By Randy Peterson, K-State Athletics Communications (Photo Courtesy Kansas State Athletics) For the first time since the 2012-13 season, Kansas State women’s basketball will make a postseason appearance as the Wildcats have accepted a bid to play in the 2015 Postseason WNIT and will host Akron in the first round on Thursday. The time for the game between K-State and Akron will be announced on Tuesday. This will be K-State’s fifth appearance in the Postseason WNIT and the first since reaching the semifinals of the 2013 WNIT. With K-State’s bid into the Postseason WNIT, the Wildcats are one of eight…
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SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) Yordano Ventura gave up four runs in the first two innings, but the Kansas City Royals rallied to beat the Cleveland Indians 6-5 Monday. Ventura gave up hits to the first four batters, with Jason Kipnis and Carlos Santana contributing RBI singles in a three-run first. The right-hander allowed four runs on seven hits and a walk in three innings. He struck out five. Ventura has a 10.29 ERA in three starts “I’m happy with my fastball, but they squared some up,” Ventura said through a translator. Ventura’s fastball reached 100 mph on radar guns. “Good stuff,…
Russian President Vladimir Putin smiles, during his meeting with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev in the Konstantin Palace outside St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, March 16, 2015. Putin resurfaced Monday after a 10-day absence from public view, looking healthy.
Samuel, only his first name given, kicks a ball through the ruins of their family home as his father, Phillip, at back, picks through the debris in Port Vila, Vanuatu in the aftermath of Cyclone Pam Monday, March 16, 2015. Vanuatu’s President Baldwin Lonsdale said Monday that the cyclone that hammered the tiny South Pacific archipelago over the weekend was a “monster” that has destroyed or damaged 90 percent of the buildings in the capital and has forced the nation to start anew.
Riley County Jail inmates will be getting their dental services from a different provider after a motion was approved unanimously during Monday’s county commission meeting. This item was presented by Budget and Finance Officer, Johnette Shepek, as she had been contacted by Riley County Police Captain, Kurt Moldrup after hearing the current dental provider thought the medicaid rate was too high. Shepek also heard comments about “needing to find a new dental provider”. Shepek inquired about using Konza Dental for the inmate dental services instead of the current provider. Shepek requested the board make a motion to approve Konza as…
As traffic continues to increase on the US-24 Corridor in Blue Township’s Green Valley area, Pottawatomie County is in the process of developing its first long-range transportation plan to help alleviate the influx with the help of the Kansas Department of Transportation and the Flint Hills Metropolitan Community Organization. The commissioners heard from Transportation Planner Stephanie Watt during their weekly meeting on Monday, March 16, who gave an overview of the current proposed project, an expansion on Marlatt Ave. and Junietta Rd. that would provide an alternate route for drivers. “A tool that we will use to understand the future needs or…
On today’s In Focus, Cathy was joined by Sunset Zoo Marketing / Development Officer, Ella Casey and Curator of Education Jared Bixby, as well as Patrick the Ancona Duck. She then talked to Glenda Newkirk and Jason Geesaman with Royal Family Kids. Lastly, Cathy spoke with Lori Bishop and Clint Sandman with the Flint Hills Volunteer Center and Kiwanis Club regarding a Flag campaign. Sunset Zoo-segment 1 Sunset Zoo-segment 2 Royal Family Kids-segment 1 Flint Hills Volunteer Center-segment 1
A Manhattan man faces drug-related, firearm possession, and driving with a cancelled or suspended license charges following his arrest Sunday night. Larry James Mitchell Jr., 39, was taken into custody by Riley County Police at about 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the 1700 block of Poyntz Avenue. Police arrested Mitchell after having just observed Mitchell operating a vehicle on a suspended license. An investigation into the driving while suspended offense led to an arrest of Mitchell for that offense, in addition to the offenses of possession of marijuana and criminal possession of a firearm by a felon. Mitchell’s bond was set at…
A Fort Riley man arrested in connection with a fatal shooting last week in Ogden has been brought back to Riley County from Georgia,where he turned himself in Thursday afternoon. Monday morning’s Riley County Police arrest report indicates Tierre Wall, 26, was booked into the Riley County Jail shortly before 10 p.m. Sunday. As previously announced Wall faces a voluntary manslaughter charge, with bond set at $150,000. The Tuesday morning shooting in Ogden resulted in the death of Casey Lindley, 27, of Ogden.
The Ohio River crested Sunday at its highest level in two decades. The National Weather Service said the river crested at 57.7 feet, or seven feet below the 1997 level that caused severe, widespread flooding around Cincinnati and in Kentucky.