President Barack Obama on Sunday described comments reportedly made by the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers as racist, before casting them as part of a continuing legacy of slavery and segregation that Americans must vigilantly fight.
Author: KMAN Staff
Thunderstorms dropped significant rain over Northeast Kansas Sunday morning and also triggered a Flash Flood Warning to be issued by the National Weather Service for a time for Manhattan and Junction City. Approximately 3.4 inches of rain fell just outside the KMAN studios on Sunday morning before the storms moved out shortly before Noon. Riley County Police had been urging motorists to avoid several Manhattan streets including North Manhattan Avenue, Bertrand and Vattier Streets. Authorities also reported high water on Denison and Jardine and Ehlers Road had rocks in the roadway shortly after 9 a.m. Lyon Creek in Geary County…
Updated: 4:35 p.m. Sunday K-18 in Riley & Wabaunsee Counties is NOW OPEN to all traffic from the K-99 junction to the K-177 junction. Flood waters have receded from the roadway. Roadway was completely closed to all traffic earlier Sunday. Drivers are advised never to attempt to drive through flooded or high water on roadways
Here is the latest on the potential for Severe Weather for Northeast Kansas from the National Weather Service office in Topeka.
BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles traditionally thrust a pie in the face of a successful teammate while he’s being interviewed after a game at Camden Yards, and Nick Markakis was poised to be the recipient. On Saturday night, however, his teammates thought Markakis deserved better. He had played out of position for the sake of the team and singled in the winning run in the 10th inning after two throwing errors by pitcher Danny Duffy laid the groundwork for a 3-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals. So J.J. Hardy handed Markakis the pie and a fork, and he…
By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications MORGANTOWN, W. Va. – The K-State baseball team allowed three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to allow West Virginia to clinch the series with a 6-5 walk-off win on Saturday at Hawley Field. A two-run home run by Blair DeBord gave K-State (23-21, 4-10 Big 12) a 5-2 lead in the third, but neither team scored a run after the third inning until the three-run ninth by the Mountaineers (23-16, 6-7 Big 12). Jake Matthys issued a leadoff walk followed by a double in the ninth before he threw a wild…
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry says a grenade fired from a launcher caused an explosion in a helicopter at an airfield outside the eastern city of Kramatorsk, wounding a pilot.
President Obama, the first American president to visit Malaysia in nearly half a century, was the honored guest at a 600-person state dinner inside the royal residence in Kuala Lumpur.
Charles Jones rushed for 77 yards on 20 carries while Jake Waters added a rushing touchdown as the Purple defeated the White 23-13 in the annual Kansas State Spring Football Game before 17,395 Saturday afternoon at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. The Purple got on the board first in a low scoring first half on a 14-yard run by Glenn Gronkowski which made the score 7-0. The lead was 7-3 at halftime after Matthew McCrane put the White team on the board with a 42-yard Field Goal. Unlike past years, Head Coach Bill Snyder did not flip the score at halftime…
The Litttle Apple Optimists Club joined the Manhattan Breakfast Optimists Club Saturday for a District meeting at the Manhattan Fire Department Headquarters. “We had a business meeting with some training with regards to fundraising and membership recruitment,” said Craig Cox, president of the Manhattan Breakfast Optimists Club. Little Apple Club President, Penny Alonso says both clubs share a common goal. “We’re community service oriented. We raise money and distribute it back into the community, basically for children’s’ programming, just to try and help area youth,” Alonso said. Saturday’s meeting included the last leg of the State-wide oratorical contest, featuring…