Despite a sloppy first half, Kansas State had no trouble blowing out Coppin State, 83-58, Wednesday night at Bramlage Coliseum. The Wildcats struggled to maintain a consistent attack, but when they were hot, they were on fire. And that was more than enough to move to 7-1 on the season. “We did a nice job of sharing the ball when we needed to,” K-State coach Bruce Weber said. “It was a grind for us at the beginning, but we figured it out.” K-State made seven of its first nine shots and built an early 14-5 advantage. But the Wildcats…
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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel apologized for the 2014 shooting of a black teenager Wednesday during a special City Council meeting but his emotional speech didn’t stop hundreds of people from taking part in a midday protest downtown.
President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the U.S. will continue to try to tamp down violence between Israelis and Palestinians even though prospects for peace seem slim during a meeting with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in the Oval Office.
The Kansas Sampler Foundation announced earlier this week that the long-time Kansas Sampler Festival will come to an end after being hosted in 2016 and 2017 in Winfield. Foundation director Marci Penner said, “The festival has been a tremendous event for the whole state and has helped people see that Kansas has a lot to offer. It’s exciting to now think of the festival as part of a progression in helping share what there is to see and do. We have some ideas for what is next and will start that conversation in January.” In 1990, the late Mil Penner and daughter…
A possible burglary suspect Riley county Police had been looking for since last Friday has been apprehended. Barrett Stokes, 20, was taken into custody with the assistance of the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Department. As KMAN announced last Friday the Riley County Police Department responded to multiple vehicle burglaries recently and a news release was issued with potential suspect information regarding At the time of the release police stated that Stokes should also be considered potentially armed and dangerous. This week with the assistance of the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office, Wamego Police Department and tips from the community Stokes was apprehended in Wamego at…
Today’s guests on In Focus were: Wamego’s USD 320 Supt. Denise O’Dea and Rock Creek’s USD 323 Supt. Darrel Stufflebeam Don Thomson, Mark Robb, Tom Neill with Little Apple Barbershop Chorus on Harmony for the Holidays Kathy Dzewaltowski, Randi Dale, Dave Fiser with Peace Memorial Auditorium events
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Eight people with Topeka ties have spoken to a roughly 250-person audience at the city’s TEDx conference. The Topeka Capital Journal reports that the presentations at the Topeka Civic theater Tuesday included topics such as helping women grow up with confidence, what people can do to help feed the world and one woman’s experience coming out as transgender. Washburn University professor David Carter opened the event by explaining how people can generate collaboration and self-awareness, and build up those around them, through what he calls the “lesser seat,” or humility. Washburn Law professor Lori McMillan also explained…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A University of Kansas information session about guns on campus has drawn a crowd of more than 200 students, faculty and staff. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the University Senate organized Tuesday’s event. Under state law, public universities in Kansas must allow concealed weapons on campus beginning July 1, 2017. But policies that will guide implementation of the law have yet to be written. During the meeting, many speakers expressed fear of mass shootings, of accidental firearm discharges, of arguments escalating into shootings, of a loss of academic freedom, of increased suicide rates and more. University Senate…
By Ryan Lackey, K-State Athletics Communications (Photo Courtesy Kansas State Athletics) NEW YORK – Bill Snyder, the architect of the “greatest turnaround in the history of college football,” became just the fourth person in the history of college football to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as an active coach as the legendary K-State coach was officially enshrined Tuesday as part of the National Football Foundation’s College Football Hall of Fame Induction Class of 2015. A five-time national coach of the year honoree and seven-time conference coach of the year recipient, Snyder joins Bobby Bowden (Florida State),…
Police arrested Cody Torbol, 22, of Herington, Kansas on a warrant for aggravated criminal sodomy. He was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department and given a bond of $25,000.00. At the time of this report he was confined at the Riley County Jail. Bobby Pearson, 32, of Ogden, Kansas was arrested on two warrants while at the Riley County Police Department. These warrants were for the offense of probation violation and distribution or possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine (X2). The original offense listed for the probation violation warrant was unlawful possession of methamphetamine and vehicular…