Author: KMAN Staff

After not being included in the top 25 of any major poll at any point during the 2013 season, the Kansas State Wildcats check in at number 21 in the Preseason Amway Football Coaches Poll released Thursday. K-State was also #21 in the 2012 Preseason Coaches Poll and rose as high as number 1 in the BCS Standings following a 10-0 start that season which eventually ended in a Big 12 Championship. Defending National Champion Florida State is #1 while Alabama is #2.

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Two Riley County Police Officers made separate traffic stops that lead to the discovery of a kidnapped teenager in Manhattan. Early Wednesday morning shortly after one a.m. an officer stopped a vehicle for speeding. During the traffic stop the occupants informed the officer that their 16 year old female friend had been kidnapped by Stephanie Sanborn (30) of Manhattan. Another officer conducted a traffic stop shortly after 1:10 a.m. Wedesday on a vehicle driven by Sanborn. The vehicle was also occupied by a 16-year-old female and 17-year-old male. The 16 year old female present in Sanborn’s vehicle was identified as…

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MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State quarterback Jake Waters was one of 27 quarterbacks across the nation to be named to the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award watch list as the nation’s top senior quarterback, the organization has announced. Waters is the fourth Wildcat to be in contention for the honor and the first since Collin Klein won the award in 2012, while Michael Bishop (1998) and Chad May (1994) were both finalists. Waters was one of three Big 12 quarterbacks named to the watch list, joining Baylor’s Bryce Petty and Oklahoma State’s J.W. Walsh. The Unitas Award watch list designation…

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Danny Duffy trudged off the mound with the bases loaded and his team trailing by a run, and took a seat in the dugout to watch Jason Frasor try to bail him out. He roared when the Royals reliever struck out Chris Colabello to end the threat. Buoyed by the clutch pitching, Kansas City churned out three doubles in the bottom half of the inning Wednesday night, scoring all their runs in an eventual 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins. Duffy allowed only a homer by Josh Willingham over 5 2/3 innings, despite walking a season-high…

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita police investigating the accidental shooting death of a 3-year-old boy have arrested his mother’s boyfriend on suspicion of criminal possession of a firearm. The Wichita Eagle reports investigators identified the child Wednesday as Jahmez Hunt. Police said Jahmez apparently shot himself in the chest around 5 p.m. Tuesday after climbing onto a kitchen counter, getting on top of the refrigerator and reaching into a cabinet for a handgun. The boy’s three young siblings were also in the home while the mother and her boyfriend were napping. The 30-year-old boyfriend was arrested on suspicion of owning the…

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President Barack Obama greets the crowd after speaking about the economy, Wednesday, July 30, 2014, at the Uptown Theater in Kansas City, Mo.

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Royals lose 2-1 to the Twins. Jake Waters makes Unitas award watch list. Mitch Holthus joins the show to talk Chiefs training camp. “Around College Football.” Could the Oakland Raiders be moving to San Antonio? “You Can’t Be Serious” wraps things up.

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