Riley County Commissioners continue to tackle the task of formulating the 2015 budget. Another budget work session was held during Monday’s meeting, and the first area of focus was the personnel salaries and raises. Commissioners seemed to agree on the possibility that salaries may not be raised as much as in previous years. “I’ve always been supportive of making sure our staff is taken care of. I’m not sure we can be as generous though,” commented Commissioner, Dave Lewis. However, Lewis did state that the capitol improvement project (CIP) list seems of somewhat higher priority. Commissioners began discussing the…
Author: KMAN Staff
K-State’s Jack Karapetyan has received a medical hardship waiver for the 2013-14 season, his first in Manhattan, after playing just twenty minutes in six games. The school and the Big 12 announced the news in a press release Monday. Karapetyan signed with K-State in July 2013 after a year at prep school and battled a foot injury during his freshman season. He will still have four years of eligibility after the medical hardship. To qualify for a medical hardship, an athlete must suffer a season ending injury that occurs in the first half of the season. The athlete also must…
The K-State track and field continues to have a very busy offseason as members of the squad competed over the weekend at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Current volunteer assistant coaches Erik Kynard and Amanda Bingson highlighted the weekend for the K-State nation. Kynard went on the win his third career USA high jump title. He was the only athlete to clear the bar at 2.35 meters. He’s now won the high jump title in three straight National Championship meets dating back to last June. Kynard is currently ranked fourth in the world in the men’s high jump.…
On Saturday at Rock Creek High School Republican candidates gathered to meet with the community, and outline their positions before the primary run off in August. Pottawatomie County Republican Women sponsored the event, and organization president Rosemary Loucks said it was important for voters and candidates to meet face to face. Loucks said it is imperative that voters know where the candidates stand on the issues to make a more informed decision in the upcoming elections. After the respective forums community members gathered in the foyer to ask further questions, and meet with the candidates and other representatives. The forum…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A misplay gave Omar Infante the chance to deliver another big hit against the Los Angeles Angels. Infante came through again, singling home the winning run with one out in the ninth inning that lifted the Kansas City Royals over the Angels 5-4 Sunday. Alex Gordon was hit by a pitch with one out in the Kansas City ninth. Salvador Perez followed with a grounder to shortstop Erick Aybar, but his throw glanced off second baseman Howie Kendrick’s glove and sent Gordon to third. Infante followed with his single. Perez thought the inning was over when…
New Orleans police say a shooting on Bourbon Street left nine people injured, one critically, early Sunday.
Crowds gathered in Sarajevo Saturday at the site where Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated a century ago, an event that triggered World War One. Outside the capital, Serbs attended a ceremony, honoring the assassin.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.(AP) — Neither rain nor the Kansas City Royals could stop the Los Angeles Angels from winning again. Albert Pujols and David Freese combined to drive in five runs as the Angels beat the Royals 6-2 on Saturday for their seventh victory in eight games. There were two rain delays with the second after the fourth inning lasting 3:58. The game didn’t end until nearly 7 hours after it started. “We had a lot of waiting in between a baseball game,” Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. The official game time was 2:48, while the rain delays totaled 4:06.…
The alleged mastermind behind the terror attacks in Benghazi, Libya pleaded not guilty during his first appearance in a Washington courtroom Saturday.
A plane landed on a highway ramp in a suburb of Dallas Friday colliding with two cars and sending one person to the hospital.