Firefighters walk past the tail section of a crashed news helicopter as they remove a body from the wreckage Tuesday, March 18, 2014, in Seattle. A KOMO-TV helicopter crashed into a city street near Seattle’s Space Needle, killing two people and critically injuring a person in a car on the ground.
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Jammed packed version of “The Game” this afternoon on KMAN. The K-State men’s basketball team gets ready for the opening round game in St. Louis against Kentucky on Friday night. How much of a chance you give K-State to beat the boys in blue? The K-State women’s basketball program has announced the new head coach to replace Deb Patterson. Jeff Mittie, TCU women’s basketball coach will become the 9th women’s basketball coach at Kansas State. How good is the hire for the Wildcat program. The K-State baseball team continues to roll and have a couple games with Air Force before Big 12 play at Oklahoma this weekend. All that, plus “Get Fit” and much more on “The Game” on KMAN.
One of the most experienced coaches in Division I college basketball will become the 9th head coach of the K-State women’s basketball program. TCU head coach Jeff Mittie has been announced as the new head women’s basketball coach at Kansas State taking the place of Deb Patterson. Mittie, 47, has earned 454 wins in his 22 years of coaching with a winning percentage of .660. It has included stops at Missouri Western, Arkansas State and TCU. Over his last 14 seasons with the TCU women’s basketball program, Mittie has guided the program to 13 winning seasons with 11 consecutive postseason…
On today’s In Focus Cathy talked about legislation regarding incompetent defendants with Local attorney and Chief Public Defender for Manhattan and Junction City area, Larry McRell; Ryan Rosauer, partner with Weary-Davis Law Firm in JunctionCity; Anita Bassett of Leonardville, who testified before legislature regarding an incident she witnessed as well as private practice psychologist from Topeka, Dr. George Athey. Cathy spoke with Retiring Director of the Pottawatomie County Economic Development Corporation, Bob Cole in the following two segments.
Unemployment numbers are up in the Manhattan area, with the metro area showing a 5.4 percent rate in January, compared to 4.4 percent the month before. However that number is lower than the 5.9 percent number a year ago. The Manhattan metro area includes Riley, Pottawatomie, and Geary Counties. The city of Manhattan by itself also had a higher unemployment rate, although still a relatively low 4.1 percent. 3.3 percent was the number in December. The Manhattan metro area’s unemployment rate, which includes Riley, Pottawatomie and Geary Counties, still compares favorably with others in the state, with 5.4 percent in…
Vice-President Joe Biden is visiting Poland. It’s part of a campaign to show support for US allies and to warn Russian President Vladimir Putin to back off in Ukraine.
A 4.4-magnitude earthquake rattled residents from the San Fernando Valley to Long Beach Monday, but no significant damage was reported. There were several aftershocks, including one of 2.7 magnitude that caused very minor shaking.
The Big 12 didn’t get seven teams into the women’s NCAA tournament like the men, but they did get six, including a pair of #2 seeds. Baylor opens the tournament at home on Saturday against Western Kentucky, while West Virginia will play Albany on Sunday in Baton Rouge, Lousiana. Oklahoma State and Texas are both #5 seeds, with the Cowgirls facing Florida Gulf Coast in West Lafayette, Indiana on Saturday, and the Longhorns going up against Penn on Sunday in College Park, Maryland. Seventh seeded Iowa State will host Florida State on Saturday, while #10 seed Oklahoma squares off with…
It’s a tale of two cities… and one that has gone a bit sour for a group of community members who are looking to change the very way law enforcement is structured in the area. Lobbyist Kevin Barone, of the Capitol Lobby Group, has introduced a bill that would make the Riley County Police Director an elected position. During Monday’s Law board meeting Barone laid out the position of the group. Barone says in part they are concerned with bringing forward issues with law enforcement due to the fear of retribution . Barone says having the position changed to an…
The Wamego/Pottawatomie County Commissions met to discuss a proposed project. At Monday’s special Joint City/County Commission meeting, Olsson and Associates Mark Bachamp reviewed a Power Point presentation of the K-99 Industrial Community Route Study, which was completed in June of 2013. He said this is part of the local investment in transportation improvements in support of a planned KDOT (Kansas Department of Transportation) improvements for K-99. The local plan is to develop a truck route off of Highway 24 and Balderson Boulevard through Wamego on Valley Road connecting with K-99. This would take the heavy truck traffic out of…