(photo credit Scott D. Weaver/K-State Athletics) Leading up to the game, Head Coach Jeff Mittie was certainly aware of the added attention to a game against his former team. And for the most part, his team treated it like any other important Big 12 contest. “I didn’t bring it up”, he said. “I preached to them all year long…control what you can control”. Brianna Lewis, however, had bigger plans. The sophomore forward shot a blistering 70% from the field and notched a career-high 28 points, and the Cats led start to finish for a 93-79 victory over TCU on Wednesday…
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42-year old Jackie Oliver of Junction City was arrested Tuesday by Junction City Police on charges of Aggravated Battery in connection with the early Sunday morning shooting at the KINGZ motorcycle club that left him and another man injured. The investigation is still on going. Oliver is currently being held on a $25,000 bond at the Geary County Detention Center. Shortly before 4 a.m. Sunday, Officers of the Junction City Police Department with the assistance of the Geary County Sheriff’s Dept. responded to The KINGZ motorcycle club at 805 Grant Ave. in reference to a shooting victim. Upon arrival Officers…
President Barack Obama, flanked by Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry, speaks about the Islamic State group, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Obama asked the U.S. Congress on Wednesday to authorize military force to “degrade and defeat” Islamic State forces in the Middle East without sustained, large-scale U.S. ground combat operations, setting lawmakers on a path toward their first war powers vote in 13 years.
Russian President, Vladimir Putin, left, gestures as German Chancellor, Angela Merkel and Ukrainian President, Petro Poroshenko, stand nearby during a meeting in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. Leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany are gathering for crucial talks in the hope of negotiating an end fighting between Russia-backed separatist and government forces in eastern Ukraine.
Save the Last Dance is the new temporary exhibit that will be displayed on the second floor of the Flint Hills Discovery Center. The exhibit will open to the public on Saturday and will run through May 17th. KMAN got a sneak preview of the exhibit Wednesday morning, during a media blitz. The display features images taken by award winning photographer, Noppadol Paothong, who will be visiting the discovery center in March. The photographs showcase the greater prairie chicken, and it’s related species. Paothong is the author of the book Save the Lase Dance, A Story of North American Grassland Grouse. This…
On today’s In Focus, Cathy spoke with Rock Creek’s USD 323 Superintendent, Darrel Stufflebeam and Wamego’s USD 320 Superintendent, Denise O’Dea. She also was joined by Assistant to the Dean and Director of K-State’s College of Ag/ K-State Research and Extension, Steven M. Graham. Pott. Co. schools-segment 1 Pott. Co. schools-segment 2 Steven Graham-segment 1 Steven Graham-segment 2
Update: 7:40 pm- The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s office is asking the public to assist them in locating a man who confronted two St. George Elementary sixth graders. The students, both boys, were confronted by a man on their way back from a recycling trailer, located on the north side of the school. The Sheriff’s Office describes the subject as an older male in his 60’s or 70’s, wearing a white and black vertical striped shirt and blue jeans. The man was also described as having gray hair, with a bald in back of head, and a white beard. The man was reportedly driving a…
Updated Noon 2-11: Jeff Morris, Vice President Communications & Marketing at Kansas State University, released this statement regarding the matter involving the Governor and Kent Glasscock, President of Kansas State University’s Institute for Commercialization: “Kent Glasscock has advised several governors over the years during the budget process due to his expertise and policy knowledge. Discussions about the budget during the development process are not subject to the open records act per state statute. The governor’s budget proposal has been submitted and is a public document that all can review and the legislature can debate and make change as it sees fit.…
Police say three people have been shot to death at a condominium complex east of the University of North Carolina campus and a man has been arrested.
Jon Stewart announced he is leaving “The Daily Show” during a taping of Tuesday’s show.