After beginning his coaching career at K-State and also serving as an assistant during the early years under Coach Bill Snyder, Manny Matsakis is again a college football head coach. Bethany College in Lindsborg named the 50-year Matsakis as the new head man of the Swede program. He replaces Jamie Cruce, who coached Bethany for six season including a 4-7 mark this past season. Matsakis was a graduate assistant at K-State in 1987 and 1988, and also spent the 1994 season as the Wildcats’ tight ends/special teams coach. He went on to be the head coach at Emporia State and Texas…
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SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) Zack Greinke struggled through his first Cactus League start in 3.5 weeks, and the Los Angeles Dodgers lost to the Kansas City Royals 8-2 on Monday night. Greinke gave up five runs and six hits over three-plus innings in his first major league outing since March 1. The right-hander, who won the 2009 AL Cy Young Award with Kansas City, signed a $147 million, six-year contract to join the Dodgers in the offseason but has been slowed this spring by a sore elbow and the flu. Greinke threw 40 of 64 pitches for strikes. He walked…
K-State senior outfielder Tanner Witt is the Big 12 Player of the Week. It’s the first career weekly honor for Witt and the first by a Wildcat this season. Witt was 8-for-16 with six RBI during the week and K-State swept Bethune-Cookman over the weekend along with a series split against Minnesota mid-week. The Hawthorn Woods, IL native is now hitting .309 in 24 games, with 14 RBI’s, 29 hits, 14 runs scored, two doubles, and six stolen bases. Witt also comes out of the outfield to close out games on the mound for K-State. He earned the save in…
Monday marked a deadline for Manhattan City Commission candidates to file their Receipts and Expenditures Reports for their campaigns. According to the reports, Candidate John Ball spent the most money at $11,106.14 and raised $11,890 this reporting period, which was from February 15 through March 21. Candidate Rich Jankovich was the second highest spender at $10,041.77 and raised $3,945. He had $9,663.56 on hand at the beginning of the reporting period. The third highest spender was Bob Strawn, with $9,825.77 in expenditures and $3,400 in contributions. Next was Debbie Nuss, spending $7,559.75, with $6,550 in contributions. Usha Reddi spent $5,832.80, and raised $5,020.24. Candidate Karen…
President Barack Obama witnessed a naturalization ceremony for new Americans at the White House Monday. He also called on Congress to quickly pass an immigration reform bill.
A deal was reached in Brussels today that would prevent Cyprus’ bankruptcy by securing a last-minute $13 billion bailout on the condition that the country cut back its banking sector and force large losses on big deposits to help foot the bill.
One mystery was solved Monday in the $338 Powerball jackpot drawing: where the winning ticket was sold. But a bigger mystery remained: Who bought it?
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai made a show of rare, recent unity between their two nations on Monday, as the U.S. military ceded control of its last detention facility in Afghanistan.
Brittany Chambers continued her hot play in Postseason tournament action by scoring 28 points and Haley Texada added 13 as the Kansas State Women’s Basketball team defeated Illinois State 57-48 in the Second Round of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament before 1,203 Monday night at Bramlage Coliseum. Chambers who scored a school record 42 points in K-State First Round rout of Texas Southern had 21 points at halftime and got her game going after a slow start. In the second half, the Redbirds turned up the heat defensively but the Wildcats who led by as much as 17 points at…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Jan Elliott and Melanie Horton with the Little Apple Pilot club, followed by a phone interview with Ron Fehr, Manhattan City Manager, and concluding with USD 383 as Board President Dave Colburn and Associate Superintendent Bob Seymour stop in. [mp3-jplayer]