Author: KMAN Staff

Brittany Chambers made her final regular season home game count at a time the Kansas State Women’s Basketball team really needed it as she poured in 31 points to lead the Wildcats to a 68-62 victory over Texas Tech before a Senior Day crowd of 3,601 Saturday afternoon at Bramlage Coliseum. Chambers and Mariah White, the only two seniors on the squad were playing at Bramlage Coliseum likely for the final time in their careers. There is still the outside possibility that with some help, the Wildcats could host a WNIT game at Bramlage sometime later this month. While White…

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An Abilene man faces a large bond after violating his probation this weekend. Brandon Lambert (26) was arrested around 12:30 p.m. Friday afternoon for probation violation. His bond was set at $25,000. ——– Eavesdropping lands a Manhattan man with a significant bond. William Reed (20) was arrested around 11:30 a.m. Friday morning on the 1000 block of Thurston St. Reed was charged with breach of privacy and eavesdropping.  His bond was set at $7,000

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The Manhattan Library Association held its annual book sale this past weekend and people from all over Manhattan and the surrounding areas flocked to the Manhattan public library in search of a good book. Over 100,000 books, DVDs, and even magazines were available for a very reasonable price. It was not uncommon for people to be carrying large boxes of books they had purchased out of the library. Event Chairman Gary Jeffrey, taking a break from helping customers, said this kind of crowd was consistent with past years, and he was not at all surprised at the turnout. The event…

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Taxes, budget cuts and sequestration seemed to be the main topics discussed during Saturday morning’s Legislative Coffee. Representative of the 66th District, Sydney Carlin was the first to share her concerns and thoughts on some of the current issues.  Carlin mentioned, tax revenues are down from where they should have been at the end of February.  Taxes are down $33 million, and the sales tax is down $800,000 in particular.  Carlin also commented on the home mortgage negotiation, calling it a “disturbing trend” that is coming into the tax policy involving “tweeking” home mortgages. Representative of the 67th District, Tom…

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A large gathering of area business  leaders converged on the Manhattan Conference Center Friday night. It was the 88th annual Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce meeting and Banquet.  The banquet marked a time of change, and recognition of outstanding members and volunteers from the past year. Outgoing Chair of the Chamber Dan Yunk passed the gavel to the new Chair Frank Beer. Chamber director Lyle Butler says it has been another record breaking year for attendance at the event with over 561 attendees. Butler says the chair changeover is only one of the events which highlight the evening, and everyone…

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