Twin sisters often have an unbreakable bond, and after starring for four years at Riley County, Madison and Makayla Vargo will carry on their basketball careers together at Washburn University. The Vargos plan to ink their national letters of intent with the Lady Blues next week, following a 22-2 senior campaign that included another trip to the 3A state tournament. Madison and Makayla were both on the all Mid-East League first team this past season, while Madison was also named first team 3A all-state after averaging 18 points per game during her senior season.
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Named to the all-Big 12 freshman team last fall, K-State setter Katie Brand has been selected to participate in the US Collegiate National volleyball team program. Brand earned the spot at a tryout in February, and is one of 36 athletes that will train and compete at the Junior National Championships from June 22nd – July 1st in Minneapolis. Brand is among three players chosen to represent the Big 12 conference on the team. Brand led K-State with 1,056 assists last season while also tallying 95 kills, 87 blocks, 27 aces and 169 points in 105 sets. Her kills, aces and points…
Athlete Oscar Pistorius testifies for the third day at his murder trial returning to the witness stand. Pistorius detailed the day girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp was killed.
A US Marine is in custody after he allegedly shot dead another Marine at the entrance to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.
The Manhattan City Commission and the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board met Tuesday to further scrutinize potential renovations to Peace Memorial Auditorium, and the addition of new Parks and Rec offices to City Hall. After beginning the process in the summer of 2012, and after long meetings and passionate public input, the Commission entered into a contract with Bruce McMillan Architects last fall to complete preliminary designs for the new offices and renovations to the Auditorium. Everything sound good so far? Well, here’s where the situation gets sticky. The Auditorium was originally built as a “living” War Memorial and currently…
President Barack Obama signed two executive orders Tuesday aimed at reducing the gender pay gap. The actions make it easier for employees of federal contractors to get information about wages and find out how much colleagues are making.
Communist lawmakers scuffle with right-wing Svoboda ( Freedom) Party lawmakers during a parliament session of Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament, in Kiev, Ukraine Tuesday, April 8, 2014.
“The Game” on Tuesday afternoon is jam packed with a full show. Bill Snyder held is annual spring football press conference at the Vanier Sports Complex, giving insight on the practices that have taken place and where the team is at right now. What are some of the biggest questions that were asked to coach Snyder? The national championship game was decided and UConn was victorious over Kentucky in a wild basketball game. They are the first #7 seed to win a national title. What was the overall perception of the 2014 NCAA tournament? The K-State baseball team is back at it at home against Wichita State on Tuesday night, how important is this week for the bat cats? The Royals are .500 at 3-3 with a win last night over Tampa Bay. Get Fit plus you can’t be serious, all that and much more on “The Game” on KMAN.
Update 10:00 Wednesday morning Riley County Police released the names of the individuals involved in the motor vehicle accident in Ogden Tuesday afternoon. Johnny Cossey (38) was driving a 2004 Lincoln LS northbound down Walnut Street across Riley Avenue, when it collided with two motorcycles that were traveling westbound on Riley. The operators of those motorcycles were identified as James Garrett III (48) and Steven Cannon Jr. (29). Garrett was transported via Life Star Helicopter to Via Christi Hospital in Wichita for injuries, and his current condition is unknown. Cannon was transported by Riley County EMS to Mercy Regional Health Center…
After several weeks of minimal success with Kansas State Transitional Assessments, USD 383 has put the brakes on. Parents were notified of this on Tuesday afternoon, after Executive Director of Teaching and Learning, Carol Adams sent out this statement: Dear Parents and Guardians, Over the past few weeks, students across the state of Kansas in grades 3-11 have been attempting to take the Kansas State Transitional Assessments in Reading, Math, and Science. Unfortunately, many issues have plagued this attempt. The testing system, Kansas Interactive Testing Engine, has been attacked by malware from IP addresses inside and outside of the USA. While…