K-State women’s basketball coach Jeff Mittie has announced the hiring of another member of his former staff at TCU. Ebony Gilliam was an assistant for the Horned Frogs under Mittie for the past two seasons, and also spent another two years as the director of operations. Gilliam joins associate head coach Brian Osterman at K-State. The former Ebony Shaw ended her TCU playing career from 2000-2004 as the sixth leading scorer in school history, and also coached high school basketball for four years in the Fort Worth area before returning to her alma mater. Mittie previously announced a pair of former K-State…
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Five-time state champion wrestling coach Dennis Charbonneau will take a step away from the mat as he was named athletic director and assistant principal at Wamego High School during Monday night’s USD 320 school board meeting. Charbonneau has spent 25 years as a chemistry and physics instructor, and was a head wrestling coach for 19 years, from 1996-2009 at Clay Center and the last five seasons at Emporia. He’s been named Kansas wrestling coach of the year eight times.
A vehicle slammed into a downtown business early Tuesday morning. The business struck is identified in the Riley County Police incident report as Linde Beauty Supply, located at 121 South Fourth Street. While not known if this is connected, an arrest is also reported in that same location at the same approximate time of just before two a.m. Scott Tuck, 23, of Junction City was taken into custody at 121 South Fourth at 1:59 a.m. on a DUI charge. His bond was set at $750.
One year after two bombs went off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, the victims and law enforcement look back on a painful day.
The Army last November officially began assigning female officers to lead the cannon platoons and plans to open other combat jobs. In Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 1st Lt. Kelly Requa is among the first women to lead a cannon platoon.
Victims of a blast lie on the ground as fire and smoke rise at a bus park in Abuja, Nigeria, Monday, April 14, 2014. A massive explosion ripped through a bus station during the morning rush hour in Nigeria’s capital, killing and wounding scores of people in a bombing that marked the bloodiest terrorist attack ever in Abuja.
Oscar Pistorius, leaves the high court in Pretoria, South Africa, Monday, April 14, 2014. Pistorius is charged with murder for the shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentines Day in 2013.
Updated 6 a.m Tuesday.: A fire at 702 South Juliette Avenue brought Manhattan firefighters out Monday evening. At 6:20 p.m. the Manhattan Fire Department was dispatched to a structure fire. Upon arrival crews found a one story residential structure with heavy smoke and fire showing. Crews entered the structure and extinguished the flames, while other firefighters prevented the apartment building next door from catching fire. The fire reached a second alarm before it was contained within 30 minutes. There were 21 firefighters that responded on 5 fire apparatus, with the last units clearing at approximately 11:00 p.m. South Juliette Avenue between Fort…
“Wildcat Insider” breaks down a tough sports weekend for Kansas State. The K-State baseball team was swept by Texas Tech on the road and now find themselves sitting at 2-7 in league play and at the bottom of the standings. What went wrong for the bat cats this weekend and can they recover as the season continues? K-State spring football practices continue leading up to the spring game on April 26th. What are some of the key areas that Bill Snyder is looking at with his team during the spring tenure? The guys will take a look at other Wildcat athletics from this past week and get you set for another edition of the “Brad Hill Show” which airs on KMAN.
“A significant addition will be in the budget for K-State, salary caps for university individuals, and an initial investiment from the legislature on renovation of the architecture building as well as enhancements to the program”. These are the discussion topics Governor, Sam Brownback spoke to Kansas State University leaders about Monday afternoon. After traveling to the three other universities within the state, Brownback ended his tour in Calvin Hall on the K-State campus at 4 p.m. Brownback said it’s interesting to share the good news of restored funding this year since he was traveling around this time last year to share…