Isaiah Taylor scored 23 points, the last two on free throws with 1.4 seconds left as Texas hung on for a 61-57 victory over Kansas State in Big 12 action Saturday afternoon at Bramlage Coliseum. The two teams played even for the game’s first eight minutes and then the Longhorns bolted out to a 24-12 lead with 4:17 left in the first half and looked like they might run away with the game. K-State playing for the second straight game without suspended players Marcus Foster and Malek Harris needed a spark and they got it from Tre Harris who knocked…
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High winds and heavy rains caused power outages and flooded roadways in southern Oregon and other parts of the state as a series of storms started rolling ashore along the West Coast. (
Rescue workers found three more dead bodies on Saturday in Keelung river where the TransAsia airplane crashed earlier this week.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A bill before the Kansas House would prohibit employees of universities and state colleges from using their official job titles when they contribute to newspaper opinion pieces. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the bill currently applies only to opinion pieces and letters to the editor in newspapers, not to other forms of media.
After a successful opening year last year, the Everybody Counts event was held again in Manhattan. Saturday’s event took place at the Riley County Seniors Service Center, in conjunction with the Manhattan Town Center community fair. Everybody Counts aims to help the homeless and the less fortunate, by rounding up several services in one place. Area non-profit organizations and agencies offered services from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free health consultations were available: vision, dental, medical, and mental. In an effort to assist with the event, aTa bus offered free rides all day long for participants. Not only was the location in close…
On today’s In Focus, Erik talked to State Representative, Ron Highland; US Senator, Jerry Moran of Manhattan; Child Care Licensing Program Coordinator/Surveyor with the Riley County Health Department, Breva Spencer; and Rex Gardner with Boys State. Ron Highland-segment 1 Jerry Moran-segment 2 Breva Spencer-segment 3 Rex Gardner-segment 4
On Friday evening, at approximately 6:52, the Riley County Police Department received an emergency call for service requesting a rescue. One 30-year-old male victim was entrapped in dirt and mud near the intersection of Scenic Drive and Fossilridge in Manhattan following a trench collapse. The victim was a City of Manhattan employee who had been repairing a water main when the trench collapsed upon him. Manhattan Fire Department responded to the scene with three fire engines, one rescue truck, one battalion truck and 12 personnel. Riley County Fire also responded to the scene to provide assistance in…
Detectives from the Riley County Police Department served a series of search warrants on Wednesday related to a drug investigation. Search warrants were conducted at 1521 Leavenworth Street apartment #5, 309 Kearney Street and at a storage unit located at 425 McCall Road. As a result of the search warrants approximately 14 pounds of marijuana, approximately ½ pound of methamphetamine, over 2,000 prescription pills, 5 firearms, approximately $51,000 in US Currency and two vehicles were seized. A marijuana grow operation and steroid manufacturing operation was also discovered. The total estimated street value for the seized items is $171,600. Four individuals…
Health authorities in Illinois are warning there will likely be more local cases of measles as they await laboratory tests expected to confirm that a total of five infants attending the same daycare center have been infected.
President Barack Obama says the United States must resist the urge to “overreach” abroad, as he outlined a new national security strategy Friday as detailed by Susan Rice. The strategy comes on the same day that ISIS terrorists claimed a female U.S. hostage had been killed in airstrikes conducted by planes from Jordan. That information could not be confirmed by U.S. officials.