Author: KMAN Staff
John Kurtz and Wyatt Thompson break down Kansas State’s victory vs. West Virginia on Senior Day at Bill Snyder Family Stadium over the weekend and recap the 6-6 season for the Wildcats. They’ll discuss the Liberty Bowl where K-State will play Arkansas. Also, Bill Snyder being inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame on Tuesday night. K-State basketball continues its strong start to the season. MBB is 6-1 after a tough road win over the weekend at Georgia and the women are also 6-1 after a recent win at Chicago State. The K-State volleyball season came to a close…
A Junction City man was sentenced Monday to 30 years in federal prison for trafficking cocaine in Junction City and Manhattan, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said in a press release Monday afternoon. Albert Dwayne Banks, 33, of Junction, City, was convicted on counts that included conspiracy to distribute more than 280 grams of crack cocaine. Last month, Banks was sentenced to life. At Monday’s hearing, U.S. District Judge Daniel D. Crabtree corrected the sentence by reducing it to 30 years. He said he changed the sentence based on his consideration of aggravating factors in the sentence. Banks was convicted in June in…
Vehicle thefts were a problem in November for Riley County. Riley County Police Department Lt. Luke Breault told county commissioners Monday morning there was an upward trend last month. “We had about 40 vehicle burglaries that were reported, which was a number that we hadn’t seen in some time,” he said. “The good thing that went along with that, though, is that we were able to develop a group of suspects.” One of those suspects, 20-year-old Barrett Stokes, is one KMAN first reported Friday. “We publicly stated that we’re out looking for him and that he’s wanted and believed to…
Pottawatomie County Attorney Sherri Schuck has filed for re-election. County Clerk Nancy McCarter indicates the incumbent filed Monday for the position. Schuck has been with the Pottawatomie County Attorney’s office since 2002 and had worked with the Riley County Police Department prior to that. Schuck told KMAN Tuesday morning that her personal ties to the county compelled her to run again. She told KMAN Tuesday she’s running again because it’s the job she’s always wanted to do and because she has the experience the job calls for. Schuck adds recent and upcoming cases are too important for her to ignore.
WICHITA — Police have arrested two men in connection with a double homicide that occurred in Wichita last week. KAKE-TV reports that 24-year-old Brent Carter and 19-year-old Jamion Wimbley have been charged in the home shooting death of Betty “Ann” Holloman and a 24-year-old man last Tuesday. Carter has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and criminal discharge of a firearm. Wimbley faces charges for two counts of first-degree murder, criminal discharge of a firearm and criminal possession of a firearm. The men were booked into the Sedgwick County Jail Friday evening. It was not clear whether either of the…
Officers with the Riley County Police Department responded along with other emergency crews to a vehicle collision near the intersection of 4th Street and Fort Riley Boulevard on Friday at approximately 11:55 a.m. Officers investigating this collision found that a 2013 Chevy Camaro driven by Robert Penn, 40, of Manhattan, was traveling west on Fort Riley Boulevard when it struck a 2007 Buick Lucerne driven by Alice Walker, 77, of Dwight. Walker was in the process of turning north onto 4th Street. After this initial collision, the Camaro then struck a 2007 Ford Fusion driven by Michael Rogel, 20, of Junction…
Today’s guests on In Focus were: What’s New in Military and Veterans Affairs with Lt. Col. Art DeGroat, Ex. Dir. of Military and Veterans’ Affairs at K-State; Special Guest Captain Kyle McElhaney, Commander of the U-S Army recruiting company in Manhattan Dr. Stephen Higgs, Associate Vice President of Research and Dir. of Biosecurity Research Institute Emily Wagoner with Manhattan Emergency Shelter
MANHATTAN — The Kansas State University Foundation and Kansas State University celebrated the opening of the K-State Office Park on Friday, Dec. 4, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house. The new building is the first in a multiphase project that will fuel collaboration, philanthropic support and economic development in the North Campus Corridor. On the corner of Kimball and Denison avenues, the first 60,000-square-foot building in the K-State Office Park offers a new home for the KSU Foundation and office space for corporations and industry. “The KSU Foundation is honored to lead the development of the K-State Office Park,”…
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP)– Marcus Peters and Tyvon Branch made the Oakland Coliseum feel just like home. Peters, an Oakland native who grew up attending Raiders games, set up Kansas City’s go-ahead score with an interception and former Oakland safety Tyvon Branch put the game away with an interception return for a touchdown that gave the Chiefs their sixth straight win, 34-20 on Sunday. “It was a whole lot more than I expected,” said Peters, who gave the ball from his interception to his mother. “It was hard, man, I can’t lie, to come out there and stay focused. My nerves…