Author: KMAN Staff

K-State picks up a victory at West Virginia. K-State Men’s and Women’s basketball tonight. Chiefs lose to the Raiders. Full Throttle with Lyle Shepard to end hour 1. Bold Predictions and You Can’t Be Serious.

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A Topeka man was sentenced Friday to 12 years in federal prison for committing robberies at businesses in Topeka and Manhattan, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.           Christopher James Wilhoite, 26, Topeka, Kan., pleaded guilty to two counts of commercial robbery and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm in furtherance of a robbery. In his plea, Wilhoite admitted that on March 29, 2014, he robbed a clerk at Car Toyz, 5849 S.W. 21st in Topeka. The store sells mobile audio, video and vehicle security systems.           Wilhoite entered the store, browsed for a few minutes, and told the clerk:…

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With concerns voiced by Riley County Police at Thursday’s County Commission meeting about parties being held at a rural county venue, one of the owners of that property wants to clarify her business’ position. Britt’s Farm co-owner Angela Britt tells KMAN the events being questioned aren’t actually run by Britt’s.She says they just rent out the space…and have nothing to do with any buses bringing people from K-State as mentioned at the County Commission meeting. Britt adds the contracts are set up way ahead of time. Furthermore, Britt says she and her husband Richard are trying to work with the…

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The Kansas Court of Appeals has reversed a Riley County District court judgement in a controversial sentencing involving an involuntary manslaughter case. The Miles Theurer June 2013 sentence of 60 days of jail time and 36 months of house arrest has been vacated,and the case is to go back to district court for re-sentencing. The Riley County Attorney’s office filed a notice of appeal almost immediately after the sentence was announced by Judge John Bosch,  indicating Theurer’s conviction carried a presumption of incarceration in a state prison of 38-43 months. In a 48 page opinion released Friday, the higher court…

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Unemployment numbers in the Manhattan area are down across the board–with the Manhattan metro area showing a 3.4 percent uemployment rate for October, compared to four percent in September and 4.6 percent this time last year. The city of Manhattan by itself had a rate of only 2.9 percent, down from 3.5 percent both in September and October of last year. Riley County’s unemployment rate was 3.1 percent, down half a percent from the month before and Pottawatomie County’s rate was three percent, followed by Clay County’s 2.9 percent. Geary County which always tends to have a higher unemployment rate…

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OAKLAND, Calif.(AP)– Rookie Derek Carr gave the Oakland Raiders something to celebrate for a change. Carr threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to James Jones with 1:42 remaining, and the Raiders snapped a 16-game losing streak with a 24-20 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday night. “I been through a lot of hard times, these losses have been hard,” Carr said. Oakland’s Latavius Murray ran for two touchdowns on four carries before leaving the game with a concussion. The Raiders (1-10) built a 14-point lead, but needed a 17-play, 80-yard drive led by Carr to secure its first win…

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By Erik Stone Jake Waters completed 22 passes for 400 yards and a touchdown while Tyler Lockett continued to etch his name in the Kansas State record books with another productive night offensively and a key special teams touchdown as the 12th-ranked Wildcats held off a late charge to hang on for a 26-20 win over West Virginia before 47,683 on a bone chilling Thursday night at Milan Puskar Stadium at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown. The Wildcats drove 49 yards on eight plays for their first score of the night, a seven-yard touchdown pass from Waters to Running Back DeMarcus…

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Four main areas were outlined in the Manhattan Urban Area Comprehensive Plan, as potential growth areas. Riley, Pottawatomie, and Manhattan City Commissioners had the opportunity to view the draft plan during their joint meeting Thursday afternoon. Individuals from Clarion Associates shared details about the four areas-U.S. 24, Blue Township, areas around K-State’s campus, and the McCall/North 4th street extension. Commissioners took a poll on each of the areas to see if they were in support of looking into growth in the different locations.  There were five options to choose from during each question:  very strong, strong, some reservations, do not…

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Hiroshi Shimizu, senior vice president of global quality assurance at Japanese airbag maker Takata, apologizes for the failure of the defective devices, as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014, before the Senate Commerce Committee hearing about the airbags linked to multiple deaths and injuries in cars driven in the US.

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