There’s some basketball star power in Manhattan today. Knicks president and legendary NBA head coach Phil Jackson was here today, along with new Knicks coach and former NBA player Derek Fisher. Pictures of Fisher and Jackson were tweeted by K-State athletics. They were in town to speak with former K-State head coach Tex Winter. K-State Athletics @kstatesports Big Apple meets Little Apple, as #KStateMBB gets a visit from @nyknicks’ Phil Jackson & Derek Fisher and Tex Winter. pic.twitter.com/cMUVOvLbnT Winter coached under Jackson with the Chicago Bulls from 1989 to 1998 and then followed Jackson to the Los Angeles Lakers. Fisher…
Author: KMAN Staff
“It’s going to be a tough budget year. We have some tough decisions we’ll have to make”, commented Riley County Commissioner, Dave Lewis, as 2015 budget requests continued during Thursday’s commission meeting. Most county department heads monitor several funds within their budgets. A few of these department heads shared their budget requests throughout the meeting, including Budget and Finance Officer, Johnette Shepek; County Clerk, Rich Vargo and Public Works Director, Leon Hobson. For the 2015 proposed budget, Hobson asked for $3,042,000. This is for contractual, commodities and capitol, and does not include personnel. This would be a $156,000 increase from…
UPDATE at 4:00: MFD Deputy Chief, Ryan Almes has reported that the gas leak has been stopped, and the nearby businesses have been re-opened. UPDATE at 3:30: Manhattan Fire Department officials confirmed that a one inch gas line is involved. All entrances to the nearby businesses have been blocked off. Cathy confirmed there is a distinct smell of gas in the area. ———————————— Manhattan area residents and shoppers are being advised to avoid the Hobby Lobby area in the 600 block of Tuttle Creek Boulevard due to what is being called “a large gas leak” by Riley…
Gary Skrdlant, vice president of American Institute of Baking International, will be retiring after 3 decades with the company. AIB International serves food processing, distribution, food service, and retail industries worldwide. The company is headquartered in Manhattan. Skrdlant was a key player in creating AIB’s regional offices in Leatherhead, United Kingdom; Shanghai, China; and Queretaro, Mexico. He lead negotiations that resulted in AIB acquiring a food safety inspection company in China. Skrdlant also served in multiple finance-related positions in the company.
Election season is here, and gubernatorial candidate Paul Davis says his campaign is in full swing as he travels around the state. Davis also serves as State House Minority Leader, and was in the area Thursday to address a number of groups. Davis made stops at the Association of School Superintendents’ meeting in Manhattan, the Kansas Farm Bureau, the Wamego Hospital, and in Junction City. Davis says all across the state, both in rural and urban areas, people are concerned about public schools–with cuts he attributes to the Brownback administration. Davis says he’s also hearing a lot of concerns…
Riley County Police responded to a complaint of burglary in the 15,000 block of Homestead Road in Riley on Wednesdqay at approximately 9:10 PM. Debra Hassman, 58, of Riley told police her unsecured home had been entered and items were removed. These items included several necklaces, rings, and jewelry totaling $3,450 in value. Currently officers are investigating the matter; however no arrests have been made at the time of this report. Those with information about this crime are asked to contact RCPD or the Manhattan Riley County Crime Stoppers.
(Courtesy K-State Sports Information) Following a brisk first day of single game ticket sales, Kansas State is closing in on a season sellout for 2014, which would run its consecutive streak of filling Bill Snyder Family Stadium to 20 straight games, as a very limited number of tickets remain. Department officials have announced that only a small number of scattered singles remain for the Stephen F. Austin (Aug. 30), UTEP (Sept. 27), Texas Tech (Oct. 4), Texas (Oct. 25) and Oklahoma State (Nov. 1) matchups, and fewer than 600 tickets are available for the home finale against KU on Nov.…
Arraignments were held in Pottawatomie County District court earlier this week for a Missouri couple, arrested last week after a two-county vehicular chase. Ashley Gillispie, 28, of Higbee, Missouri faces a preliminary hearing on June 23rd and Jason Gillispie, 30, is set for a status hearing June 17th. As KMAN reported last week, the chase began Wednesday afternoon after a traffic stop by a Pottawatomie County sheriff’s deputy on the Oregon Trail Road about three miles west of St. Mary’s. The Deputy learned at least one of the two occupants had an arrest warrant out of Missouri–but while obtaining the…