The White House says it is encouraged by the progress being made on immigration reform, but press secretary Jay Carney warns a deal hasn’t been reached yet. Carney also commented on North Korea’s threats during Monday’s briefing.
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The third athletic director at Kansas State University passed away on Sunday at the age of 96 in Southport, North Carolina. Bebe Lee, a member of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Hall of Fame, held the post at K-State from 1956 until 1968. Following a successful stint as head basketball coach at Colorado, which culminated with a Final Four appearance in 1955, Lee became the youngest athletics director in the Big Seven Conference when he took over the Wildcat athletic program. Among the Stanford graduate’s accomplishments was the acquisition of land to build what is now Bill Snyder Family Stadium,…
Over 30 applications were submitted for the Riley County Health Department Administrator position. By the time the end of March deadline rolled around, the applications were closer to 40. These applications will be reviewed and discussed in further detail in executive session during Thursday’s county commission meeting. It was decided during Monday’s meeting: the three commissioners,County Clerk-Rich Vargo, County Counselor-Clancy Holeman and Human Resource Manager, Cindy Volanti will be the ones to review the applicants. Before that time, Volanti asked the commission to narrow the applicants down to five or six top candidates. Those candidates will then be asked to…
Capping off a stellar career, K-State senior guard Rodney McGruder has been named an Associated Press honorable mention all-American. McGruder is K-State’s first all-American since Jacob Pullen received a number of a third team honors following the 2010-11 season. He’s the fifth player at K-State to earn some sort of all-America mention since 2008. McGruder led K-State to a Big 12 championship in his final season with a 14-4 record, and a 27-8 mark overall. He topped the team in eight different categories, including scoring at 15.6 points per game, and rebounding at 5.4 boards a night. McGruder exhausts his…
The Flint Hills Discovery Center has a new director. Fred Goss was named Monday to the position, with Manhattan City Manager Ron Fehr making the announcement. Goss, who currently serves as Assistant Superintendent for the Missouri State Parks, was selected from an initial pool of more than 45 applicants identififed through a national search. Four finalists were announced last month, as previously reported by KMAN news. Goss will begin his new role with the city of Manhattan on May first. The Flint Hills Discovery center is nearing its first anniversary date, with more than 72-thousand visitors, more than 35-hundred members,…
An Alma woman has been sentenced to two years federal probation and ordered to pay a five thousand dollar fine for mortgage fraud. That announcement comes from U-S Attorney Barry Grissom, who announced Monday that Linda Miller, 51, had been sentenced in the Wabaunsee county case. As KMAN news told you in January, Miller pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud, admitting to fradulently submitting false documents to New Century bank of Manhattan in an effort to obtain a $200,000 mortgage loan. Miller told authorities she created documents falsely stating that a $65,000 second mortgage on her home in…
K-State head men’s basketball coach Bruce Weber announced on Monday morning that freshman guard Michael Orris will transfer to another school. In a press release from K-State, Weber says in his discussions with Orris about his future, the player decided this gives him the best chance to be successful. Weber says Orris is a quality young man that he’s known for a long time, and wishes him nothing but the best as he moves forward. Orris is a 6-foot-2, 190-pound point guard from Crete, IL, and saw action in 15 games for the Wildcats this season, averaging 0.3 points on 50…
Four players from Riley County and three from Rock Creek were named to the all-Mid-East League girls basketball team. The Falcons’ junior trio of Madison Vargo, Makayla Vargo and Katelyn Thomson were named to the first team, while junior Taylor Oliver received honorable mention. Mustang senior guard Megan Srna made the first team, while senior Shiann Bruce and sophomore Alexis Wilson got honorable mention. Rock Creek placed four boys on the all-Mid-East League teams, and Riley County had two players honored. The Mustangs’ inside-outside duo of Jacob Miller and Ryan Schneider made the first team, while Tyler Dillon and Shane…
LOS ANGELES (AP) Malcolm Armstead scored 14 points, Fred Van Vleet bounced in a big basket with 1 minute left, and ninth-seeded Wichita State earned its first trip to the Final Four since 1965 with a 70-66 victory over Ohio State on Saturday. Van Vleet scored 12 points as the Shockers (30-8) followed up last week’s win over top-ranked Gonzaga with a nail-biting victory over the second-seeded Buckeyes (29-8), whose 11-game winning streak ended one game short of their second straight Final Four. Wichita State roared to a 20-point lead with 11 minutes to play after Ohio State played an…
In what started as a promising series, ended in defeat for K-State as Baylor rallied to win each of the final two games at Baylor Ballpark. The Cats claimed the series opener 3-2 on Thursday night, and led 8-6 going into the eighth inning before the Bears rallied for 10-8 victory in 13 innings thanks to a pair of two-run homers on Friday night. K-State would jump out to a 3-0 lead on Baylor on Saturday, then saw Baylor score seven unanswered runs, and a 3-run rally in the top of the ninth landed just short in a 7-6 loss.…