(Courtesy of K-Statesports.com) MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State’s men’s basketball game with Georgia on New Year’s Eve at Bramlage Coliseum will be broadcast nationally on ESPNU at 3 p.m. CT, it was announced on Tuesday. The meeting will be the first between the schools since the 1987 NCAA Tournament in Salt Lake City, Utah and the first game in a home-and-home series, which will conclude on Dec. 22, 2015 at Stegeman Coliseum in Athens, Georgia. The Wildcats will play at least 22 games on the ESPN family of networks, including eight on ESPNU. The 2014 contest will serve as a…
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The Kansas City Chiefs announced on Tuesday that the squad has signed veteran safety Kurt Coleman to help bolster a somewhat spotty secondary. Coleman is no stranger when it comes to Chiefs head coach Andy Reid. Coleman played for the Philadelphia Eagles under Reid for two seasons from 2010-2012 before Reid moved on to be the head man in KC. Coleman was released by the Minnesota Vikings at the end of August after spending the off-season working out with the team. For his career, Coleman has seven interceptions and two forced fumbles in four NFL seasons. He has played in…
Sources have told ESPN’s Adam Schefter that Denver Broncos wide receiver Wes Welker has been suspended four games for use of Amphetamines. According to sources, Welker tested positive after a sample was shortly taken after he attended the Kentucky Derby. Welker argued that the sample was tainted and he was able to attend his appeal hearing in mid August. The Broncos first four games of the season are against the Colts, Chiefs, Seahawks and Cardinals. The game against the Seahawks is the only game of the four that is on the road. Welker suffered his third concussion in the last…
A Manhattan man entered a plea the end of last week in Geary County District Court to two counts of aggravated indecent solicitation of a child. Trevor Triffet was arrested May 20th on the charges, with the victim identified as a 12-year-old female. Triffet’s sentencing is set for October 31st. Also the end of last week, a preliminary hearing was held in another case involving a child. William Cordray was bound over on six counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. Cordray was taken into custody by Junction City Police in June. His arraignment is set for September…
Cats win 55-16 in season opener against Stephen F. Austin. Audio from Coach Snyder and players. Review of other Big 12 games. Get Fit ends the 1st hour. K-State Volleyball coach Susie Fritz and You Can’t Be Serious in the 2nd Hour.
The Islamic State has released a second video, apparently showing the beheading of American journalist Steve Sotloff after the beheading last week of James Foley.
Casino workers and customers walk out of The Revel Hotel Casino together early in the morning Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014, in Atlantic City, N.J. The casino section of the Revel closed at 6:30 a.m.Tuesday. Revel is shutting down a little over two years after opening with high hopes of revitalizing Atlantic City’s struggling gambling market.
A Wheaton man was injured in a semi-truck accident in Pottawatomie County early Tuesday morning. Michael Hart, 36, was taken to the Onaga Community Hospital. following the accident which was reported shortly after five a.m. on K-16 and Railroad Street in North Central Pottawatomie County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reports Hart was driving a 2004 Freightliner Semi on Railroad Street in Wheaton and made a right-hand turn onto K-16 highway. Tires from a 2013 Bulk Trailer being hauled by the semi went into a ditch, causing the power unit and trailer to roll and land on the passenger side. In addition…
A Topeka man pleaded guilty Tuesday to committing robberies at businesses in Manhattan and Topeka. Christopher Wilhoite (26) was charged with two counts of commercial robbery and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm in furtherance of a robbery. Besides the robbery at Car Toyz in Topeka, Wilhoite also admitted that on April 16th, he robbed the Dollar General at 2321 Tuttle Creek Boulevard in Manhattan. He put the clerk and another employee in a bathroom at gunpoint and told them to count to 200 while he fled the store. Sentencing is set for November 21st, and both parties have…
A couple of state prison inmates being held in a prominent Geary county related murder case are up for public comment sessions and possible parole the next few months. Mikel Dreiling, 42, and Dana Flynn, 52, were both convicted and then sentenced in January of 1997 in connection with the same case. Records identify the former Salina couple as siblings, and they were sentenced to life in prison for killing Randall Sheridan in 1992. Five shotgun blasts were reporteldy involved. Dreiling and Flynn’s convictions include murder…