A man convicted in connection with a 1992 Geary county indecent liberties with a child case is up for a public comment session and possible parole. Darryl Manco, 49, was sentenced in September of 1992, after the March 1992 incident. He has been in jail since that time at a variety of facilities, although most recently is in maximum security at Lansing. His earliest possible rlease date is December first of this year. Public comment sessions are planned October 21st at Kansas City Hall, October 23rd at the Finney State Office Builoding in Wichita, and October 25th at the Landon State…
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Felix Hernandez lost his fourth straight start and Will Smith struck out a career high eight to help the Kansas City Royals beat the Seattle Mariners 3-1 on Monday. The Mariners right-hander hasn’t lost four straight starts since 2008. He also left in the seventh inning with a cramp in his lower back. Smith pitched 4 1-3 innings of scoreless relief to pick up the victory, allowing just one hit, after starter Danny Duffy failed to make it through four innings. Five of Smith’s strikeouts took only three pitches. Greg Holland pitched a one-hit ninth…
The San Francisco 49ers have signed former K-State wide receiver Chris Harper to a three-year contract. Harper was a fourth-round draft pick by the NFC West rival Seattle Seahawks, who released him Saturday and signed him to their practice squad. Harper led the Cats with 58 receptions for 857 yards and three touchdowns a year ago. He caught four passes for 39 yards for Seattle in the preseason, but dropped two passes including a touchdown in the preseason finale. According to the Sacramento Bee, the 49ers are thought to be looking at Harper, 6-foot-1 and 235 pounds, as a tight end/H-back, much as…
K-State men’s basketball coach Bruce Weber finalized his coaching staff on Monday with the addition of Matt McCumber as director of student-athlete development. In his new position, McCumber will be responsible for a variety of areas, including basketball-related matters, handling special projects for the coaching staff and assisting with community service projects and the department’s Life Skills program. In addition, he will be involved in the student-athlete’s academic development and counseling each in career planning and goal setting. “We’re really excited about addition of Matt to the coaching staff,” said Weber. “He is someone who I have known for a…
President Barack Obama today is looking to enlist the help of the man he defeated in 2008. Republican Sen. John McCain was at the White House for talks on Syria — and was joined by fellow GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.
Diana Nyad has become the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the help of a shark cage. The 64-year-old Nyad stepped ashore in Key West on Monday just before 2 p.m., about 53 hours after she began her swim in Havana on Saturday.
The Flint Hills Area Transportation Agency (aTa) will host a Ribbon Cutting on Monday, September 9 at 2 p.m. at their new transit facility on the Southeast corner of Tuttle Creek Boulevard and Marlatt Avenue in Manhattan on the Riley County Public Works grounds. Following the Ribbon Cutting and Open House will be held to allow citizens to get a look at the facility. Officials say the new facility will allow Flint Hills aTa to better serve the citizens of Manhattan and Riley County, Green Valley and St. George in Pottawatomie County as well as Ft. Riley and Junction City.…
The Manhattan City Commission is set to discuss changes to the City Auditorium at Tuesday evening’s meeting. The issue was brought up earlier this year and at that time there were a couple of disagreements over how to puruse the renovations. One of those would be to add offices for the Parks and Recreation Department and to also expand the Gymnasium’s Floor. Tuesday’s meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the City Commission’s meeting chambers on Poyntz Avenue. The meeting will be televised live on Cox Cable Channel 3 and of course News Radio 1350 KMAN will be on hand and…
TORONTO (AP) — The Kansas City Royals won’t have much hope in the wild-card race without a strong September from veteran pitcher James Shields. One game into the regular season’s final month, he’s off to an excellent start. Shields pitched seven innings of three-hit ball to win his fourth straight decision, Eric Hosmer drove in two runs and the Royals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-0 on Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep. “It just seems like he’s getting stronger and stronger as the year goes on,” manager Ned Yost said of Shields, who went 4-1 in August. The Royals,…
Veteran British journalist and broadcaster David Frost, who won fame around the world for his TV interviews with former President Richard Nixon, has died, his family told the BBC. He was 74.