WACO, Texas (AP)– With yet another 20-win season under Scott Drew secured, Baylor forward Rico Gathers is thinking more about the two times the Bears have been a win away from the Final Four under their coach. “I’m glad that we won 20 games, but we’re on a mission to win the rest of our games for the rest of the regular season and stuff,” Gathers said after his Big 12-leading 14th double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds in a 69-42 win over Kansas State on Saturday. “We stay hungry all the time. We know we’ve got tests coming…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas school boards would have the power to tell teachers “take it or leave it” in salary negotiations under a bill endorsed by a state House panel. The House Commerce, Labor and Economic Development Committee approved the bill yesterday, sending it to the House floor for further debate.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter said the U.S. is considering slowing its military exit from Afghanistan by keeping a larger-than-planned troop presence this year and next because the new Afghan government is proving to be a more reliable partner.
A busker plays music in front of a graffiti that refer to Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in the traditional Plaka district of Athens on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015. Greece’s government starts working on drafting a series of economic reforms it must present to the other euro zone finance ministers on Monday, as part of an agreement reached Friday to extend the country’s European loan agreement.
As KMAN has previously reported, Ogden Elementary School was chosen as a national “Exemplary Achievement Gap Closing” school and received a blue ribbon honor. The blue ribbon school gala was held Friday evening at the Ogden Community Center. The event recognized the efforts from students, families, faculty and staff, and featured music, food and fellowship.
State budget issues, the Kansas highway fund, education and water were just a few of the topics covered during Saturday morning’s legislative coffee held at Sunset Zoo. Four area legislators participated in the event: Representative of the 51st District, Ron Highland; 66th District Representative, Sydney Carlin; 51st District Representative, Ron Highland; and 67th District Representative, Tom Phillips. Each of the four individuals provided a brief opening statement about the current issues they are facing in the legislature. The majority of the time was spent answering written questions, which were submitted by members of the audience. Three major topics were outlined…
The Manhattan High basketball teams were in a tough environment on Friday night at Hayden High school where Centennial League title implications were on the line in both the girls’ and boys’ games. The Manhattan High girls (14-4, 8-3) led after one quarter 11-5, but after that it was all Hayden. MHS was outscored 25-9 in the second quarter as the Wildcats (12-5, 7-4) took a 30-20 lead at the half and they would hold on for the 58-52 win. Gigi McAtee and Amara Ehie led MHS with 12 points each in the defeat. It’s just the second loss in…
It was the 90th anniversary of the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce, and it pulled out all the stops to celebrate the occasion at the Hilton Garden Inn Convention Center on Friday night. A large cake topped with “90” dominated the center of the banquet hall as local business leaders, politicians, and other community leaders joined together to celebrate the achievements in 2014. New leaders were welcomed to the chamber board, and old members were thanked for their service. Two of the highlights of the evening were the Lud Fiser citizen of the year award, and the first ever Dr.…
By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications SURPRISE, Ariz. – The K-State baseball team rallied from a pair of deficits on Friday, including a 6-0 hole after the second inning and a 9-7 shortfall in the top of the ninth, but the Wildcats surrendered a walk-off single in the ninth to lose to Oregon State, 10-9, at Surprise Stadium. After beating Utah the previous night with a walk-off hit of its own, K-State (3-3) fell victim to the same type of result in its second game of the weekend as the Beavers (4-2) staged their ninth-inning rally starting with Gabe Clark’s…
About 800,000 HealthCare.gov customers got the wrong tax information from the government. AP reporter Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar shares what they’ve been asked to do.