At least one area of damage in Riley County was pretty significant, according to an update from Riley County Emergency Management Director Pat Collins. After an interview with KMAN Monday morning, Collins had a chance to check damage and indicates damage at 11985 Falcon road from Saturday night looked like a possible tornado. Collins estimates the loss at $200,000 . Collins told KMAN Wednesday the storm damage from Leonardville to Randolph overnight Saturday may more definitely have been the result of a small tornado. Pictures Collins sent to the National Weather Service office in Topeka (and posted here) led meteorologist Chad Omit to speculate…
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A two-year-old Fort Riley child died after an incident at Milford lake this past weekend. Geary county sheriff Tony Wolf tells KMAN the child has been identified as Robert Duff Jr. The toddler reportedly fell off a boat the parents had rented Saturday, with both parents diving into the water after the child. The boat, with a five-year-old sibling on it, drifted quite a ways away–with the parents and the two-year-old later retrieved by Clay County law enforcement and Wildlife and Parks authorities. The two-year-old was taken to Geary Community Hospital by ambulance, then airlifted to Stormont Vail in Topeka, where he died overnight…
Connor Brooks is a former Manhattan High standout in basketball. In 2011, he was named to the honorable mention list of best players in class 6A. During that time, the Kansas State men’s basketball team was under the regime of Frank Martin and his assistant Brad Underwood. In mid April, Brad Underwood was named as the new head coach of Stephen F. Austin. This is Underwood’s first head coaching position at the Division-I level, and he takes over a program that had sustained success under former head coach Danny Kaspar. Connor Brooks has spent his last two years playing at…
K-State wrapped up the Big 12 title and their fourth straight series win this weekend by taking two of three games from the Oklahoma Sooners. The Wildcats have the Big 12 tournament in Oklahoma City this week to worry about, but speculation continues as to whether or not K-State will be one of 16 host sites for an NCAA Regional. Many national college baseball writers believe the Wildcats answered enough questions with this weekend’s performance. “Kansas State is in strong position to host a regional,” Baseball America’s Aaron Fitt wrote. “The Wildcats clinched the series and shored up their hosting…
Riley County Counselor, Clancy Holeman shared updates on House Bill 2052, better known as the concealed carry bill, during Monday’s county commission meeting. The bill has been discussed during previous meetings, but Holeman had updates to share. Bullet points are located within the bill, one of which Holeman finds misleading. The bullet point addresses liability protections for entities, which Holeman thought the bill said something a little different. Commission Chair, Dave Lewis mentioned he is concerned with sporting complexes, as many fans can get heated with referees. Commissioner, Ron Wells said he doesn’t believe it will be “that big of…
The 1st Infantry Division Band Brass Quintet is offering a free concert this Saturday, May 25 at 1:00 p.m., at the Manhattan Public Library. Performing selections from John Williams, Aaron Copeland, and Irving Berlin, the group puts a special “blues and brass” twist on patriotic music in honor of Memorial Day. The five-piece group was assembled to support Fort Riley and the surrounding communities with ceremonial music and to promote the performing arts. With most of the unit recently returning from deployment to Afghanistan, the quintet is the primary small ceremonial performance group at Fort Riley. “These are professional musicians…
A member of the 2013 K-State men’s basketball recruiting class has been named as one of only 40 players in the country to the 57th annual Parade All-America team. Marcus Foster, a 6 foot 2 inch shooting guard out of Wichita Falls, Texas, inked his national letter of intent to play for the Cats in November. He averaged 27 points and 11 rebounds per game as a senior this past season. Two players from the Sunflower State were also named Parade All-Americans. Ottawa product Semi Ojeleye and Wichita North standout Connor Frankamp joined Foster on the squad. Ojeleye will go to Duke, and…
“We’ve accomplished so much” is the way Manhattan High graduating senior Eli Redeker started his portion of the commencement speech during Sunday’s ceremony for more than 400 graduates. And Redeker had high praise for his graduating class saying “This is the greatest group of people on the face of the Earth.” Redeker also stressed the opportunity for graduates to be whatever they want to be, adding their numerous differences are to be celebrated. Manhattan High graduating senior Summer Senn shared a song she’d written with her fellow graduates Sunday. Senn talked about the importance of individuality and also mentioned the importance of families…
For the first time in school history, K-State will be the #1 seed in the Big 12 baseball tournament after winning the regular season title. The Cats will open play on Wednesday afternoon against #8 seed Texas Tech. K-State swept the Red Raiders in Manhattan on Easter weekend in April to start a run of 13 league wins in 17 tries. The Cats clinched the Big 12 crown with a series win against Oklahoma over the weekend, and could see the Sooners early in Oklahoma City. OU is in K-State’s double-elimination pool as the #4 seed and will face 5th…
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Yoenis Cespedes hit a leadoff home run in the eighth inning and the Oakland Athletics beat the Kansas City Royals 4-3 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep. Cespedes hit his eighth homer, connecting against Kelvin Herrera (2-4), who no longer will work the eighth inning for the Royals according to manager Ned Yost. Jerry Blevins (3-0) pitched one scoreless inning. Ryan Cook worked the ninth for his first save of the season. Alex Gordon matched his career high of four hits for Kansas City. The Royals have lost 10 of 13 and fallen back to…