Blue Valley West built a 23-point lead in the first half, and saw Manhattan High pull within seven early in the fourth quarter, but the Jaguars were able to hold off the Tribe 55-45 in the opening game of the McPherson Invitational. Joey Lillis scored 13 of his 14 points in the first half for Blue Valley West, and the Jaguars took advantage of 10 MHS turnovers in the first 16 minutes to lead 38-18 at the break. BV West shot 16 of 23 from the field (70 percent), while the Tribe knocked down only 30 percent of their attempts.…
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Congressman Tim Huelskamp has recently opened an office here in Manhattan. Congressman Huelskamp represents the First District of Kansas, serves on the House Small Business Committee and the House Committee on Veteran’s Affairs, and is a member of the Republican Study Committee. Announced back in mid-December, Huelskamp announced the opening of a brand new office to benefit Manhattan, as well as Riley and Pottawatomie counties. The office is located at 727 Poyntz Avenue, Suite 10 in the Commerce Bank Building. Huelskamp’s staff serving in Salina, will travel multiple times per week to provide in-person constituent services. “The region is a hub…
While we’ve been hearing about those filing for various city and school positions in recent weeks, an announcement Thursday is of the opposite kind. Manhattan Mayor Loren Pepperd tells KMAN news he wil NOT file for re-election. Pepperd adds being Mayor makes for a full day. In fact Mayor Pepperd adds he starts his day at 7:30 answering phone calls and emails, and generally he has one or two meetings a day–which has really hurt his real estate and appraising business. He says he’s given everything he could give to the city, but now it’s time to get back to…
Riley County Police have provided an update regarding a January fifth fatal car/pedestrian accident on Anderson Avenue west of Manhattan. Carl Schurle, 72, of Manhattan died in thet crash, when struck by a car driven by Jacob Brazzle, 18, also of Manhattan. Riley County Police said Thursday Schurle was known to walk to Manhattan on the road, and numerous calls were reported about near misses concerning Schurle and vehicles on the road. And according to police the driver struck Schurle and then went back to investigate. The driver did not have a cell phone, and so ran to a nearby residence…
Opportunities to view indigenous peoples through the eyes of indigenous photographers are rare and recent. Our People, Our Land, Our Images , which opens Jan. 28 at the Flint Hills Discovery Center, presents the works of three generations of indigenous photographers from the North America, South America, the Middle East and New Zealand. They include newly discovered, nineteenth-century trailblazers, well established contemporary practitioners and emerging photographers from the next generation. Fifty-one works in the exhibition tell their stories through differing photographic approaches, ranging from straightforward documentary to aesthetically altered images that combine overlays and collage. The images stand united, however,…
Rodney McGruder scored 21 points and #16 K-State overcame a slow start to claim the first Big 12 meeting with TCU, 67-54 in Fort Worth on Tuesday night. The Horned Frogs jumped out to an 8-2 lead in the game’s first three minutes, but the Cats righted the ship and closed out the half by outscoring TCU 36-17. K-State would push the lead to as many as 25 points in the 2nd half at 67-42 with 6:19 to play, before the Frogs scored the final 12 points of the game. K-State (14-2, 3-0) won their seventh straight game as they…
Notre Dame University is expressing support for football star Manti Te’o, saying that he was the victim of a hoax. Reports surfaced Wednesday that Te’o’s dying girlfriend never existed.
President Barack Obama is taking 23 executive actions aimed at curbing gun violence that don’t require congressional action, including measures to encourage schools to hire police officers and improve efforts to prosecute gun crime.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A federal appeals court has upheld the convictions of a Kansas doctor and his wife in a moneymaking conspiracy linked to 68 overdose deaths. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday sided with prosecutors in the case of Stephen and Linda Schneider, who ran a pain clinic in Haysville. The Schneiders were convicted in 2010 of conspiracy, unlawfully prescribing drugs, health care fraud and money laundering. Stephen Schneider was sentenced to 30 years, and his wife to 33 years. A three-judge panel agreed with the government that the Schneiders waived their right to conflict-free legal…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Wichita man has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for a fatal beating in a dispute over a dog. Forty-one-year-old Samuel Sims was sentenced Wednesday in Sedgwick County District Court, where he pleaded guilty last month to involuntary manslaughter and two other felonies. Sims admitted taking part in the beating death of 47-year-old John Tolliver in July 2011. Police said Sims and another man, Nelson Glover, got involved in a dispute between Tolliver and his former girlfriend over possession of a dog. Tolliver was found dead in his Wichita home, where burglars had…