The guys on the show talk about Kansas State news outside of football, volleyball, golf and more. The MLB Postseason is slowly taking shape. The Chiefs and Raiders this weekend, do the Raiders have a shot at beating KC? Plus, John Kurtz brings in fact or fiction when it comes to the Baylor Bear offense.
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The Kansas High School Activities Association has released the new districts that will be in effect for the 2014-2015 season for football around the state of Kansas. In 6A, Manhattan High will have a new team to District 5 with the loss of Junction City and the addition of Lawrence Free State. Topeka High and Washburn Rural will remain in Manhattan’s district. In 4A division I, Centennial league member Hayden will be in District 6 with Andover Central, El Dorado and Circle. NCKL member Abilene will be in district 8 with Buhler, Hays and McPherson. In 4A division II, Wamego…
A few months ago we were telling you about a former Manhattan Broadcasting employee who was one of the finalists for a position with the Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom. Now Reggina Busse is trying for a new position with a U-S based travel website known as Jauntaroo–and that has her travelling in Turkey and sharing her experiences. She has a video of her Turkish travels on the Jauntaroo website as one of 50 contestants for the group’s “Best Job around the World” competition. The winner receives $100,000 as the website’s Chief World Explorer, who would travel the world…
Journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner David Finkel will discuss his most recent book, “Thank You For Your Service,” which has ties to the Manhattan area. Finkel will speak at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, at the Kansas State University Alumni Center main ballroom. A book sale and signing session will be at 3 p.m. in the K-State Alumni Center. The event is free and open to the public, although seating is limited. For free tickets, members of the military may contact Art DeGroat at degroata@k-state.edu; Kansas State University faculty, staff and students may contact Briana Nelson Goff at bnelson@k-state.edu; and…
Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel won this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry for laying the foundation for computer models used to understand chemical processes. Karplus researches at Harvard, Levitt at Stanford and Warshel at USC.
The federal government shutdown is stalling the process for approving craft beers and labels. This could cost breweries extra time and money.
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) A 44-year-old man has been charged with beating another man to death in Olathe. The Kansas City Star reports that Brian Dale Pittman, of Olathe, is charged in Johnson County District Court with voluntary manslaughter. The victim, Arthur Wilson Cattlett Jr., 56, was unresponsive when police found him on Sept. 29. Prosecutors allege in court documents that Cattlett was beaten, kicked and stomped during a “sudden quarrel or in the heat of passion.” Court records show Pittman was arrested Tuesday and his bond was set at $1 million. It’s not immediately clear if he has an attorney.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) Authorities have released the name of the 4-year-old girl killed in a weekend house fire in Kansas City, Kan. The Kansas City Star reports that fire department officials identified the victim Tuesday as Sh’mere Jackson-Green. The fire was reported just after 4 a.m. Sunday. When emergency crews arrived they found heavy flames coming from the rear and center sections of the home. The girl was found in or near a bedroom at the back of the house, which had no smoke detectors. A woman and a 7-year-old girl escaped uninjured. But a firefighter involved in the…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) One person has died in a garage fire in southwest Wichita. The Wichita Eagle reports that the fire was reported shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday. A dispatch supervisor says a car in the garage caught fire. No other details were immediately available, including the name of the victim.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Two Kansas Supreme Court justices have told an attorney for the state that it has broken promises made to public schools about their funding. Justices Eric Rosen and Lee Johnson made their comments from the bench during arguments Tuesday on the appeal of a school funding lawsuit. The state is appealing a lower court ruling that legislators must boost annual funding for schools by at least $440 million. The Supreme Court is hearing a lawsuit filed in 2010 by several school districts, including Dodge City, Hutchinson, Kansas City and Wichita. They argue the state has failed to…