Bright orange t-shirts could be seen throughout K-State’s campus on Saturday, as runners participated in the third “C. Clyde Run/Fun Run/Walk”. The day kicked off at eight o’clock that morning with check-in. The 5K race began at nine, with the “Midge’s Mile Family Fun Run” beginning at ten. The event concluded with an awards ceremony at 11:15 a.m. Kansas State University students created the event in 2012, in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the business college. The event not only honors the college’s first dean, C. Clyde Jones, but also raised money for Shepherd’s Crossing. Shepherd’s Crossing is a ministry…
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Before Friday night’s road opener, Manhattan High coach Joe Schartz talked about the importance of finishing games strong. The Indians did just that in a convincing, 41-13 victory over Seaman. Daniel Izquierdo rushed for 107 yards and a touchdown, linebacker Adam Al-Soltani added two defensive scores and Manhattan used a complete performance in all phases to stay unbeaten in 2014. “We made a lot of big plays,” Schartz said. We took advantage and did some things on offense to get a couple scores.” After a scoreless first quarter, MHS opened the scoring when QB Erik Prockish connected with RB Chris…
On today’s In Focus, KMAN’s Tom Reust filled in for Cathy, alongside Erik Stone. They spoke with Co-Director of Member Benefits for Kansas Farm Bureau based in Manhattan, Debra Hargrave; Senator, Jerry Moran of Manhattan; and individuals from DAR on Constitution week.
By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications (Photo Courtesy Kansas State Athletics) CARBONDALE, Ill. – Sophomore Brooke Sassin had a career-high 18 kills and the K-State volleyball team hit over .400 in the final two sets as the Wildcats swept Southern Illinois (25-22, 25-19, 25-16) on Friday at SIU Arena. After setting a career-high with 17 kills in the early match on Friday against Marshall, Sassin registered the new career-high on Friday evening by hitting .350 (four errors, 40 attempts) to help K-State (8-1) capture its sixth straight win. Sassin also added a career-high three aces. The K-State offense, after hitting…
KANSAS CITY, Mo.(AP) — One season after winning the World Series, the Boston Red Sox are playing spoiler — and doing all they can to extend a playoff drought in Kansas City that’s lasted nearly three decades. Allen Webster pitched six solid innings and Jemile Weeks stroked a pair of doubles and scored two runs as the Red Sox defeated the sputtering Royals 4-2 on Friday night. Kansas City lost for the fourth time in five games and fell out of first place in the AL Central for the first time since Aug. 10. The Royals, who are 0-5 against…
By Tom Gilbert, K-State Athletics Communications K-State Athletics announced additional game times for the men’s basketball season, including its first seven home non-conference contests on Friday. The Wildcats’ lone exhibition contest with Washburn will tip at 2 p.m. CT on Sunday, Nov. 9, while the regular season opener against Southern Utah will start at 8 p.m. CT or 30 minutes after the conclusion of the women’s opener with Southern Illinois-Edwardsville on Friday, Nov. 14. Other game times announced include UMKC at 7 p.m. CT, on Monday, Nov. 17, Nebraska-Omaha at 7 p.m. CT, on Tuesday, Dec. 2, Bradley at 7…
As the CIA more than doubled its assessment of the number of Islamic State militant fighters in Iraq and Syria, Secretary of State John Kerry continued his push for support for the worldwide coalition to defeat the Islamic State militant group.
In this Sept. 7, 2014, file photo, Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson warms up for an NFL football game against the St. Louis Rams in St. Louis. The Vikings benched Peterson for Sunday’s game after his attorney said he had been indicted by a Texas grand jury on a charge of child abuse. Attorney Rusty Hardin says the charge accuses Peterson of using a branch, or switch, to spank his son. He says Peterson has cooperated with authorities and “used his judgment as a parent to discipline his son.” Hardin says Peterson regrets the incident but never intended to…
The Junction City Police Dept. has received a couple of complaints about a subject identifying himself as Eric Foster with the Internal Revenue Service stating an outstanding debt is owed. Junction City Police have confirmed with the IRS that this was not an actual call from the IRS. If you have any questions about contact from the IRS please go to IRS.GOV for tips to avoid scams.
By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications CARBONDALE, Ill. – Freshman Kylee Zumach had a career-high 23 kills to help lead the K-State volleyball team to a four-set victory (25-27, 25-22, 27-25, 25-23) over Marshall on Friday to open the Saluki Invitational in SIU Arena. Zumach, who became the first Wildcat to have at least 20 kills in a match this season, used a .419 hitting percentage (five errors, 43 attempts) to pace a K-State (7-1) offense that out-hit Marshall (3-5), .293 to .222. The outside hitter had 16 kills in the final two sets, including nine in the fourth, to…