K-State opened up Bill Snyder Family Stadium for the Fall Football Kickoff event Saturday, giving fans a chance to see an hour of practice. An autograph session followed the practice and Coach Snyder addressed the crowd along with team captains. Some observations from practice: – OL Cornelius Lucas and WR Torrell Miller were two noticeable absences today. No word on whether or not either was injured. Coach Snyder skipped over each name while introducing the seniors to the crowd. – QB Daniel Sams was practicing and took part in every drill that QB Jake Waters did. Appeared to have a…
Author: KMAN Staff
K-State checks in at number 31 in the first AP poll of the college football seaosn. The Wildcats are receiving 43 votes in the poll, which is good for sixth in the Big 12. Oklahoma State is the highest ranked team in the league at number 13, followed closely by Texas and Oklahoma at 15 and 16. TCU is ranked 20th and Baylor 27th after receiving 92 votes. The Wildcats are ranked 26th in the Coaches poll that was released earlier this month. The season starts on August 30th with North Dakota State in town. Powercat Gameday kicks off our…
The Manhattan Fire Department is conducting fire scenarios at the properties of 901 N 3rd street, 308 Vattier street and 312 Vattier Street, starting Monday and going through Wednesday. This exercise will give the department the ability to train in an actual structure in the community to aid them in being proficient in a variety of disciplines associated with firefighting. Some of the scenarios include-fire attack, search, ventilation, HVAC handling, and MAYDAY operations. There will be no live fire training conducted in the structures, and citzens can expect to see theatrical smoke produced by smoke machines set up within the buildings. The…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A Lawrence museum is opening a new $300,000 exhibit as the city marks the 150th anniversary of William Clarke Quantrill’s rebel guerrilla attack on the pro-union town. The Lawrence Journal-World Watkins (http://is.gd/6C6YIe ) reports that the exhibit opens Saturday at the Watkins Museum of History. It features displays and artifacts from the Civil War and Bleeding Kansas eras. Among the items on display is Ernst Ulmer’s 4-by-6-foot canvas painting depicting Quantrill’s Raid. The loaned piece, valued at about $30,000, greets visitors as they enter the exhibit. It also features a newly constructed booth with a large touch-screen…
Pressured the entire first half by the San Francisco defense, the Chiefs were unable to get much going without injured Pro Bowl running back Jamaal Charles. The only touchdown they scored was on a kickoff return, and that wasn’t enough in a 15-13 preseason loss Friday night at Arrowhead Stadium. Alex Smith was just 7 of 16 passing for 62 yards against his former team, very little resemblance to the calm, efficient quarterback who led the Chiefs on a touchdown drive last week at New Orleans. The team as a whole couldn’t get anything going on offense with a combined…
DETROIT (AP) — James Shields and Danny Duffy were too much for the Detroit Tigers’ offense. Shields allowed three hits in seven scoreless innings and was part of a combined four-hit shutout in Kansas City’s 3-0 win over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night to give the Royals a sweep of a day-night doubleheader. Kansas City won the first game 2-1 as Duffy took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and pitched a combined two-hitter. “Huge day for us. Shields came back and, basically, matched the outing that Duffy had,” said Eric Hosmer, who homered in each game. Royals pitching…
Originally starting off as a family hobby, Tony Nichols, US Army Veteran and Manhattan resident, has turned the creation of artwork into a job. Being introduced to the process of using a resin by a friend, Nichols takes shards of glass to create commissioned pieces in designs or abstract ones. Nichols mentioned one of the places he lived actually helped push him towards the creations as he tried to bring color to his family’s surroundings. “In the Army, you move a lot and sometimes you don’t have the best housing available to you,” said Nichols. “In Columbia, South Carolina, we had…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback has declared a state of disaster emergency for 62 counties hit by severe storms and flooding. The declaration issued Friday authorizes state resources to provide emergency assistance. Brownback said in a written statement that the flooding has damaged infrastructure and that repairs need to be made as quickly “so everyone can get back to business as usual.” Counties named in the declaration are Allen, Anderson, Barber, Barton, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Comanche, Cowley, Crawford, Dickinson, Edwards, Elk, Ellsworth, Finney, Ford, Geary, Gray, Greenwood, Hamilton, Harper, Harvey, Haskell, Hodgeman, Kearney,…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback says Budget Director Steve Anderson is resigning at the end of this month to return to private life. Brownback announced Friday that Anderson’s resignation is effective Aug. 31. Anderson has been a top adviser to Brownback since December 2010, a month before the Republican governor took office. Anderson is a certified public accountant who was a consultant for the anti-tax, small-government group Americans for Prosperity before joining Brownback’s administration. Anderson said in a statement that his family has supported him, but it’s time to be with them. Brownback said Anderson’s work helped make…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) The person who bought a Powerball ticket in southwest Kansas that was a $1 million winner in a January drawing still hasn’t claimed the prize. The Hutchinson News reports someone bought the $1 million winner Powerball ticket in one of 24 southwest Kansas counties in the Jan. 26 drawing. But the ticket-holder still hasn’t contacted the Kansas Lottery. Winners have a year to claim their prize. Karie Lowe, customer liaison at the Kansas Lottery, says the money will go back into the fund to finance other prizes or drawings if it’s not claimed. The state does not…