K-State men’s basketball coach Bruce Weber finalized his coaching staff on Monday with the addition of Matt McCumber as director of student-athlete development. In his new position, McCumber will be responsible for a variety of areas, including basketball-related matters, handling special projects for the coaching staff and assisting with community service projects and the department’s Life Skills program. In addition, he will be involved in the student-athlete’s academic development and counseling each in career planning and goal setting. “We’re really excited about addition of Matt to the coaching staff,” said Weber. “He is someone who I have known for a…
Author: KMAN Staff
President Barack Obama today is looking to enlist the help of the man he defeated in 2008. Republican Sen. John McCain was at the White House for talks on Syria — and was joined by fellow GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.
Diana Nyad has become the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the help of a shark cage. The 64-year-old Nyad stepped ashore in Key West on Monday just before 2 p.m., about 53 hours after she began her swim in Havana on Saturday.
The Flint Hills Area Transportation Agency (aTa) will host a Ribbon Cutting on Monday, September 9 at 2 p.m. at their new transit facility on the Southeast corner of Tuttle Creek Boulevard and Marlatt Avenue in Manhattan on the Riley County Public Works grounds. Following the Ribbon Cutting and Open House will be held to allow citizens to get a look at the facility. Officials say the new facility will allow Flint Hills aTa to better serve the citizens of Manhattan and Riley County, Green Valley and St. George in Pottawatomie County as well as Ft. Riley and Junction City.…
The Manhattan City Commission is set to discuss changes to the City Auditorium at Tuesday evening’s meeting. The issue was brought up earlier this year and at that time there were a couple of disagreements over how to puruse the renovations. One of those would be to add offices for the Parks and Recreation Department and to also expand the Gymnasium’s Floor. Tuesday’s meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the City Commission’s meeting chambers on Poyntz Avenue. The meeting will be televised live on Cox Cable Channel 3 and of course News Radio 1350 KMAN will be on hand and…
TORONTO (AP) — The Kansas City Royals won’t have much hope in the wild-card race without a strong September from veteran pitcher James Shields. One game into the regular season’s final month, he’s off to an excellent start. Shields pitched seven innings of three-hit ball to win his fourth straight decision, Eric Hosmer drove in two runs and the Royals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-0 on Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep. “It just seems like he’s getting stronger and stronger as the year goes on,” manager Ned Yost said of Shields, who went 4-1 in August. The Royals,…
Veteran British journalist and broadcaster David Frost, who won fame around the world for his TV interviews with former President Richard Nixon, has died, his family told the BBC. He was 74.
Members of Congress received a classified briefing on Syria on Capitol Hill Saturday afternoon.
U.S. Congressman Tim Huelskamp, representing Kansas’ First District issued the following statement in response after President Barack Obama announced his intention to seek Congressional approval to take military action against the Syrian regime in response to alleged chemical attacks against Syrian citizens: “While President Obama apparently debates how many American lives and funds he wishes to risk in the Syrian civil war, he needs to be reminded that Congress has the sole authority to declare War – not the President. The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does…
U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) issued the following statement in response to President Obama announcing that he will seek Congressional authorization to use military action against Syria: “Congress will soon use its Constitutionally-vested power to debate and vote on whether to intervene in Syria. America cannot afford another conflict that taxes our resources without achieving goals that advance American interests, and I will not support authorizing military action against Syria at this time.”