According to Kansas Highway Patrol reports an accident involving two vehicles traveling westbound on I-70 on Sunday led to two possible injuries, and an overturned vehicle. The police report states that 26-year-old Tosan Ehiguese lost control while changing lanes, and struck 52-year-old Elizabeth Dodd in the rear of her vehicle 8.5 miles east of exit 313. Ehiguese’s 2006 Nissan overturned in the accident, and KHP lists his injuries as “possible”. Dodd was listed as having possible injuries as well, and was transported to Mercy Regional Health Center. Both Dodd, and Ehiguese reside in Manhattan. No other information has been released…
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Received as an emailed press release from Fort Hays State University Public Relations. “I am sorry to be communicating in this manner; however, I am in China on university business. I was made aware of a political flier from the Kansas Republican Party endorsing Governor Brownback which had my image and a quote from me. It is university policy that state employees may not officially endorse a candidate in any election. During my tenure as president of Fort Hays State University and in my current role as president-emeritus, I have never endorsed a political candidate in an election and I…
EUDORA, Kan. (AP) A train has injured two people on a bridge in northeast Kansas. Douglas County dispatchers say emergency personnel responded Saturday afternoon to the accident west of downtown Eudora. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that all train traffic was stopped while emergency vehicles parked on the tracks to attend to the victims. Two helicopters were called in to transport the victims to the University of Kansas Medical Center. The conditions of the victims weren’t immediately known.
Manhattan Firefighters extinguised a fire in the vacant storage units on McCall Road Sunday morning, where they have been training the last few weeks. Motorists were asked to avoid the area of Hayes Drive and McCall Road, with southbound traffic on Hayes shut down for a while. The lane was reopened shortly before 10:30 a.m. Sunday.
For the second straight week, the Wildcats are scheduled for a primetime showdown. After both K-State (7-1/5-0) and TCU (7-1/4-1) picked up big time wins on Saturday, the Big 12 Conference announced Sunday morning that Wildcats game against the Horned Frogs will kick off at 6:30pm, and be televised on FOX. The Wildcats defeated Oklahoma State on Saturday 48-14, and are still the lone unbeaten team in the conference. Meanwhile, TCU remained just a game behind in the standings at 4-1 with a 31-30, last-minute victory over West Virginia at Morgantown. Join the Powercat Gameday crew at Frankie’s Sports Bar…
By Erik Stone Jake Waters passed for 223 yards and two touchdowns and the Kansas State defense turned in another solid performance as the 9th-ranked Wildcats overcame an early Oklahoma State touchdown and ran the Cowboys off the field in a 48-14 trouncing before 53,746 Saturday night at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Oklahoma State needed just eight plays to get on the scoreboard first as Tyreek Hill finished off an 84-yard drive with a two-yard run and a 7-0 lead. That lead lasted exactly 12 seconds as Morgan Burns at first bobbled the ensuing kickoff then rumbled 86 yards for…
Retired Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi arrived in Miami, after a Mexican judge ordered his immediate release. Tahmooressi spent eight months behind bars for crossing the border with loaded guns.
Photo Courtesy Kansas State Athletics By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications For the first time since 2011, the No. 22 K-State volleyball team overcame a 2-0 set deficit to win as the Wildcats beat Texas Tech, 3-2 (23-25, 17-25, 25-23, 30-28, 15-7), on Saturday in Ahearn Field House. The Wildcats (20-3, 7-2 Big 12) flipped the script coming out of the intermission, led by a career day from redshirt senior Chelsea Keating. The outside hitter recorded her fourth double-double of the season with career-highs in kills (17) and digs (22) while also hitting .429. Of her 17 kills, 13 were…
At 8:37 a.m. Saturday, the Manhattan Fire Department was dispatched to 737 Frey Drive for a report of a structure fire. Upon arrival, companies found a single-story residence with light smoke showing. Further investigation revealed a fire located near the furnace, that was contained by the first alarm assignment in approximately 20 minutes. A total of 15 firefighters responded on 5 fire apparatus with the last units clearing at around 11:50 a.m. The building is a single family dwelling and the occupants were at home at the time of the fire. Loss is estimated at $10,000 to contents and $10,000…
It’s time to fall back one hour on Sunday. Daylight Savings Time will begin at 2 a.m. that day, so people are being encouraged to set back your clocks before you go to bed the night prior. Riley County Fire Chief, Pat Collins also encourages local residents to put new batteries in their smoke detectors. Since this needs to be done twice every year, Collins said doing this during Daylight Savings Time every year is a great way to remember to do it.