Author: KMAN Staff

Ross Kivett tells KMAN he will announce tomorrow whether or not he will sign with the Cleveland Indians and skip his final season at K-State. Kivett was drafted in the 10th round of last week’s MLB draft by his hometown team (Kivett is from Broadview Heights, Ohio), and will likely get a signing bonus of around $100,000 if he opts to go pro. Kivett let his twitter followers know when he will make his decision as well. @RossKSU7 Hey every1 i know I said 2day was the day, but sum unfortunate timin things developd. Have 2 push announcemnt back aday.…

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Wamego officials addressed the concealed carry issue at Tuesday’s City Commission meeting. City Attorney Jake Pugh announced the Kansas Legislature recently passed House Bill 2052 and Governor Brownback signed it into law. The bill authorized concealed carry in State and municipal buildings. Pugh said the bill allows for prohibition in some buildings, and the cities can opt-out because there are different avenues the City can take. The law allows for an extension to January of 2014, and application needs to be made by July 1st, 2013. Pugh said it’s in the City of Wamego’s best interest to file for an…

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Two people died in a two vehicle accident on highway 24, a mile east of Seth Child Road in Manhattan, which closed Tuttle Creek Boulevard down for about two hours Tuesday afternoon. The fatalities have been identified as 90 year old Frederick Danenberg and 85 year old Michael Myers, both of Manhattan. According to the Kansas Highway patrol, Danenberg was driving a 2001 Toyota passenger car and had been stopped at a stop sign facing south onto highway 24. Danenberg reportedly pulled out in front of a 1999 Freightliner semi-truck driven by 23 year old Christian Rodriguez of Wichita, with Danenberg’s vehicle…

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CLEVELAND — With home plate just a few more strides away, David Lough suddenly stopped. And right there in the middle of the third-base line, Kansas City’s chances to win halted, too. Attempting to score the tying run, Lough ran through third-base coach Eddie Rodriguez’s stop sign and got caught in a rundown in the ninth inning as the Royals lost 4-3 to the Cleveland Indians, who rallied against Kansas City’s normally reliable bullpen for three runs in the eighth inning. “I take full responsibility,” Lough said. “It’s 100 percent my fault.” Trailing 4-3, the Royals put runners at the first…

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A state mandate has forced the Manhattan City Commission to decide on what buildings if any they would improve to provide adequate security, and prevent the presence of concealed carry weapons within them.  The commission decided on studying the possibility improving the  security infrastructures of the municipal court building at Tuesday’s commission meeting. As of July 1st the new state law allowing concealed carry in all state and municipal buildings will take effect…  Unless the buildings are outfitted with so called “adequate” security measures.   City attorney Bill Raymond says the entire state is having to decide on whether or…

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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A man accused of selling counterfeit shoes and clothing at a store in northeast Kansas has pleaded guilty in federal court. The U.S. Attorney’s office says Jehad Shalabi, 45, pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit trademark goods. Shalabi, of Blue Springs, Mo., operated a store called Joe Black in Kansas City, Kan. FBI agents reported making undercover purchases in 2011 of phony Nike shoes, a fake Polo Ralph Lauren shirt and other items. Agents later seized nearly 600 counterfeit items with such trademarks as Major League Baseball, Ed Hardy, Rocawear and Coogi. Prosecutors…

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