Kansas State Athletics Director John Currie announced Monday evening that the school will add Women’s Soccer as a Varsity sport beginning in the Fall of 2016. Currie also announced that to make room for the sport, K-State will discontinue its Varsity Equestrian program at the end of the 2015-16 academic year. With the addition of Women’s Soccer, K-State becomes the last Big 12 school to add the sport. Below is the complete release from K-State Athletics Communications with the announcement. ******************************************************************** MANHATTAN, Kan. – Following a recent NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics recommendation to drop the intercollegiate sport of equestrian…
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has made another trip to Kansas to campaign for Republican Gov. Sam Brownback re-election bid. Christie is chairman of the Republican Governors Association. He joined Brownback on Monday at Freddy’s Frozen Custard in Wichita where he visited with restaurant patrons. A private fundraising event was scheduled later Monday. Brownback is locked in a tough race with Democratic challenger Paul Davis amid voters’ concerns about massive tax cuts that have created budget shortfalls. But Christie said indications from several polls show Kansas voters are swinging toward Brownback as they consider what he called…
Protect Environmental workers move disposal barrels to a staging area outside the apartment of a healthcare worker who treated Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan and tested positive for the disease, Monday, Oct. 13, 2014, in Dallas.
A woman who identified herself as Dragonfly, from the Brooklyn borough of New York, gets a hug from Ferguson, Mo., police Sgt. Michael Wood, after sharing her fear of police brutality with Wood, during a protest at the police station, Monday, Oct. 13, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. Activists planned a day of civil disobedience to protest the shooting of Michael Brown, in August, and a second police shooting in St. Louis last week.
Wildcat Insider with Wyatt Thompson, Brian Smoller and John Kurtz. Discussing the road game this Saturday at #11 Oklahoma. This past weekends Big 12 games. Also, K-State basketball is ranking 4th in preseason polls. Hour 1 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/11.mp3 KSU rests up during the bye week/ OU struggles with Texas https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/21.mp3 Tired of 11 am kickoffs?/ Volleyball breaks into the rankings https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/31.mp3 Robert Lipson went to the Red River Rivalry/ Gary Patterson “threatened” by Baylor defender? Hour 2 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/41.mp3 How beatable is Oklahoma? https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/51.mp3 What if Travis Green can’t go on Saturday?/ OU offense should have some bumps and bruises from TCU…
Rain hit puddles on the warning track on Monday, Oct. 13, 2014, in Kansas City, Mo. The steady rainfall and the forecast for the rest of the night forced Major League Baseball to postpone Game 3 of the American League Championship Series between the Royals and Baltimore Orioles scheduled for tonight. Game 3 will now be on Tuesday at 7:07 p.m. Game 4 is set for Wednesday at 3:07 p.m. and if necessary Game 5 would be on Thursday at 3:07 p.m.
On today’s In Focus, Cathy had several guests: Clinical Associate Professor/Agricultural Practice at the Veterinary Health Center at Kansas State University, Shelie Laflin; Amanda Lee with K-State Homecoming; Manhattan Bicycle Coordinator, Joey Lightner and Transportation Engineer, Peter Clark; and lastly-Flint Hills Focus with Gathering in the Grove Fine Art Sale, Linda Cosgrove.
For the past several years, Columbus Day has been utilized for a mandatory Riley County staff training day. This year’s training was held at the usual location, the Farm Bureau building, but focused on a new topic. With the different shooting situations around the nation over the past couple of years, and the concealed carry discussions, Human Resource Manager, Cindy Volanti said “violence in the workplace” seemed to be a good choice of theme. Volanti organizes the staff training days every year. She scheduled several presenters to speak throughout the day, including Riley County Police Department officers and Riley County…
Riley County Police reported Monday the arrest Jamal Grant, 23, of Colorado Springs Saturday afternoon for rape and aggravated sexual battery. Grant’s arrest reportedly stemmed from a June 15th, 2012 case in Riley County. Grant’s bond was set at $50,000. ### Riley County Police are investigating a rape case reported Sunday morning at 10:30. A 20-year-old female told police she was a victim of a rape that had occurred during the early morning hours within the City of Manhattan. The rape investigation is on-going at this time. ### A news release regarding an aggravated kidnapping/robbery was also issued Monday and is listed as…
A third aggravated robbery/aggravated kidnapping arrest has been made by Riley County Police. Tuesday morning’s RCPD arrest report indicates Rasheem Wilson, 26, of Manhattan was taken into custody at 12:30 Monday afternoon.Wilson’s charges include aggravated robbery, aggravated kidnapping, and kidnapping, with bond set at $150,000. A Riley County Police twitter post Monday evening indicated a third arrest had been made in connection with the robbery in the 1300 block of Flint Hills Place last week. As reported the end of last week, while investigating two other robberies in the Manhattan area, detectives found a third previously unreported robbery had occurred…