Unemployment numbers for the Manhattan metropolitan area are up slightly from the month before, but still lower than last year at this same time. The Manhattan metro area includes Riley, Pottawatomie,and Geary Counties and shows a 5.1 percent unemployment rate for the month of July–up a couple of tenths from June’s 4.9 percent number. Last year’s unemployment rate for the metro area was 5.9 percent. The city of Manhattan by itself had a 4.5 percent unemployment rate, also up a couple of tenths from the month before but down from last year’s 4.9 percent. The Manhattan metro area is…
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The jury trial for a Fort Riley man facing rape and aggravated indecent liberties charges got started Monday morning in Riley County District Court. Christopher Bates, 31, faces three counts of rape, one count of aggravated criminal sodomy, and three counts of aggravated indecent liberties involving alleged victims ranging in age from seven to 12, who were known to Bates. Jury selection was expected to take most of the day (Monday). An earlier ruling is allowing two children to testify by closed circuit television, outside the presence of the defendant. Bates was arrested in September of last year as…
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he will be leaving the Ecuadorean Embassy in London soon _ but did not say when or explain his decision.
A man walks in the street after police fired tear gas to disperse a crowd Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014, during a protest for Michael Brown, who was killed by a police officer last Saturday in Ferguson, Mo. As night fell Sunday in Ferguson, another peaceful protest quickly deteriorated after marchers pushed toward one end of a street. Police attempted to push them back by firing tear gas and shouting over a bullhorn that the protest was no longer peaceful.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — If Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera has his way, Cam Newton won’t be running as many read-option plays as he has in the past. If Jonathan Stewart runs the way he did Sunday night, Newton won’t need to. Newton made a successful return following ankle surgery, Stewart ran for two touchdowns and the Panthers beat the Kansas City Chiefs 28-16 in a preseason game. Newton completed 4 of 9 passes for 65 yards and led a pair of touchdown drives before exiting late in the second quarter with Carolina (1-1) up 14-6. Stewart ran for 26 yards…
MINNEAPOLIS — The Kansas City Royals scored seven runs in the second inning. Then they really started hitting the ball. Alex Gordon, Salvador Perez and Josh Willingham homered, and the Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 12-6 on Sunday for their 20th win in their last 25 games. Kansas City sent 11 batters to the plate in the big second, keyed by two-run singles for Alcides Escobar and Nori Aoki. The Royals then started hitting the ball out of the park after a 54-minute rain delay in the fourth. Gordon sent one drive into a flower bed in right-center. Perez lined…
The Kansas State Wildcats are ranked #20 in the Associated Press Sportswriters Preseason Poll released Sunday afternoon. The Wildcats will open the season ranked in both major polls as they checked in at #21 in the Coaches Poll released earlier this month. K-State is one of three Big 12 teams in the preseason poll with Oklahoma ranked #4 and defending Big 12 Champion Baylor ranked 10th. Texas, TCU, Texas Tech and Oklahoma State were not ranked in the Top 25 but were among the teams receiving votes. K-State opens the 2014 season on August 30 at Bill Snyder Family Stadium…
By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications Led by a double-double from Katie Brand and 13 kills and five blocks from Katie Reininger, the Purple team beat the White team 3-1 (25-23, 21-25, 25-17, 15-13) on Saturday in K-State Volleyball’s Purple/White scrimmage in Ahearn Field House. The pair of redshirt sophomore Katies paced the Purple side that out-hit and out-dug the White squad. Brand had match-highs in assists (39) and digs (19), with the digs helping Purple tally 62 digs compared to White’s 60. The scrimmage was held a week into training camp, and the Wildcats have spent the last seven…
MINNEAPOLIS — Kurt Suzuki rarely makes errors or hits home runs. He did both on Saturday night, and the homer made up for a bad throw that could have cost Minnesota another game. The All-Star catcher went 2 for 3 with a solo homer and made an impressive slide into home plate that helped lift the Twins over first-place the Kansas City Royals, 4-1. Suzuki redeemed himself for an errant throw in the fourth that allowed Nori Aoki to score after stealing third and give Kansas City a 1-0 lead. The mistake came with his starting pitcher, Phil Hughes, looking…
An estimated 3,000 fans turned out at Bill Snyder Family Stadium late Saturday afternoon for Kansas State Football’s annual Fan Appreciation Day and the fans’ first look at the team prior to the start of the 2014 season. The team practiced for an hour in front of the fans and then heard several speakers including, head coach Bill Snyder, Voice of the Wildcats Wyatt Thompson and several captains including B.J. Finney, Tyler Lockett, Ryan Mueller, Curry Sexton and Jake Waters. Following the short speeches, the fans were allowed on to the playing field to get autographs. Snyder signed his autographs…