Heading into her senior season, Brittany Chambers is K-State’s lone representative on the preseason all-Big 12 women’s basketball team as she earned honorable mention honors. Chambers is a two time all-Big 12 selection and averaged 14 points and 6 rebounds a game last year for the Wildcats. Big 12 First Team: Brittany Griner – Baylor Odyssey Sims – Baylor Chelsea Poppens – Iowa State Angel Goodrich – Kansas Aaryn Ellenberg – Oklahoma Honorable mention all-Big 12 Destiny Williams (Baylor), Carolyn Davis (Kansas), Brittany Chambers (K-State), Whitney Hand (Oklahoma), Chassidy Fussell (Texas), Asya Bussie (West Virginia) Preseason Player of the Year…
Author: KMAN Staff
College students in Denver watched the first presidential debate, as they decide how they’ll vote. Students disagreed over which candidate impressed them more on Wednesday.
In a showdown at close quarters, an aggressive Mitt Romney sparred with President Barack Obama in their first campaign debate Wednesday night over taxes, deficits and strong steps needed to create jobs. The AP’s John Mone has the story.
KMAN has not heard back from KCI Roadrunner to the reasons behind their closing, but sources say the company sold their name and number to Quicksilver Transportation. KMAN has not heard back from Quicksilver as to their plans with the usual routes that were held by KCI Roadrunner. Michael Murrell, owner of Eagle Transportation, however, has told KMAN that they are looking to create a schedule that will go to Kansas City about four times per morning here in a few weeks. Tickets will be $70, $65 for military and $65 for K-State students. When more information becomes available, KMAN will keep…
Reigning Big 12 offensive player of the week Kaitlynn Pelger pounded out 16 kills as K-State broke a eight match losing streak to Iowa State on Wednesday night at Ahearn Fieldhouse. The Cats earned their first win over the Cyclones since 2007, doing so in straight sets, 25-15, 27-25 and 25-17. Caitlyn Donahue led a K-State offense that hit with a .417 efficiency with 38 assists and 10 digs. Lilla Porubek had 10 kills, and Alex Muff added eight kills for the Cats. Pelger and Tristan McCarty each had nine digs on a solid night for K-State’s (16-1, 3-1 Big…
At the national level there was a big debate to witness, but here in our local Manhattan community another took place Wednesday as the USD 383 school board had their public meeting as to whether the high school should continue to have open lunch at the west campus or to close it. Prior to the meeting, the administration sent out a couple of surveys, one to the parents another to staff. The numbers were talked about prior to opening the meeting for those in attendance and also comments were read from those surveys. Points were made on both to keeping…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A court hearing has been delayed for a former Sedgwick County corrections officer accused of sexually assaulting jail inmates. The preliminary hearing to determine if there’s enough evidence to send former deputy David Kendall to trial had been set for Thursday. It’s now scheduled for Nov. 14. Kendall resigned in late June and is facing 12 criminal charges ranging from felony aggravated criminal sodomy to misdemeanor sexual battery. Eleven of the charges accuse him of sex crimes against six inmates from April to June. Kendall is free on bond. His lawyer has attacked the credibility of the…
LEAWOOD, Kan. (AP) A moderate GOP Kansas state senator has endorsed the Democratic candidate over a conservative Republican in a Kansas City-area district. Sen. John Vratil, of Leawood, has served in the chamber since 1998 but isn’t seeking re-election. He’s the Senate vice president. Vratil said Wednesday he supports Democrat Mike Delaney of Overland Park in the 11th Senate District race because he views Delaney as a strong supporter of public schools. Delaney is running against conservative Republican Jeff Melcher of Leawood, who has the backing of Gov. Sam Brownback and the Kansas Chamber of Commerce. Melcher said Vratil’s action…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The director of the Topeka Zoo says the zoo is considering four different options for continuing its elephant program. Critics have been pressuring the zoo to send its two aging elephants to an elephant sanctuary in Tennessee. But zoo director Brendan Wiley told the city council Tuesday consultants are working with zoo officials to determine the best way to continue the elephant program. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the four options are: continuing the current program, adding one elephant to maintain the program for 10 to 15 years, replacing the current elephants or making a long-term commitment and…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) The University of Kansas is looking for 64 new faculty members. Provost Jeff Vitter said Tuesday it’s the first large hiring effort at the university since the early to mid-2000s. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the university plans to hire 30 new faculty members in the School of Engineering, 22 other various positions and 12 positions called “Foundation Professor.” Those 12 jobs will be for high-profile, established faculty members from other institutions. Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little said the current hiring effort would return the university’s faculty to the size it was in the previous decade before hiring slowed down.…