After a two-year drought with no teams advancing to Omaha, the Big 12 sends three teams to the College World Series field for just the second time in conference history as Texas, Texas Tech and TCU are all in Omaha this weekend. The Longhorns, with the most all-time CWS appearances with 35, will kick off the double-elimination tournament against UC Irvine on Saturday afternoon at 3:00pm. The Red Raiders meanwhile are making their first appearance, and will open against the Horned Frogs on Sunday at 3:00. The other time three Big 12 teams went to Omaha was 2005 with Baylor, Nebraska,…
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After Eric Cantor’s stunning defeat in the Virginia Republican Primary this week, Tea Party activists are now setting their sights on another GOP incumbent Senator Thad Cochran of Mississippi.
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl arrived in San Antonio overnight for the next step of his re-integration process.
Today on “The Game” Phil Jackson and Derek Fisher visit Tex Winter in Manhattan. Jamall Charles not at OTA’s today. Shane Sieben talks Junction City Brigade. Full Throttle and You Can’t Be Serious.
An Army carry team carries the transfer case containing the remains of Army Spc. Justin R. Helton, of Beaver, Ohio, as from left, United States Army Under Secretary Brad R. Carson, Army Vice Chief of Staff John F. Campbell, U.S. Army Lt. Col. David P. Diamond and U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. David Lance salute, upon arrival at Dover Air Force Base, Del., on Thursday, June 12, 2014. The Department of Defense announced the death of Helton who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.
Demonstrators push over a police car during a protest demanding better public services and against the money spent on the World Cup soccer tournament in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Thursday, June, 12, 2014.
On today’s In Focus, Cathy spoke with Chief of the Behavioral Health Dept. at Irwin Army Community Hospital, Lt. Col. Dr. Peter Marlin, as well as Flint Hills Christian School Administrator, Tim McDonald and Manhattan Catholic Schools Principal, Scott Hulshoff.
Kansas State University’s College of Education and Manhattan/Ogden USD 383 have partnered on the implementation of a Department of Defense Education Activity grant. The grant awarded for $1,739,045, is through the Promoting Student Achievement at Schools Impacted by Military Force Structure Changes Competitive Grant Program. This partnership was conducted in order to provide a STEM Summer Institute on the K-State campus. This month, the institute will host over 300 5th-9th grade students, 24 school district faculty and staff members, 28 KSU pre-service students, and staff to participate in learning activities. Some of the new courses offered for this summer include:…
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…
“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…