Brady Sanders scored 18 points including 12 off three-pointers allowing Texas to race out to an 11-point halftime lead on their way to a 76-58 win over Kansas State Wednesday night in Big 12 Women’s Basketball action at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin. Sanders was one of four Longhorns in double figures as three other players Brooke McCarty, Ariel Atkins and Imani McGee Stafford each poured in 11 points. Leading the way for the Wildcats were Haley Texada with 17 points and Breanna Lewis with 13. Kansas State (15-10, 5-9) returns to Bramlage Coliseum on Saturday night for the…
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Technology discussions highlighted Wednesday’s Manhattan Ogden USD 383 school board meeting. Director of Technology, Mike Ribble shared an update on his department, as all the different facets of technology continue to evolve. Budget reduction discussions continue to take place as well, and Ribble knows money will be much tighter. “When we start talking about cuts, and I’ve told my staff, we [the technology department] are not teachers”. Ribble indicated several administrative personnel individuals have approached him about iPad and laptop updates, but he said “the funds just aren’t there”. Ribble’s other two agenda items, the state technology plan and Cisco Networking…
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt filed the State’s formal appeal with the Kansas Supreme Court Thursday in the school finance litigation. The following statement was released from the Attorney General’s office Thursday afternoon: “Today, our office has filed with the Kansas Supreme Court the formal paperwork to docket the State’s appeal of the three-judge panel’s December 30, 2014, school finance ruling. This completes the formal legal request for the Supreme Court to review the panel’s decision, which we think is legally flawed and inconsistent with the Supreme Court’s prior instruction. We will brief our arguments more fully in the course…
Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown is sworn in as Oregon Governor by Oregon Chief Justice Thomas A. Balmer in Salem, Ore., Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015. John Kitzhaber, elected to an unprecedented fourth term last year, announced last week that he would step down amid allegations his fiancee used her relationship with him to enrich herself. Brown though married to her husband since 1997 has identified herself as bisexual, the first such person to become a Governor in the United States.
Ukrainian troops ride on an armored vehicle outside Artemivsk, Ukraine, while pulling out of Debaltseve, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015. After weeks of relentless fighting, the embattled Ukrainian rail hub of Debaltseve fell Wednesday to Russia-backed separatists, who hoisted a flag in triumph over the town. The Ukrainian president confirmed that he had ordered troops to pull out and the rebels reported taking hundreds of soldiers captive.
A Manhattan woman made first appearance on a variety of drug-related charges in Riley County District Court Wednesday afternoon. Katherine Nguyen faces counts which include felonies of unlawful possesion of methamphetamine and Oxycontin and misdemeanor counts involving Alprazolam, marijuana, and drug paraphernalia. Riley County District Court Judge John Bosch granted a public defender in Nguyen’s case, with next appearance before Judge William Malcolm on March 3 at 1 p.m. Recovery of Nguyen’s phone and laptop were also discussed and Judge Bosch advised her to contact her attorney. Nguyen was arrested in connection with a Februry third case, involving three…
More details have been provided regarding an arrest KMAN first told you about a few weeks ago, involving Ryan Routson,33, of Manhattan. Charges include involuntary manslaughter by DUI, aggravated battery by DUI, and possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. A request from KMAN for disclosure of the warrant affidavit was granted Wednesday, indicating syringes and a few plastic baggies were recovered in or near Routson’s vehicle, shortly after the May 6th accident at the intersection of Tuttle Creek Boulevard and Tuttle Terrace. While the redacted affidavit does not indicate who the victim was, previous reports from KMAN indicate the only other injured person…
A Rossville man who faces a vehicular homicide charge in Riley County made first appearance Wednesday afternoon in Riley County District Court. Derik Kesler, 32, stood silent next to his attorney as the misdemeanor vehicular homicide count was read by Judge John Bosch. Kesler was served with the warrant earlier this month, in connection with the June 2014 accident, resulting in the death of Mark Jilka, 49, of Manhattan. Kesler’s attorney indicated his client plans to apply for diversion in the case, and Judge Bosch ended up entering a not guilty plea for Kesler at this time.Kesler’s next appearance…
Wamego High Schools Girl’s Basketball coach Jim Page will be relieved of his duties at the end of the 2014-2015 season. The USD 320 Board of Education voted unanimously at their Tuesday evening meeting to terminate his contract. Board President Richard Weixelman said: “While the USD 320 Board of Education supports the suspension given by the administration, in the best interest of the basketball program, Mr. Page will be allowed to coach through the current basketball season”. Officials had suspended Page earlier in the week after five varsity players quit the team. Page led Wamego to the Class 4A State…
On today’s In Focus, Cathy was joined by Manhattan Ogden USD 383 Associate Superintendent, Robert Seymour and School Board President, Leah Fliter. She also talked to Manhattan Area Technical College President, Rob Edleston. Seymour and Fliter-segment 1 Seymour and Fliter-segment 2 Rob Edleston-segment 1 Rob Edleston-segment 2