Wamego in Wabaunsee County has filed for re-election. Highland’s name is currently listed on the Kansas Secretary of State’s office upcoming election filing list. Highland was first elected to the position in 2013. He currently serves as Chair of the Education Committee and a Special Committee on K-12 Student Success. He’s also Vice-chair of the House Special Committee on All Day Kindergarten. KMAN will be visiting with Highland Friday morning.
Officers with the Riley County Police Department filed a report for theft in the 5500 block of Skyway Drive in Manhattan after a Hertz Rental vehicle was not returned by a customer. This 2015 Chevy Traverse, valued at approximately $29,000, was rented in October of this year and hadn’t been returned. It was recovered Wednesday after police had been contacted. At the time of this report no arrests had been made and no citations issued. This crime continues to be under investigation. Officers arrested Jayne Edmonds, 33, of Junction City, on an out-of-jurisdiction warrant from Bay County, Fla., while…
Manhattan Broadcasting Company has announced that Richard Wartell, President and General Manager, will retire effective Nov. 12. Corey Dean Reeves, currently Operations Director, will assume the role of General Manager as of Nov. 13. Wartell, Reeves and former MBC voice Dave Lewis joined KMAN’s Cathy Dawes for a special edition of “In Focus” on Thursday morning.
WICHITA — Media outlets have sued Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and others in his administration seeking public disclosure of agency records related to the appointment of a magistrate judge in Reno County. The Associated Press, The Hutchinson News and the Kansas Press Association filed the open records lawsuit late Wednesday in Shawnee County District Court. The Kansas Press Association represents more than 230 member newspapers throughout the state. The governor’s spokeswoman, Eileen Hawley, declined to comment on the pending litigation. At issue is the state’s refusal to release documents submitted by candidates seeking appointment to the position of Reno County magistrate judge…
School board members at Wednesday night’s USD 383 meeting kicked off their bi-monthly discussion with the approval of a contract with the Kansas Association of School Boards for the search, interview and background check process of potential candidates for the opening superintendent position in the district. KASB representatives laid out their plan with the school board for finding a new superintendent to fill the shoes whom superintendent Bob Shannon is leaving behind this summer. They pointed out that this search will not only involve the efforts of the board, it’ll also involve the efforts in the community when it comes to finding…