Illinois picked Republican businessman Bruce Rauner to face incumbent Democrat Pat Quinn in the race for Governor. Rauner is promising to run Illinois like a business, while Quinn says he’s fighting for an economy that works for everyone.
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Wamego City Commissioners gave their approval for the water tower painting project. At Tuesday’s City Commission, Merl Page, City Manager, reviewed the bids received for painting the new Water Tower, which was tabled at the last meeting for further review. Page said three bids were received, the lowest from Maguire Iron, Inc. of Sioux Falls, South Dakota for $79,720, Caldwell Tanks Inc. of Harrodsburg, Kentucky submitted a bid for $83,000, and Classic Protective Coatings of Menomonie, Wisconsin bid was $124,800. Commissioner Vic Enns said we should get on with the project and made a motion to accept the bid from Maguire Iron, Inc. for…
From right, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Speaker of Crimean legislature Vladimir Konstantinov and Crimean Premier Sergei Aksyonov sign a treaty for Crimea to join Russia in the Kremlin in Moscow, Tuesday, March 18, 2014. With a sweep of his pen, President Vladimir Putin added Crimea to the map of Russia on Tuesday, describing the move as correcting past injustice and a response to what he called Western encroachment upon Russia’s vital interests.
Firefighters walk past the tail section of a crashed news helicopter as they remove a body from the wreckage Tuesday, March 18, 2014, in Seattle. A KOMO-TV helicopter crashed into a city street near Seattle’s Space Needle, killing two people and critically injuring a person in a car on the ground.
Jammed packed version of “The Game” this afternoon on KMAN. The K-State men’s basketball team gets ready for the opening round game in St. Louis against Kentucky on Friday night. How much of a chance you give K-State to beat the boys in blue? The K-State women’s basketball program has announced the new head coach to replace Deb Patterson. Jeff Mittie, TCU women’s basketball coach will become the 9th women’s basketball coach at Kansas State. How good is the hire for the Wildcat program. The K-State baseball team continues to roll and have a couple games with Air Force before Big 12 play at Oklahoma this weekend. All that, plus “Get Fit” and much more on “The Game” on KMAN.
One of the most experienced coaches in Division I college basketball will become the 9th head coach of the K-State women’s basketball program. TCU head coach Jeff Mittie has been announced as the new head women’s basketball coach at Kansas State taking the place of Deb Patterson. Mittie, 47, has earned 454 wins in his 22 years of coaching with a winning percentage of .660. It has included stops at Missouri Western, Arkansas State and TCU. Over his last 14 seasons with the TCU women’s basketball program, Mittie has guided the program to 13 winning seasons with 11 consecutive postseason…
K-State’s new women’s basketball coach is TCU’s Jeff Mittie, the school announced today in a press release. Mittie has been at TCU for the past 15 seasons and has 454 career wins and 15 postseason appearances as a head coach. In those 15 seasons at TCU, he took the Horned Frogs to nine NCAA tournaments. “I want to thank President Schulz and Athletic Director Currie for giving me this opportunity,” Mittie said in a release. I think this is a great opportunity for Shanna and me and our family. It is a tremendous opportunity at a terrific institution that, I…
On today’s In Focus Cathy talked about legislation regarding incompetent defendants with Local attorney and Chief Public Defender for Manhattan and Junction City area, Larry McRell; Ryan Rosauer, partner with Weary-Davis Law Firm in JunctionCity; Anita Bassett of Leonardville, who testified before legislature regarding an incident she witnessed as well as private practice psychologist from Topeka, Dr. George Athey. Cathy spoke with Retiring Director of the Pottawatomie County Economic Development Corporation, Bob Cole in the following two segments.
Unemployment numbers are up in the Manhattan area, with the metro area showing a 5.4 percent rate in January, compared to 4.4 percent the month before. However that number is lower than the 5.9 percent number a year ago. The Manhattan metro area includes Riley, Pottawatomie, and Geary Counties. The city of Manhattan by itself also had a higher unemployment rate, although still a relatively low 4.1 percent. 3.3 percent was the number in December. The Manhattan metro area’s unemployment rate, which includes Riley, Pottawatomie and Geary Counties, still compares favorably with others in the state, with 5.4 percent in…
Vice-President Joe Biden is visiting Poland. It’s part of a campaign to show support for US allies and to warn Russian President Vladimir Putin to back off in Ukraine.