The final day of March brings you “Wildcat Insider” on KMAN with the guys breaking down the bat cats series over the weekend against Creighton and what lies ahead this coming week for the K-State baseball team. How important will the weekend series with KU be for the WIldcats? They will bring you up to date on other athletics going on right now at Kansas State and set you up for whats to come in the next couple of weeks. All that and much more on “Wildcat Insider” on KMAN.
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On today’s In Focus, Cathy talked to Karen Mayse with the North Central-Flint Hills Area Agency on Aging, as well as President and CEO with the Greater Manhattan Community Foundation, Vern Henricks , Vice President of Marketing and Programs, Elaine Dhuyvetter.
Two separate cases, involving one theft incident, were held in Riley County District Court Chief Judge, Meryl Wilson’s courtroom Monday afternoon. Ashley Newbrough (21) appeared first and made a plea of no contest to her charges, including obstruction with a law enforcement officer. The alleged incident involves her husband Todd Newbrough (21) stealing a ring from a local jewelry store. He reportedly asked Ashley to take the ring out of the house so police wouldn’t find it. Upon arrival, police found Ashley and asked her about the ring-to which she confessed that it was the stolen ring. Judge Wilson accepted…
A man charged in a vehicular homicide case from last year entered a plea in Riley County District Court Monday afternoon. Daniel Nitchman (38) entered a plea of no contest during his court appearance in Chief Judge, Meryl Wilson’s courtroom. As KMAN’s previous story states-Nitchman was driving westbound on I-70 on September 8th of last year, when he fell asleep while driving, which caused him to leave the roadway. Nitchman struck 31 year old Samantha Coleman, who had pulled her vehicle over on the side of the road and was waiting for assistance. Coleman died at the scene. He…
Riley County Police and Riley County and Manhattan Fire Department crews responded to a Monday afternoon accident just before 3 p.m. involving a semi and a tractor. No further information is available at this time.
DETROIT (AP) Alex Gonzalez drove in the winning run in his Detroit debut, lining a single to left off Greg Holland in the ninth inning that gave the Tigers a 4-3 opening-day victory over the Kansas City Royals on Monday. Acquired by Detroit following an injury to shortstop Jose Iglesias, Gonzalez made a costly error in Kansas City’s three-run fourth but made up for that with a tying triple in the seventh. He then singled with men on first and third in the ninth. Joe Nathan (1-0) pitched a scoreless ninth in his first appearance for the Tigers. Wade Davis…
Only a few months before Kansas Department of Agriculture employees begin to move into the new building at Research Park off North Manhattan Avenue. Greg Lohrentz, Chief Operating Officer and C-F-O for the Kansas State University Foundation, updated Intergovernmental leaders in Manhattan Monday. Lohrentz says the project is done early and under budget. Carpet is beign put in at the building and Lohrentz says furniture will be moved in during April, with some final punch list items in May, and move in by employees in June. And Lohrentz says Research Park is being considered as a whole for…
Manhattan Firefighters were called to a deck fire at 1110 Garden Way Monday afternoon. Damage appeared to be minimal.
For the second time this season, K-State’s Ross Kivett is the Big 12 player of the week. Kivett hit .588 (10-for-17) with three doubles, a triple and a home run while racking up seven RBI in four games during the week. He hit for the cycle in a 12-6 win over Nebraska on Wednesday, the first Wildcat to do so since 1997. He had multiple hits in all three of the games this past weekend against Creighton in Omaha to help lead the Wildcats to a series win. Kivett led the Big 12 in nine different offensive categories last week.…
A formal proclamation was presented during Monday’s Riley County Commission meeting, commemorating National Volunteer Week. Commission Chair, Robert Boyd presented the proclamation to Manhattan Chamber of Commerce President, Lyle Butler. Butler mentioned there are hundreds of volunteers in the community that contribute to the functionality of several non profits and other organizations. “We have a wonderful community of volunteers that serve on public boards, public charities, and make our community wonderful”, Boyd commented. ————- County Counselor, Clancy Holeman took the time to brief the commission on the legislative concerns they have been keeping apprised of. The major concern for the…