A student taking part in a pre-game skit before K-State’s Homecoming Football game against West Virginia was injured when he was tackled hard by Willie the Wildcat on the 50-yard line. The individual was standing in the middle of the field in West Virginia attire when Willie, as is the custom, tackled him. According to at least two sources, the student’s head hit the turf hard when he was tackled and he was unresponsive after the skit for a short time. He was attended to at first by trainers for both teams and then emergency medical workers. Willie appeared to…
Author: KMAN Staff
Demonstrators rallied near the U.S. Capitol today, protesting America’s surveillance programs. Many held up signs reading “Thank you, Edward Snowden!” and demanded that Congress investigate the NSA.
Saudi women got behind the wheel on Saturday, kicking off a campaign protesting the ban on women driving in the kingdom. Though no specific Saudi law bans women from driving, women are not issued licenses.
Bailey Webster and Haley Eckerman had nine kills each as #1 Texas defeated K-State in straight sets 25-11, 25-18, and 25-20 on Saturday night at Ahearn Fieldhouse. The Longhorns took control from the start as they forced the Cats to hit negative in the opening set, and only a hitting percentage for the night of .050. Texas (15-2, 8-0) would hit with a .345 efficiency. Katie Brand, Dakota Kaufman, and Courtney Traxson each had six kills for K-State (14-7, 2-6). Brand dished out 20 assists, Tristan McCarty had seven digs, and Kaitlynn Pelger had three blocks. K-State volleyball will stay…
Even after a week off, there was still some lingering frustration for the Kansas State Wildcats as they started their game with West Virginia on Saturday. It wasn’t so much leftover frustration from the loss to Baylor two weeks ago as it was an inability to generate consistency on Offense. K-State saw each of their two Quarterbacks Daniel Sams and Jake Waters commit turnovers and the Defense faced some tests of its own as West Virginia was able to generate some big plays by their Offense. However, at the end of the day it’s all about finishing and the Wildcats…
HOLTON, Kan. (AP) A northeast Kansas prosecutor says she expects to reach a plea agreement with a woman accused of stealing $16,000 from the Jackson County agency where she worked. KNZA-AM reports that 40-year-old Janette Fund, of Delia, waived her preliminary hearing Thursday and was bound over for arraignment in November. County Attorney Shawna Miller says a plea agreement is likely. Fund was arrested in September and faces 90 counts each of theft and entering false accounting information. She worked from April 2011 to July of this year for the county’s Noxious Weed, Landfill and Recycling Department. The Jackson County…
U.S. black militant, William Potts, who spent 15 years in a Cuba prison for hijacking a plane to the island said Friday that U.S. officials are processing his passport application and he’s optimistic that he can return home.
The Manhattan High School Indians gained their 19th straight victory over Washburn Rural Friday night by a score of 13-10, making them 2-0 in district play.
German spy chiefs will travel to Washington shortly to talk with U.S. officials about the spying allegations that have so angered Europe, including whether Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cellphone was monitored by the National Security Agency.
The Following Story is courtesy of Kansas State Athletics Communications: Kansas State dedicated the new Intercollegiate Rowing Center on Friday night, as the ribbon-cutting ceremony and ceremonial first oars in the new state-of-the-art rowing tanks officially opened the facility in the K-State Sports Complex. The event for donors, project contributors and the general public featured specials remarks from University President Kirk Schulz, Director of Athletics John Currie, rowing coach Patrick Sweeney and rower Allison Dorau. The dedication concluded with rowing captains Aly Bronder and Meggie Murray along with First Lady Noel Schulz partaking in the ceremonial first oars in the…