(Photo Courtesy Kansas State Athletics) By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications The K-State volleyball team overcame a slow offensive start in the first set and went on to sweep its opponent for the second straight night as the Wildcats beat Middle Tennessee 3-0 (25-21, 25-15, 25-17) on Friday in Bramlage Coliseum. A night after hitting over .400 for the entire match, the Wildcats (4-1) hit .240, including over .300 in each of the final two sets. The K-State defense, meanwhile, limited the Blue Raiders (1-5) to a sub-.100 hitting percentage on the night and out-dug the visitors, 44-24. “Sometimes it…
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Sept. 5 –U.S. fighter jets rushed to intercept a single-engine turboprop aircraft that failed to respond to air-traffic controllers and flew into Cuban airspace instead of landing in Florida.
Kansas City Royals starting pitcher James Shields throws to the New York Yankees during the first inning of a baseball game, Friday, Sept. 5, 2014, in New York. Shields pitched eight and a third innings as Kansas City beat the New York Yankees 1-0 Friday night at Yankee Stadium. Combined with Detroit’s rain-delayed loss to San Francisco, the Royals now own a two-game lead in the American League Central Division and are 17 games or better over .500 for the first time since the end of the 1989 season.
U.S. President Barack Obama, center, British Prime Minister David Cameron, right, and U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel listen as NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks during a leaders meeting on the future of NATO at Celtic Manor in Newport, Wales, Friday, Sept. 5, 2014. NATO leaders will back plans Friday for positioning more troops and military equipment in Eastern Europe, establishing a rapid response force aimed at easing anxiety among member states near Russia’s border and deterring the Kremlin against replicating its provocations in Ukraine elsewhere in the region.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee says as hard as the GOP is working to win Republican control of the U.S. Senate, Kansas can’t be the place that fails the party. Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas told business leaders Friday in Wichita that as hard as Republicans are working to win seats across the country, it would be a “terrible mistake” for Kansas to fail to keep Pat Roberts in the Senate. Moran also urged his audience to imagine the circumstance where the GOP puts in so much effort and Republican Gov. Sam Brownback is…
It’s Friday! KSU at ISU tomorrow morning. Chiefs start their season on Sunday. Bold predictions in the first hour. Kevin Lockett in hour two. You Can’t be Serious as well.
MANHATTAN — Partnering firms of Workshop Architects Inc. and Bowman Bowman Novick Inc. have been selected to design the final plans for the K-State Student Union renovation at Kansas State University. The firms are expected to begin planning phases on campus later in September. The selection means the firms will continue their work on the Union project. They were selected in fall 2013 to develop a comprehensive architectural building program, conceptual design and phasing and sequencing recommendations. Workshop, led by Jan van den Kieboom, focuses on creating environments for social interaction for colleges and universities. Kieboom has led planning and…
An Ogden man has been bound over on a number of robbery and burglary charges, following a preliminary hearing in Riley County District Court Friday morning. Timothy Holmes, 43, is now set for a September 15th arraignment. Holmes was arrested after an incident in Ogden last July, in which a man was stabbed. Another defendant, Johnny Cossey,38, also of Ogden, faces attempted first degree murder from that aspect of the case. Holmes’ charges include two counts of aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, and aggravated intimidation of a witness and/or victim.
The Riley County Police Department announced live on KMAN at 7:30 Friday morning, the launch of an online crime reporting service to community members of Manhattan and Riley County. This announcement comes on the one year anniversary of the department’s newly launched website (www.RileyCountyPolice.org). Online Crime Reporting was tested by the department over the past several months and with this launch the department stands by this efficient form of reporting to police. Not all crime reporting is accepted through the service and the department wishes to continue sending officers to crimes that contain a suspect, evidence, injuries, or an emergency of…
Riley County Police made several drug related arrests early Friday morning, at approximately 2:30 AM. Damon Brown, 39, of Junction City was arrested in the 400 block of Pierre Street for sale of methamphetamine, use of a communication device to facilitate drug transactions, conspiracy to sell methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of methamphetamine. Brown’s bond was set at $7,000. Also arrested as a result of this investigation was Stacey Stoddard, 43, of Manhattan. She was arrested for possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia. Her bond was set at $2,000. Candy George, 46, of Manhattan was arrested at the…