Today’s guests on In Focus were: U.S. Senator Pat Roberts Medicare Consultant Larry Weigel Jared Tremblay, Transportation Planning Analyst with Flint Hills Metropolitan Planning Organization
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(Big 12 Sports) – Despite all the talented newcomers and veteran leaders returning for K-State basketball this season. The Big 12 coaches don’t believe in the Wildcats. K-State has been picked to finish 9th in the Big 12 this season, according to the 2016-17 Big 12 preseason poll. For the fifth consecutive year, Kansas is the preseason choice to win the Big 12 men’s basketball regular season championship. The Jayhawks look to win their 13th straight Big 12 regular season title. They received nine first place votes. West Virginia, which fell to KU in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Men’s…
Wamego’s USD 320 Supt. Tim Winter and Rock Creek’s USD 323 Supt. Kevin Logan: Cherokee citizen Mike Smith on MHS mascot issue: Dr. Peter K. Dorhout, Vice President for Research, Kansas State University:
Manhattan Broadcasting Company and Rocking M Media announced Friday their formal filing with the Federal Communications Commission to transfer ownership of KBLS-FM 102.5 from Rocking M Media to Manhattan Broadcasting Company. Rocking M had previously announced the agreement to acquire KBLS-FM from Alpha Media as part of a five station agreement on Wednesday October 12th. Rocking M Media President, Christopher Miller commented on the announcement, “I’m excited as part of our acquisition process to help bring ownership of KBLS-FM to a great locally focused group in Manhattan Broadcasting Company. Like Rocking M Media, Manhattan Broadcasting is a company committed to Kansas radio excellence and ownership.” Manhattan…
Riley County commissioners were informed of a Chamber of Commerce program based in economic development. “One of the things we’ve talked to this commission about is a community-driven economic development plan,” Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce president Lyle Butler told commissioners Thursday. “This is sort of our vision for where does Manhattan/Riley County (go), what are we going to look like in the future?” Butler’s presentation introduced the Advantage Manhattan program titled, “Power Our Potential.” Butler said the program, which will kick off in January, hopes to create 600 primary jobs and more than 465 secondary jobs in the area…
OLATHE — The four men charged with killing the co-owner of a suburban Kansas City gun store during a robbery will have separate trials. A Johnson County judge on Thursday granted a motion from two of the defendants, Londro Patterson and De’Anthony Wiley, seeking separate trials. The Kansas City Star reports prosecutors wanted Patterson and Wiley tried to together but did not object to separate trials for the other defendants, Hakeem Malik and Nicquan Midgyettt. The four men are charged with first-degree murder in the January 2015 shooting death of Jon Bieker. He died while defending his wife at the She’s A Pistol…
WICHITA — Kansas farmers are harvesting what are expected to be record corn and soybean crops. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Wednesday that the 713 million bushels of corn forecast in Kansas is a 23 percent increase compared to last year’s production. Kansas is harvesting corn from 4.85 million acres this season, up 24 percent from last year’s acreage. Average corn yields are down a bushel to 147 bushels per acre. The agency is also projecting a record soybean production of 180 million bushels in Kansas. That is up 21 percent more than last year. Sorghum production is forecast at 264…
Today’s guests included Fort Riley Garrison Commander Col. John Lawrence, and Col. John Melton, who is the Commander of the brand new Irwin Army Community Hospital. Also, we welcome in Flint Hills Christian School Administrator Tim McDonald and Manhattan Catholic Schools Principal Scott Hulshoff. Col. John Lawrence and Col. John Melton: Tim McDonald and Scott Hulshoff:
Officers with the Riley County Police Department arrested Patricia Price, 39, of Ogden, Kansas on October 12, 2016, at approximately 1:15 PM. Price was arrested while at 100 Courthouse Plaza in Manhattan on the offense of violation of probation which was listed on a warrant with “no bond” from Junction City, Kansas. At the time of this report, she was confined at the Riley County Jail.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (K-State Sports) – Sophomore outside hitter Alyssa Schultejans came off the bench to record a season-high 14 kills but the Kansas State volleyball team was unable to overcome an early deficit, falling to No. 6 Kansas in three sets (25-15, 25-20, 25-23) Wednesday night at Horejsi Family Athletics Center. “We got better as the match went,” said head coach Suzie Fritz. “We did gain some momentum as the match went on but we can’t allow three hitters to hit over .350 and have any expectations of being in a match. We weren’t good enough offensively or defensively. We…