Author: KMAN Staff

Photo Courtesy Kansas State Athletics By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications AUSTIN, Texas – The No. 22 K-State volleyball team won the first set against No. 5 Texas, but the Longhorns captured the final three to win the top-25 matchup in Gregory Gym on Friday, 3-1 (16-25, 25-15, 25-21, 25-16). The Wildcats (20-5, 7-4 Big 12) hit over .400 to win their first set against Texas (18-1, 10-1 Big 12) since November 12, 2011, but the loss extended K-State’s losing streak to the Longhorns to 23 straight matches. For the match, Texas out-hit K-State, .278-.216. “We out-served them, and we…

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CLAY CENTER, Kan. (AP) Authorities say an 83-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run accident in northeast Kansas after getting out of his car to check on an injured deer. Clay County Sheriff Chuck Dunn says Joe Knitter, of Clay Center, died in the accident early Friday on U.S. 24. Dunn says Knitter’s wife was driving their car and struck the deer. Knitter got out to check on the animal and was hit by another vehicle as he was returning to his car. KSNT-TV reports authorities located the other driver Friday afternoon with help from a broken mirror recovered at…

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Rear Admiral John Kirby, Department of Defense Press Secretary, speaks to reporters during a news conference at the Pentagon, Friday, Nov. 7, 2014. According to the Pentagon, President Barack Obama has authorized Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to deploy to Iraq up to 1,500 additional U.S. personnel over the coming months, in a non-combat role, to expand our advise and assist mission and initiate a comprehensive training effort for Iraqi forces.

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President Barack Obama speaks while meeting with Congressional leaders in the Old Family Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 7, 2014. From left are, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky.

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A former Manhattan man convicted last year of cultivation of marijuana and other drug related charges is going before the Kansas Court of Appeals later this month. Adam Hudson’s appeal is slated for Tuesday November 18th. Hudson, 31, was sentenced in July of 2013 in connection with a February 2013 case that resulted in three arrests. Riley County Police and members of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation served a drug related search warrant to a house in the 500 block of Fremont. Kansas Department of Corrections records indicate more than 100 marijuana plants were involved in the conviction, with possession with intent to sell…

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Kansas State University student Ross Allen, a senior in economics and philosophy and a minor in nonprofit leadership studies, has advanced to the final round of the 2015 Rhodes Scholarship competition. Allen, Soldier, will interview Saturday, Nov. 22, in St. Louis, Missouri, with other finalists from Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Tennessee. Winners will be announced after interviews are complete. Rhodes scholarships are awarded to 32 students from the United States each year and provide full funding for one or two years of study at Oxford University in England. Winners are selected for outstanding academic achievement, commitment to others and leadership potential.…

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