On today’s In Focus, Cathy was joined by Riley County Police Director, Brad Schoen; Director of Marianna Beach Museum of Art, Linda Duke; and Dr. Roberta Riportella with the College of Human Ecology at Kansas State University.
Author: KMAN Staff
An arbitrator has overturned the NFL’s decision to indefinitely suspend fmr. Baltimore Ravens player Ray Rice following a domestic abuse scandal in which he punched his fiance unconscious in an elevator.
Protesters turned out in several U.S. cities on one of the busiest shopping days of the year Friday in response to a grand jury’s decision not to indict the officer who fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.
Black Friday is apparently no longer the highlight of the Christmas shopping season–at least not for a couple of Manhattan businesses. RadioShack of Manhattan Co-owner Frank Beer says the retail market is ever-changing, with his store open Thursday. Beer says his business did okay Thursday, although it changes the dynamic on Friday–meaning mid to late morning is more the time to shop as the Thursday shoppers get some rest. Pathfinder Store Manager David Colburn tells KMAN he’s had some customers on Black Friday, but that’s not really his focus either, as he concentrates more on Small Business Saturday. Beer agrees…
The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a residential day time burglary that occurred this past Tuesday sometime between the hours of 7:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. The residence is located in the 26,000 block of Diamond Road in rural St.Marys. The suspects in this matter are believed to have come to the residence during the daylight hours. They gained entry into the residence and stole items valued at about $2,000. Some of the reported stolen items were a Panasonic 42 inch flat screen TV, a Westinghouse 22 inch flat screen TV, a DVD player, jewelry and other miscellaneous items.…
For the second straight day the Kansas State Women’s Basketball team saw a game scheduled for the Hardwood Tournament of Hope in Puerta Vallarta, Mexico canceled due to a facility conflict. Wednesday’s scheduled game against Santa Clara was also canceled. The Wildcats won their lone game of the tournament on Tuesday against UTEP 72-43. The 4-0 Wildcats will next be in action on December 4 for a 7 p.m. game against UT-Arlington at Bramlage Coliseum.
Millions of Americans are expected to head to the stores for holiday gift shopping on Thanksgiving in what’s quickly becoming a new holiday tradition.
Hundreds of US soldiers celebrated Thanksgiving Day away from their families in Afghanistan on Thursday.
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP)– Pittsburgh opened the Maui Invitational by winning a game it was supposed to and lost in embarrassing fashion in the semifinals. The Panthers closed out their trip to paradise by playing their best game of the season. James Robinson had 14 points and six assists, and Pittsburgh was sharp at both ends to beat Kansas State 70-47 Wednesday in the third-place game of the Maui Invitational. “That’s a very good team, Kansas State, that we beat and we beat it the way we wanted to do it as far as defense, execution on the offensive end and…
By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications NORMAN, Okla. – The K-State volleyball team, after winning the first set and holding a late lead in the fourth, fell to Oklahoma, 3-1 (24-26, 26-24, 25-20, 25-23), on Wednesday in McCasland Field House. The loss for K-State (22-7, 9-6 Big 12), its sixth-straight at Oklahoma, dropped it into a three-way tie with Kansas and Iowa State for third in the Big 12 standings entering the final slate of regular season matches this Saturday. Oklahoma (20-9, 10-5 Big 12), meanwhile, grabbed sole possession of second with its season finale this Saturday at Kansas. The…