By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications Led by a double-double from Katie Brand and 13 kills and five blocks from Katie Reininger, the Purple team beat the White team 3-1 (25-23, 21-25, 25-17, 15-13) on Saturday in K-State Volleyball’s Purple/White scrimmage in Ahearn Field House. The pair of redshirt sophomore Katies paced the Purple side that out-hit and out-dug the White squad. Brand had match-highs in assists (39) and digs (19), with the digs helping Purple tally 62 digs compared to White’s 60. The scrimmage was held a week into training camp, and the Wildcats have spent the last seven…
Author: KMAN Staff
MINNEAPOLIS — Kurt Suzuki rarely makes errors or hits home runs. He did both on Saturday night, and the homer made up for a bad throw that could have cost Minnesota another game. The All-Star catcher went 2 for 3 with a solo homer and made an impressive slide into home plate that helped lift the Twins over first-place the Kansas City Royals, 4-1. Suzuki redeemed himself for an errant throw in the fourth that allowed Nori Aoki to score after stealing third and give Kansas City a 1-0 lead. The mistake came with his starting pitcher, Phil Hughes, looking…
An estimated 3,000 fans turned out at Bill Snyder Family Stadium late Saturday afternoon for Kansas State Football’s annual Fan Appreciation Day and the fans’ first look at the team prior to the start of the 2014 season. The team practiced for an hour in front of the fans and then heard several speakers including, head coach Bill Snyder, Voice of the Wildcats Wyatt Thompson and several captains including B.J. Finney, Tyler Lockett, Ryan Mueller, Curry Sexton and Jake Waters. Following the short speeches, the fans were allowed on to the playing field to get autographs. Snyder signed his autographs…
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency and a mandatory curfew Saturday in response to the ongoing unrest over the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown. Meanwhile, community members band together to clean up the mess.
A Texas prosecutor is announcing Gov. Rick Perry has been indicted for abuse of power and coercion after carrying out a threat to veto funding for state public corruption prosecutors.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A 19-year-old Lawrence man will go to prison for raping a 13-year-old girl with whom he said he had consensual sex. Mackenzie Lottinville was accused of having sex with the girl last October after sneaking her into the trailer where he lived with his parents. The Lawrence Journal-World reports he pleaded guilty in June to one count of raping a child younger than 14. 6NewsLawrence reports a Douglas County judge on Friday sentenced Lottinville to nearly 13 years in prison. Lottinville told the judge that he had simply been hoping to make a new friend and “have…
On today’s In Focus, Cathy was joined by Riley County Extension Horticulture Agent, Gregg Eyestone; Riley County Senior Service Center Assistant Director, Susan Peterson; and Linda Teener with the UFM Community Learning Center.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — For almost three seasons, Josh Willingham’s family was there to greet him outside the Twins’ clubhouse at Target Field. Willingham’s family was waiting for him again on Friday, only this time the slugger came out of a different door. Willingham returned to Target Field and hit a bases-clearing double in Kansas City’s five-run fourth inning, and the surging Royals hung on to beat the Minnesota Twins 6-5. Danny Duffy (8-10) allowed three runs in 5 1/3 innings to win his third straight start. Kansas City has won 11 of 12 and sits atop the AL Central. After…
Notre Dame says it is investigating “suspected academic dishonesty” involving several students, including four unidentified members of the football team.
A suburban St. Louis police chief on Friday identified the officer whose fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager ignited days of heated protests. Ferguson police also released surveillance video showing a robbery prior to the shooting.