Today on “The Game”…3 KSU players on pre-season watch lists, Marcus Foster invited to the LeBron James skills academy, Royals have a disappointed series at Cleveland, interview with Powercat Gameday blogger Cole Manbeck, a look at hypothetical BCS era playoffs, John’s World Cup Minute and You Can’t Be Serious
Author: KMAN Staff
A large, 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit parts of Southern Mexico and Central America early Monday morning killing two people and damaging infrastructure.
In this June 25, 2014 photo, a group of immigrants from Honduras and El Salvador who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally are stopped in Granjeno, Texas. Just since October, the Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley sector has made more than 194,000 arrests, nearly triple that of any other sector. Most are from Central America, and many are children.
Riley County Commissioners are continuing to work through their budget process for the 2015 budget. Requests were completed last month, and work sessions came to a close Monday afternoon. Before coming to a consensus to move forward with the budget worksheet they have been working on, commissioners asked a few department heads about why they chose to cut/add into their own individual budgets. They also asked that Budget and Finance Officer, Johnette Shepek give a re-cap of the commissions previous decisions. The commission chose to eliminate a transfer from the capitol improvement projects fund, and decreased the transfer out of economic…
A Junction City man has been sentenced in Topeka for a child pornography charge. Scott Deppish (43) pleaded guilty to one count of accessing child pornography with intent to view. Investigators served a search warrant back in February of last year, and seized his desktop computer and two lose hard drives. They found images depicting prepubescent children engaged in sexual conduct. U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom commended the Junction City Police Department, Homeland Security Investigation and Assistant U.S. Attorney, Christine Kenney for their work on the case. Deppish was sentenced to 63 months, or just over five years, in prison.
A mobile home fire in Clay County led authorities to finding an apparent marijuana growing operation this past weekend. Clay County Sheriff Chuck Dunn tells KMAN Wakefield firefighters were called to the 500 block of Elm at about one a.m.Saturday. While fighting the fire and attempting to determine a cause, an apparent grow operation was discovered and Dunn’s office was notified. Dunn says more than 50 marijuana plants were found in various stages of growth. In addition grow lights, an automatic watering system,and ventilation system were discovered. Donald Trank, 54, was arrested on charges which include unlawful…
For the second consecutive year three members of the Kansas City Royals will be part of the American League All-Star team. Alex Gordon, Greg Holland and Salvador Perez who were part of the AL’s 3-0 victory last summer at Citi Field in New York will be in uniform for the Midsummer Classic July 15 in Minneapolis. As an added bonus, Perez was named the starting catcher for the American League by Boston Red Sox manager John Farrell who is skippering the junior circuit. Perez who was behind the plate last year when Mariano Rivera threw his final All-Star Game pitch…
CLEVELAND (AP)– Terry Francona heard the boos from the home crowd, and the Cleveland Indians manager didn’t mind one bit. Francona pulled Corey Kluber two outs short of a complete game in Cleveland’s 4-1 win over Kansas City on Sunday. The crowd of 16,991 wanted to see Kluber, who allowed four hits and struck out 10 in 8 1/3 innings, finish the game, and the fans let Francona know they didn’t agree with his decision. “I don’t blame them,” Francona said. “If I was managing with my heart, I’d have left him in there, too.” Kluber (8-6) took a three-hitter…
A video posted online purports to show Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the shadowy leader of the Islamic State group, that has overrun much of Syria and Iraq, delivering a sermon at a mosque in Mosul, Iraq.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas legislators will face renewed pressure next year to provide additional legal protections to gay marriage opponents who want to avoid accommodating same-sex couples for religious reasons. A “religious freedom” measure failed in the Legislature earlier this year, even though conservative Republicans control both chambers and top GOP leaders strongly support the state constitution’s gay marriage ban. A federal appeals court that has jurisdiction over Kansas struck down Utah’s gay marriage ban last month. Gay marriage opponents believe Kansas’ ban is now in jeopardy, though Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Jeff King noted the ruling is on hold,…