Each day of Volunteer Week KMAN News will be featuring an article by a Kansas State Communications student who has been working with RSVP of the Flint Hills in “telling the story” of the group’s volunteers. By K-State Student Lindsy Liggett Like many Americans, losing a loved one can be painful and difficult to go through. It is hard to pick up the pieces and move on. Charlene Redman had to find her passion after her husband, Bob, passed away. She decided she was not going to sit in her house all day and mope. Instead, she was going to…
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A Manhattan man charged with the killing of a Fort Riley soldier, and the shooting of four others was in Riley County Court on Monday morning via video conference from jail. 43-year-old Mathew Wilson is charged with possible first degree murder, four counts of attempted first degree murder, and aggravated burglary. On Monday defense attorney Larry McRell, Riley County prosecutor Barry Wilkerson, and Division I court judge John F. Bosch agreed on setting Wilson’s preliminary trial to May 21st and 22nd. McRell warned he may not be done with discovery at that date, and a status hearing was set for…
Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis said Sunday that bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev remains in critical condition adding that he his “not in the condition to be interrogated at this time.”
An attorney says federal authorities have asked to interview the wife of deceased marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev. The attorney says he is discussing with authorities how to proceed.
Jared King hit a tie-breaking solo home run to left field in the sixth inning, and K-State salvaged the series with Oklahoma State behind a strong pitching performance from a pair of freshman in a 3-2 victory at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium in Stillwater on Sunday afternoon. Blake McFadden worked the first four and two thirds innings, giving up two runs on four hits and a walk, with three strikeouts. Jake Matthys (6-0) worked four and one third innings of two-hit relief with three strikeouts to win the most games by a reliever at K-State in the Big 12 era.…
The first annual Grow Green match day will kick off on Monday at 7 a.m. at the Colony Square Atrium on 555 Poyntz Avenue. The event will support 24 local non-profit organizations with matching funds for donors who participate. Manhattan Community Foundation is putting on the event, and CEO Vern Henricks says they’ve received a lot of support for the event from local companies and are looking forward to engage the community to raise funds. Henricks says the 24 organizations supported by the event work every day to enrich the community, and help those in need. There is a $40,000 pot…
It was a celebration at the Sunset Zoo Sunday afternoon as the day before Earth Day coincided with the zoo’s 80th birthday. Many activities were enjoyed by guests such as face painting, live animal encounters with animal roamers walking around the zoo, and a nineteen foot inflatable replica of Earth. Afterwards, the Manhattan High School Drumline lead guests on a parade around the zoo. Cox Communications was a sponsor for the festivities and brought the “Stone Lion Puppet Theatre” from Kansas City who showcased different endangered species and how humans can play a huge part in helping the situation. Hyvee also sponsored the event…
London Olympics silver medalist and K-State senior Erik Kynard not only won the Mt. Sac Relays on Saturday in Walnut, CA with a leap of 7 feet-8 inches, he also registered the highest mark by anyone else in the world in 2013. Kynard, 2011 IAAF World Champion Jesse Williams and Canada’s Michael Mason all cleared 7 feet-7 inches, but it was only was Kynard who jumped 7-8. The Toledo, Ohio native tied his own school record in the process. “Erik jumped well. I think this was one of his best meets ever,” said K-State Head Coach Cliff Rovelto. “We had a lot…
BOSTON (AP) — David Ortiz has been in the middle of some of Fenway Park’s greatest moments. None of them seemed more important to ”Big Papi” than his role in one Saturday afternoon. Ortiz helped the Red Sox honor the victims and the survivors of the Boston Marathon bombings then played in his first game since last summer, a 4-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals capped by Daniel Nava’s three-run homer in the eighth inning. ”I try to take the positive side of things and ride with it,” Ortiz said, sitting at a table in an interview room. ”But…
It was five days of terror in Boston. A clearer picture has emerged of what happened after the Boston Marathon bombing until the death of one suspect and the arrest of another.