Kentucky head coach John Calipari watches a drill during a practice session for the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Friday, April 3, 2015, in Indianapolis. Kentucky plays Wisconsin on Saturday.
Author: KMAN Staff
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrives for a news briefing at the Saadabad palace in Tehran, Iran, Friday April 3, 2015. Rouhani on Friday pledged that his nation will abide by its commitments in the nuclear agreement reached the previous day in Switzerland.
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and the Sunflower CASA Project in Manhattan is partaking in a “Pass the Pinwheel” social media campaign to help raise awareness for the cause. Volunteers for the organization gathered in the Riley County Courthouse Plaza on Friday, April 3 to kick off the campaign by planting a pinwheel garden. Development Coordinator Aaron Estabrook said the pinwheel has been adopted nationally as a symbol of child abuse and neglect prevention for several reasons. “You look at a pinwheel and you think about it shining in the sun,” said Estabrook. “It’s reflective and it’s bright,…
– Rock Creek baseball swept Marysville 11-1 and 13-2. Shiloh Schaake and Jackson Goodmiller each had five hits on the day. – Riley County baseball swept Chapman 14-4 and 5-0. Dalton Huey and Dalton Engle picked up wins on the mound. – Manhattan High softball split with Topeka High. They took game one 9-2 and lost game two 4-3. – Rock Creek and Wamego softball split. The Mustangs took game one 8-4 and Wamego won game two 10-8. – Manhattan tennis knocked off Junction City 9-3. The Indians won all but one of the singles matches. They split four dobules matches. -…
After one of the most decorated careers in school history, Manhattan High’s Caroline Ballard signed her letter of intent to play girls basketball at Washington University in St. Louis on Friday. Washington has one of the most accomplished college basketball coaches around in Nancy Fahey. Fahey is the only division three coach to win five national championships. She has also won 20 league titles since she started at the school in 1986. Ballard leaves Manhattan as the 4th all-time leading scorer in MHS history, and she was a part of the only senior class to ever play in the state…
A Manhattan man accused of brandishing a gun and stealing a pick-up truck this past October has waived his right to a preliminary hearing. Benjamin Abrams, 33, appeared in front of Judge Sheila Hochhauser on Friday, April 3 in connection to the aggravated robbery incident. Following his decision to waive the hearing, Judge Hochhauser set Abrams’ next court date for Monday, April 13 at 2:30 p.m.
Police in Riley County arrived at a vehicle collision in the 5000 block of Fort Riley Boulevard and found that a 1993 Mercury passenger car driven by Peter Savary, 52, of Manhattan collided with a concrete highway divider. This collision reportedly occurred immediately after Savary was cut off by an unknown vehicle traveling westbound on Fort Riley Boulevard. Savary indicates he then lost control of his vehicle resulting in a crash. Riley County EMS arrived and transported Savary to Mercy Regional Health Center for complaint of head pain. The accident was reported a little before seven Friday morning and Savary was still…
By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications The K-State baseball team used five two-out RBIs, including two apiece from Carter Yagi and Steve Serratore, to back up a strong pitching effort and beat West Virginia, 8-2, to take the series opener at Tointon Family Stadium on Thursday. Serratore’s two-run single in the third and Yagi’s two-run triple in the fourth staked K-State (13-14, 2-5 Big 12) to a 4-0 lead while starting pitcher Colton Kalmus held West Virginia (16-11, 2-5 Big 12) to two hits and no runs in his first four innings pitched. K-State relievers Jackson Douglas and Corey Fischer,…
Tehran residents took to the streets on Thursday evening to celebrate a framework agreement on Iran’s nuclear program between their country and six world powers.
Two women were arrested Thursday on charges they plotted to wage violent jihad by building a homemade bomb and using it for a Boston Marathon-type terror attack.