*Courtesy of K-State Sports Information* MANHATTAN, Kan. – Brad Korn, a former player for Bruce Weber with more than a decade of Division I coaching experience, is returning to K-State as the Wildcats’ new assistant men’s basketball coach, Weber announced Wednesday. Korn, who played at Southern Illinois (1999-2004), returns to K-State after a three-year stint as an assistant coach at Missouri State (2013-16). He spent one season on Weber’s inaugural staff in Manhattan as Director of Basketball Operations in 2012-13, helping the Wildcats to a 27-8 overall record and their first-ever Big 12 regular-season title. Overall, he has 12 years…
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Developing story: A Riley County USD 378 employee is reportedly involved in some type of Riley County Police investigation. While RCPD officials have not yet been available for an official comment, USD 378 Interim Superintendent Nancy Meyer confirmed with KMAN that her district is working with the Riley County Police as they investigate the matter. Meyer also said she was not at liberty to discuss as it is a personnel matter. KMAN will provide details as soon as they are available.
Today’s guests on In Focus were: Blue Valley Randolph USD 384 Supt. Brady Burton Retiring Junction City Police Chief Tim Brown
Crystal Anderson, 34, of Ventura California was arrested on the 24th of May at approximately 3:16 PM while at the Riley County Police Department. Anderson was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for probation violation. There was no bond attached to this warrant and Anderson remained confined in the Riley County Jail at the time of this report. Kevin Harbaugh, 34, of Manhattan was arrested on the 24th day of May at approximately 2:50 PM while in the 100 block of North 4th Street in Manhattan. Harbaugh was arrested on a Douglas County District Court warrant for probation…
Mr. Robert Young will be interviewing for the position of superintendent for Rock Creek USD 323 BOE today. Mr. Young is the first of three candidates who will be interviewed for the position. Mr. Young is currently serving as the school superintendent in the USD 388 Ellis, KS school district and has served in that position since 2011. Previously, Mr. Young served as a school superintendent in USD 241 Wallace County and, prior to that, a math teacher and technology director for USD 388 Ellis. Mr. Young holds a B.A. in Secondary Education Science from Marymount College and a M.S.…
K-State’s Manhattan, Polytechnic and Olathe campuses will be revising the tuition rate increase to 5.81 percent to offset the higher than expected state general fund reduction recently announced by the governor. If approved, the estimated revenue from the proposed tuition increases would generate approximately $11.7 million to fund key priorities. The Board of Regents is scheduled to approve the tuition increases at its June 15 meeting. Provost and Senior Vice President April Mason and Vice President Cindy Bontrager made that announcement in “K-State Today” Tuesday. As earlier announced on KMAN, a five percent increase in tuition and fees was originally proposed…
DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) – The National Weather Service says a large tornado in Kansas that was on the ground for nearly an hour and a half missed a small town by about a mile. Meteorologist Chad Omitt says the tornado formed just after 7 p.m. near the Ottawa County community of Niles. He says it stayed on the ground continuously as it moved into Dickinson County. Omitt says it looks like “the heart” of the tornado was just about a mile south of the town of Chapman at one point. He says estimates are that the twister was a…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The bases were loaded with no outs in the bottom of the ninth, and Wade Davis was staked to a three-run lead for the Kansas City Royals. He turned up the heat and sent down the Minnesota Twins. Salvador Perez hit a two-run homer, Lorenzo Cain had four hits and two RBI, and the Royals picked up where their bats left off the night before to build a 7-4 victory over the tumbling Twins 7-4 on Tuesday. Davis worked a wobbly ninth for his 12th save in 13 attempts, preserving the seventh win for the Royals in…
*Courtesy of K-State Sports Information* OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – Jake Scudder was named Big 12 Newcomer of the Year and All-Big 12 Second Team, Clayton Dalrymple picked up his first All-Big 12 honor and named to the First Team, and Josh Rolette was tabbed All-Big 12 Honorable Mention and All-Big 12 Freshman Team as the conference announced its end-of-season awards. The trio of Wildcats that garnered Big 12 honors was headlined by Scudder, a transfer from Iowa Western Community College who became the first Wildcat to be named Big 12 Newcomer of the Year and sixth ever to earn an…
*Courtesy of K-State Sports Information* MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State will travel to Tennessee as part of the fourth annual SEC/Big 12 Challenge Presented by Sonic on Saturday, January 28, 2017 at Thompson-Boling Arena, the two conferences announced Tuesday. The matchup will mark the second time in the past three seasons that the Wildcats have played the Volunteers in the event, as Tennessee won the first and only meeting between the schools, 65-64, at home on Dec. 6, 2014. The game will be one of 10 contested between the two leagues for the fourth consecutive season with ESPN providing coverage…