More than 170 people remain unaccounted for in Boulder County as residents pick up after heavy rain.
Author: KMAN Staff
President Obama says Syrian President Bashar Assad must take “concrete actions” to show he’s serious about giving up his chemical weapons. He made the comments in his weekly radio and Internet address.
Jake Waters passed for 115 yards and two touchdowns and John Hubert broke the 100-yard rushing barrier for the first time this season and added a receiving touchdown as Kansas State overcame a sluggish start to down Massachusetts 37-7 before a Band Day crowd of 52,958 Saturday evening at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. It didn’t take long for K-State to get on the scoreboard when on the first series for the Minutemen, Defensive Back Kip Daily stepped in front of an A.J. Doyle pass for a 38-yard interception return for a touchdown. A bad snap on the extra point resulted…
On a night with a title fight in Las Vegas between Floyd Mayweather and Canelo Alvarez, K-State volleyball literally won a championship belt in Berkeley, CA on Saturday afternoon as they bested #23 Cal on their home floor in five sets 16-25, 25-22, 25-22, 19-25, and 15-9 in the Hilton Garden Inn Invitational. Tournament MVP Kaitlynn Pelger was awarded a belt worthy of a prize fight after she posted 16 kills, 15 digs, and six blocks against the Golden Bears. Dakota Kaufman with 12 kills and Taylor Johnson with 11 joined her in double figures. Tristan McCarty also made the…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas agency says it was “reprehensible” for one of its former social workers to refuse to act on behalf of a toddler who was later beaten to death. The Kansas Department for Children and Families commented Friday, one day after a federal judge ruled that Linda Gillen was entitled to immunity in a lawsuit by the girl’s grandparents. Twenty-three-month-old Brooklyn Coons, of Coffeyville, died in 2008. Her father’s girlfriend is serving life in prison for her death. Brooklyn’s grandparents contend Gillen refused to investigate their reports that the toddler was being abused. The judge ruled for…
Video – The Manhattan High Indians earned their first win of the season in their home opener against Emporia Friday night.
With a brief break in the heavy rainfall, National Guard troops began evacuating hundreds of Jamestown, Colorado residents that have been stranded without power or water for more than a day. Rain is expected to continue over the weekend.
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — NASCAR added Jeff Gordon to the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship field Friday, a stunning and unprecedented step in the fallout from at least two attempts to manipulate the results at the season-ending race at Richmond last weekend. NASCAR chairman Brian France said he had the authority to expand the field to 13 drivers for the first time since the format was implemented 10 years ago. Front Row Motorsports asked for a deal from Penske Racing in the closing laps of at Richmond and then helped make sure Penske’s Joey Logano made the Chase field…
Lilla Porubek came thru with 16 kills as K-State beat Cal Poly 25-21, 25-21, 25-27, and 29-27 on Friday night at the Hilton Garden Inn Invitational in Berkeley, CA. The win over the Mustangs came a night after the Cats’ seven-match winning streak was snapped by Santa Clara. K-State pulled away late in each of the first two sets, and led 20-16 in the third set before Cal Poly scored 11 of the final 16 points to prevent a sweep. The favor was returned by the Wildcats in the fourth frame as the Mustangs led by as many as seven…
DETROIT — Prince Fielder homered and drove in three runs, and Justin Verlander pitched effectively into the seventh inning to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 6-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night. Detroit remained six games ahead of second-place Cleveland in the AL Central and dealt the third-place Royals a setback in the postseason race. Kansas City is one of several teams hoping at least to catch Tampa Bay for a wild card. Verlander (13-11) allowed three runs and nine hits in 6 2/3 innings. Three relievers finished. Joaquin Benoit worked out of a bases-loaded jam…