Veteran’s Day began with the Armistice Day that came at the end of World War I. Today, we use it as a time to show support for those who have served in the military and those who are and will. On Monday November 11, 2013, an array of events took place in Manhattan put on by the Flint Hills Veterans Coalition.
Author: KMAN Staff
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Dr. Elizabeth Davis, Professor and Section Head, Equine Medicine & Surgery at Kansas State’s college of Veterinary medicine, followed by Dean Ali Malekzadeh from the college of Business Administration on the recent groundbreaking.
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Dr. Elizabeth Davis, Professor and Section Head, Equine Medicine & Surgery at Kansas State’s college of Veterinary medicine, followed by Dean Ali Malekzadeh from the college of Business Administration on the recent groundbreaking.
For the second straight week, former K-State walkon Ryan Mueller was named the Big 12’s defensive player of the week. The junior defensive end had a career-high three sacks and five total tackles in the Cats’ 49-26 win over Texas Tech on Saturday afternoon. Mueller not only tops the Big 12 with 10.5 sacks, but is now the NCAA leader with Louisville’s Marcus Smith. He is one sack away from tying the K-State single-season record of 11.5, held by both Nyle Wiren in 1996 and Ian Campbell in 2006. Mueller is second in tackles for loss in the NCAA with…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The U.S. Air Force is holding a hearing in Wichita to gauge public support for McConnell Air Force Base as it considers sites for a new fleet of refueling tankers. The Wichita Eagle reports the Air Force in May named McConnell as the preferred site for 36 KC-46A tankers to be sited beginning in 2016. McConnell is already the world’s largest tanker base with 62 KC-135s. The hearing is Tuesday evening at the Hughes Metropolitan Complex on the Wichita State University campus. More than 300 people showed up at a similar public hearing in April. The siting…
Leticia Romero scored 25 points to help Kansas State jump out to a large first half lead before hanging on against a pesky Charlotte squad as the Wildcats defeated the 49ers 73-65 before an announced crowd of 3,780 Sunday afternoon at Bramlage Coliseum. K-State scored the game’s first 15 points getting the run started on a pair of treys by Kindred Wesemann. Charlotte finally got on the board with 5:54 gone on the clock on a three-point basket by Hillary Sigmon. The Wildcats first half barrage continued as K-State stretched its advantage to as much as 27-5 with 10:19 remaining…
The magical run for the Manhattan High School Boys Soccer team came to an end Saturday at Junction City High School as the Tribe lost to Blue Valley Northwest 2-0 in the Class 6A State Final. Manhattan had reached the Final on Friday night with a 2-0 win over Olathe East in the State Semifinals. Coach Frank Alonso’s squad had an incredible run through the 2013 season by finishing 17-4-1 and winning the Regional Championship by snapping Washburn Rural’s 37-match home winning streak in the process. The Soccer team’s berth in the State Final is part of quite a run…
Manhattan’s Public Works Department held an open house Saturday morning to celebrate the completion of a five year, $23 million expansion and upgrade project at the City’s Wastewater Treatment Plant. The project was completed in order to increase plant capacity, meet flows associated with projected population growth and conform to new nutrient removal requirements. The plant’s flow capacity increased from 8.7 million gallons per day to 11 million gallons per day and is projected to handle population growth until 2030. Funding for the $23 project was provided by the KDHE and Kansas Water Pollution Control Revolving Loan Fund. The project…
The death toll from one of the strongest storms on record that ravaged the Philippines could reach 10,000 people, officials said Sunday after the extent of massive devastation became apparent.
Nuclear talks with Iran have failed to reach agreement, but U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that Iran and six world powers made “significant progress” during three days of negotiations.