By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications MORGANTOWN, W. Va. – The K-State baseball team allowed three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to allow West Virginia to clinch the series with a 6-5 walk-off win on Saturday at Hawley Field. A two-run home run by Blair DeBord gave K-State (23-21, 4-10 Big 12) a 5-2 lead in the third, but neither team scored a run after the third inning until the three-run ninth by the Mountaineers (23-16, 6-7 Big 12). Jake Matthys issued a leadoff walk followed by a double in the ninth before he threw a wild…
Author: KMAN Staff
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry says a grenade fired from a launcher caused an explosion in a helicopter at an airfield outside the eastern city of Kramatorsk, wounding a pilot.
President Obama, the first American president to visit Malaysia in nearly half a century, was the honored guest at a 600-person state dinner inside the royal residence in Kuala Lumpur.
Charles Jones rushed for 77 yards on 20 carries while Jake Waters added a rushing touchdown as the Purple defeated the White 23-13 in the annual Kansas State Spring Football Game before 17,395 Saturday afternoon at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. The Purple got on the board first in a low scoring first half on a 14-yard run by Glenn Gronkowski which made the score 7-0. The lead was 7-3 at halftime after Matthew McCrane put the White team on the board with a 42-yard Field Goal. Unlike past years, Head Coach Bill Snyder did not flip the score at halftime…
The Litttle Apple Optimists Club joined the Manhattan Breakfast Optimists Club Saturday for a District meeting at the Manhattan Fire Department Headquarters. “We had a business meeting with some training with regards to fundraising and membership recruitment,” said Craig Cox, president of the Manhattan Breakfast Optimists Club. Little Apple Club President, Penny Alonso says both clubs share a common goal. “We’re community service oriented. We raise money and distribute it back into the community, basically for children’s’ programming, just to try and help area youth,” Alonso said. Saturday’s meeting included the last leg of the State-wide oratorical contest, featuring…
With the West Stadium Center now complete and fully operational, Kansas State University is set to take the next step in the master plan for Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Just before kickoff of Saturday afternoon’s Purple and White Spring Football game, Athletics Director John Currie unveiled the plans for the $65 million renovation of the Vanier Football Complex which will be known as the North Stadium Project. A video which accompanies this story was shown to fans in attendance. Construction of the facility will begin after the Wildcats’ final home game against Kansas on November 29 with substantial completion by…
The Fort Riley Commissary cautions patrons who purchased 80-percent lean ground beef Friday, after 1 p.m., at the commissary.As a precautionary measure, patrons who purchased 80-percent lean ground beef marked with a pack date of April 25, 2014 and an expiration date of April 26, 2014, are asked to discard it or return it to the Fort Riley Commissary for a refund, according to Peter Howell, Fort Riley Commissary Director. Employees discovered metal flecks inside the grinder while they were disassembling the grinder for cleaning.“We immediately called our military food inspectors and pulled all the80-percent lean ground beef off the…
On today’s In Focus, Cathy spoke with State Representative, Tom Phillips of Manhattan and Riley County Police Director, Brad Schoen.
The Walk to Cure Arthritis raises funds every year, as well as awareness, to fight the nation’s leading cause of disability. The event takes place in several different locations throughout the nation every year, and Manhattan held a walk on Saturday.The event features a three-mile and one-mile course, with arthritis information and activities for the entire family. Chiropractor, Brett Shaw and representatives from Juice Plus were some of the many people handing out information in Manhattan City Park’s Wefald Pavilion. Volunteers, including members of the Kansas State University women’s basketball team, were also on hand to help with registration. This was…
Friday evening, parents, teachers and those interested in learning about Common Core Standards were out in force in Wamego. Kansans Against Common Core and the Republican Women sponsored the event. Dr. Walt Chappell, former District 8 Wichita area, member of the Kansas State Board of Education, focused on the Claims verses Facts of Common Core, and how the State can get out of it. One of the claims is the United States Department of Education is not mandating a national curriculum or national assessment, when in fact, to receive a No Child Left Behind (NCLB) waiver, each state must adopt the Common Core…