“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…
Author: KMAN Staff
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…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Johnny Gray raced to his third victory of the season Sunday at the NHRA Kansas Nationals to regain the Funny Car points lead. Gray beat Robert Hight in the final round at Heartland Park Topeka for his sixth career victory, finishing in 4.067 seconds at 314.90 mph in a Dodge Avenger. Hight lost traction in his Ford Mustang. Shawn Langdon won the Top Fuel division, and Jeg Coughlin topped the Pro Stock field. Langdon used the quickest time of the weekend to beat rival Tony Schumacher in the final for his second victory of the season. Langdon…
Severe weather moved through the Plains states over the weekend, bringing high winds, heavy rains and tornadoes. Two twisters were spotted Saturday evening near Rozel, a sparsely populated area in central Kansas.
President Barack Obama told graduates of Morehouse College Sunday to take the power of their example _ as black men graduating from college _ and use it to improve people’s lives.
It’s all about the odds, and one lone ticket sold in a Florida grocery store has beaten them all by matching each of the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million, lottery officials said Sunday.
KINGMAN, Kan. (AP) Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of a former Kansas police instructor charged with killing his wife. The Wichita Eagle reports that Brett Seacat is charged with first-degree murder in the April 2011 death of Vashti Seacat, 34. Investigators found her body after a fire damaged the Kingman home where the couple lived with their two sons, ages 2 and 4. Brett Seacat escaped the home with the boys. He’s a former instructor at the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center in Reno County. Vashti Seacat filed for divorce 16 days before she died. Brett Seacat claimed…
K-State missed out on it’s chance to sweep Oklahoma for the first time since 1990 in a 7-3 loss Sunday afternoon. The Wildcats outhit the Sooners 14 to 7, but stranded 13 base runners in the final game of the weekend series. Jared King’s RBI single in the bottom of the first gave K-State an early 1-0 lead, but Oklahoma came back with three runs in the top of the second to take the lead for good. The Sooners added to that advantage with a run in the fourth and three in the eighth, and they led 7-1 heading into…
A severe storm system struck the area on Saturday night, and left some local businesses scrambling to pick up the pieces. A power surge in Aggieville damaged some electronic equipment, and according to one source almost blew out the windows of one establishment. Other damage occurred at a local storage company on East Highway 24, and is shown in this photo of a sign which was blown over by the heavy winds. Pottawatomie County Fire Supervisor Bruce Brazzle said there was apparently a microburst in a interview on Saturday night. Brazzle says one trailer home in Emmet had its roof…