Author: KMAN Staff

A Burdick man was killed in a rollover accident late Saturday night. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 48-year old Marlin Miser was driving a 1993 Dodge Pickup eastbound on U.S. Highway 56 about four miles east of Herrington shortly before 11:30 Saturday night when the vehicle strayed into oncoming traffic. Miser then over-corrected the vehicle and lost control entering the south ditch and rolled before coming to rest in the roadway facing north. Miser was pronounced dead at the scene. It does not appear alcohol or drugs were a factor in the accident but Miser was not wearing a…

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Will Spradling and Marcus Foster scored 14 points apiece as the Kansas State Wildcats got off to a hot start and put the game out of reach early in a 72-43 victory over Troy Sunday evening at Bramlage Coliseum. Unlike last Tuesday’s contest against South Dakota which K-State hung on to win by two points, the Wildcats bolted out to an early 14-2 lead on the Trojans out of the Sun Belt Conference in the game’s first four minutes. K-State forced Troy into numerous turnovers and won the battle of rebounding on the Offensive glass to stretch the lead to…

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K-State has help on the way in the secondary for the 2014 football season. Dodge City Community College CB Danzel McDaniel committed to K-State via his twitter account Sunday afternoon. @DM_The_Future My next stop will be Manhattan Kansas #EMAW #Family #Squaddd The 6-2, 205 pound McDaniel chose K-State over offers from Iowa State, Southern Miss, Nebraska, Iowa, Arkansas and others according to rivals.com. He is a three-star prospect. Stay connected to all things KSU on the go just text EMAW to 88474 For full video wrap-ups, including analysis, highlights, coaches & player interviews of K-State Football & Basketball check out…

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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A Florida-based developer is exploring the possibility of building a wind farm in Douglas County. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that NextEra Energy Resources is looking for sites to place meteorological towers to measure the wind in the area. Company spokesman Steve Stengel says the measurements will determine if a Douglas County project would be economically feasible. He says the company also wants to find out if there are enough landowners willing to sell easements on their land for wind turbines to make a project possible. NextEra currently has wind energy developments in more sparsely populated western Kansas.…

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback has seen an unusually high number of departures among his top leadership. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that almost half of Brownback’s 11 permanent Cabinet secretary appointments will turn over in the first three years of his tenure. The percentage outpaces that of predecessors Kathleen Sebelius, a Democrat, and Bill Graves, a Republican. Many other high-level appointed posts that pay around $100,000 a year also have been vacated. Those positions include Securities Commissioner Aaron Jack, information technology chief Jim Mann and Kansas Corporation Commission chairman Mark Sievers. Brownback spokeswoman Sara Belfry said the turnover isn’t…

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GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) A special prosecutor has announced that no criminal charges will be filed against the Hamilton County sheriff. The Garden City Telegram reports that Sheriff Richard Garza voluntarily placed himself on administrative leave following his arrest in September. Scott City Attorney John Shirley said in an initial report that the incident stemmed from a “family matter” where no physical violence occurred. Shirley was appointed special prosecutor at the request of the Hamilton County attorney. The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office says Garza’s return to duty was effective Friday.

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Leticia Romero scored 15 points, leading all K-State scorers, and helped the Cats hold on for a hard-fought 73-64 victory over UC-Santa Barbara at Bramlage Coliseum on Sunday. Ashia Woods added 13 and Bri Craig tallied 11, as the Wildcats improved to 5-3 on the season. K-State, who hadn’t played in 8 days, got off to a fast start courtesy of a 9-2 run, including a Haley Texada three. Later on in the half, Texada capped an 8-0 run to give the Cats their largest cushion of the day at 28-16. Deb Patterson’s team was able to maintain that advantage,…

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Crowds gathered by the side of the road to see the hearse carrying Nelson Mandela’s flag-draped coffin make its way from Mthatha, South Africa to the village of Qunu where the anti-apartheid icon was born and will be laid to rest.

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An 18-year-old student opened fire Friday at a Colorado high school, wounding a fellow student before killing himself. Another student who was thought to be wounded was actually covered in blood from the first victim and was unharmed.

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Kansas State University awarded over 1,400 Bachelor’s Degrees 300 Masters Degrees, 16 Associate Degrees and 90 Doctorates Friday and Saturday in Bramlage Coliseum. “There are many reasons to care deeply about this  place, your student colleagues, the great professors, everything you have learned while you have been here; but please remember this, Kansas State University also cares deeply about you and your success,” said Fred Logan, chair of the Kansas Board of Regents. Dr. Orlando Taylor, President of the Washington D.C. campus of The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, also addressed the grads and said they earned their degrees at…

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