Two Manhattan High wrestlers brought home some hardware from the 6A state tournament on Saturday afternoon at Hartman Arena in Wichita. Kian Clemens won the title in the 132 lb. weight class while Austin Chauncey won state in the 160 lb. class. The Tribe finished 9th at this year’s Class 6A tournament, just ahead of Junction City, who came in 11th. St. James Academy won the state meet, easily outpacing 2nd place Garden City. Other notable performers for the Tribe included Mason Wallace who finished 3rd at 120 lbs. and Eldon Picou who placed 6th at 285. In Class 4A…
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After a rough season-opening trip to the West Coast that saw them lose seven out of eight games, the defending Big 12 Champion Kansas State Baseball team seems to have found its game in the Lone Star State. After their home-opening series at Tointon Family Stadium scheduled for this weekend was cancelled due to inclement weather, the Bat Cats headed south to Abilene, Texas for four games in a three-day period. On Saturday, K-State won a pair of games defeating Grand Canyon in the afternoon 11-1 as Landon Busch twirled the team’s first complete game since last March. In the…
A traffic camera from the Colorado Department of Transportation shows a multi-vehicle pileup on Interstate-25 in Denver. According to Denver Police, one person died in the crash.
Troops in unmarked uniforms stand guard in Balaklava on the outskirts of Sevastopol, Ukraine, Saturday, March 1, 2014. An emblem on one of the vehicles and their number plates identify them as belonging to the Russian military. Ukrainian officials have accused Russia of sending new troops into Crimea, a strategic Russia-speaking region that hosts a major Russian navy base. The Kremlin hasn’t responded to the accusations, but Russian lawmakers urged President Putin to act to protect Russians in Crimea.
Shane Southwell scored 13 points in his best game in more than a month and four other players tallied double figures as Kansas State outlasted Iowa State 80-73 in a physical and sometimes contentious game Saturday night at Bramlage Coliseum. The Wildcats got off to a rough start as they were victimized by some questionable calls from the officiating crew which allowed the Cyclones to jump out to a 9-4 lead. It was during that time that K-State coach Bruce Weber received a warning for arguing the calls but what it also did was light a spark underneath his team.…
The Winter Storm that moved into Northeast Kansas Saturday night did not produce nearly the amount of snow that was predicted but bitterly cold temperatures are in effect for at least the next 36 hours. The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a Wind Chill Advisory for Riley and Pottawatomie Counties in effect until 9 a.m. CST on Monday. Sustained winds will be between 10 and 20 MPH out of the Northeast with gusts up to 30 MPH. Those winds will put Wind Chill values anywhere between minus 10 and minus 24 through Monday morning. The low temperature for…
Coming off a huge win Wednesday night at arch-rival Kansas the Kansas State Women’s Basketball team had a chance to pull off another road victory on Saturday but in the end they would come up short as the Wildcats fell at 15th-ranked Oklahoma State 67-62 Saturday afternoon at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater. After trailing 36-23 at halftime, K-State came out strong in the second half and grabbed the lead while holding the Cowgirls to 17 points through the first 17 minutes of the second half. K-State led 57-53 with 2:59 to play but Oklahoma State which was coming off an…
The Manhattan Library Association’s annual book sale took place Friday-Sunday at the Manhattan Public Library. Different genres of books could be found throughout the second floor of the library. Hardcover books were priced at $1.50 each, while paperbacks were only 75 cents. DVDs, CDs, and audiobooks were available for $2 each. Children’s books were on sale for 75 cents each. The first night of the sale was only open to the Manhattan Library Association Members. The other days were open to the public. Chair of the book sale, Gary Jeffrey mentioned the sale usually averages around $10,000 every year. The…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Shawnee County judge has sentenced a 40-year-old Topeka man to two consecutive life sentences for two murders more than a decade apart. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports (http://bit.ly/1i02cU7 ) Shawnee County District Court Judge David Debenham on Friday sentenced Monroe Eugene Lockhart III to two consecutive life sentences for the murder of Corey Brown in 2012 and Damon Anderson in 2000. Lockhart pleaded guilty Jan. 16 to premeditated first-degree murder in the Jan. 3, 2012, slaying of Brown, and the Valentine’s Day 2000 death of Anderson. Both victims were from Topeka. Lockhart has to serve 50 years…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) One-time income tax payments totaling more than $50 million helped boost Kansas revenue collections in February ahead of official estimates. The Kansas Department of Revenue says Friday that overall revenue collections were $97.6 million more than projected. Individual income taxes were $100.7 million more than anticipated, while corporate tax collections were up $4.8 million. Officials say Kansas collected $329 million in February, beating estimates for $231.4 million. Kansas has collected $3.62 billion in revenues, compared to the $3.5 billion projected for the fiscal year that began July 1. The gains were partially offset by declines from estimates…