TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas is receiving a federal grant worth nearly $350,000 to promote healthier meals in schools. The money from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will help Kansas implement the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. The 2010 law aims to make federally subsidized school lunches healthier. Seventeen other states and one territory were awarded money through the competitive grant process. Kansas offered popular chef-taught culinary classes last summer for school food service workers. State officials say the grant will pay for more such training to help schools transition to the new federal guidelines. The Kansas Department of Education says that…
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Update as of Thursday morning: Riley county Police provided an update Thursday morning regarding a missing juvenile, described as endangered. As KMAN news has been reporting since Wednesday, a new notice was issued regarding Cleotilde Lucero Soto-Garcia, 15, of northwest Manhattan, who has been missing since August 30th. Riley County Police Detective Richard Lewis told reporters Thursday morning Soto-Garcia had only a few friends on her social media sites. Lewis indicates he does not believe she was lured away by an online predator. And the Detective says the 15-year-old juvenile has run off for a few days in the past, and and was a caregiver at her residence for younger siblings. Earlier this…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs put center Rodney Hudson on injured reserve Wednesday with a broken bone in his left leg and signed offensive linemen Russ Hochstein and Bryan Mattison to provide additional depth. The moves came one day after Kansas City put cornerback Jacques Reeves on IR. Chiefs coach Romeo Crennel said Wednesday that veteran guard Ryan Lilja will start at center on Sunday against San Diego, and rookie Jeff Allen will take his place. It will be the same arrangement that Kansas City used once Hudson was hurt in last Sunday’s overtime victory in New Orleans.…
A media report released this morning has K-State officials quickly clarifying misleading information from the report. The Lawrence Journal World wrote the initial report indicating that K-State President Kirk Schulz wants to improve the university’s national recognition by dropping “K-State” as a nickname. On the contrary, Jeff Morris, K-State Vice President for Communication and Marketing reassures that the term is alive and well. “K-State is part of our brand DNA,” Morris says. “It is not going away, it’s just we want to be appropriate to the right audience.” Morris adds that whenever he is outside of the region or in…
TCU will face LSU to open the 2013 season at Dallas Cowboys Stadium. Both teams will be making their second appearance in the Cowboys Classic. The Horned Frogs bested Oregon State 30-21 in a half empty Dallas Cowboys Stadium to open the 2010 season, while the Tigers started last season in Arlington, Texas, by beating Oregon 40-27. The game will be played Saturday, Aug. 31 and be televised by ABC, ESPN or ESPN2. TCU and LSU have played eight times, but not since 1968. The Tigers leads the all-time series 5-2-1. This season, Alabama beat Michigan 41-14 at Cowboys Stadium.
Manhattan High grad Kylie Rupe has been named the National Christian College Athletic Association student-athlete of the week for Division II volleyball. Rupe is sophomore outside hitter for Manhattan Christian College, and had 59 kills and a hitting percentage of .420 as the Crusaders went 3-1 at the Grace University Classic over the weekend. Rupe also led MCC defensively with 55 digs. The Crusaders beat AIB JV, Baptist Bible College, and Grace, but lost in four sets to York College, an NAIA school.
DETROIT (AP) Anibal Sanchez threw his first shutout in over a year, and the Detroit Tigers moved into a tie for first in the AL Central with a 2-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night. Detroit pulled even with the White Sox with eight games to play after Chicago lost 4-3 to Cleveland earlier in the day. Sanchez (4-6) retired the first 11 hitters he faced and allowed only three hits. He struck out 10 and walked one. He threw 105 pitches in his first shutout since Sept. 10, 2011, when he tossed a one-hitter for…
NOON UPDATE: An Ogden woman was injured in a two vehicle accident near the Manhattan Regional airport, KMAN news first told you about shortly after eight Wednesday morning . Terri Jo Quick, 59, was treated and released at Mercy Regional Health Center, following the accident, reported a minute before eight a.m. The Kansas Highway Patrol reports Quick was a passenger in a 2005 GMC school bus driven by Misty Gandara, 50, of Manhattan, who was not injured. The bus and a 2006 Mazda driven by a Shawnee woman were westbound on K-18 in the construction zone in front of the airport, when the bus…
The NFL conceded Tuesday that a bad call cost the Green Bay Packers the game yet still upheld the Seattle Seahawks’ victory.
President Barack Obama is telling the U.N. General Assembly that he wants to resolve the dispute over Iran’s nuclear program through diplomacy but that the time to do that is not unlimited.