On Tuesday the Manhattan City Commission will be taking a look at the 2011 economic development report. Manhattan City Manager Ron Fehr believes the work session would be valuable for local residents as it details several projects that received benefits from the half cent sales tax. The sales tax is up for vote on November’s ballot. Fehr says the 2011 report is being presented due to the ability from participating companies to give a clearer view of the reporting period, but will also include some numbers from mid 2012. The work session will be held at City Hall starting at 5pm on Tuesday. The…
Author: KMAN Staff
After an historic victory 24-19 at Oklahoma, K-State has leapt up eight spots in the Associated Press college football poll to #7 in the country. Coach Bill Snyder’s Wildcats became the first ranked team in the tenure of Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops to beat the Sooners in Norman. K-State (4-0) is now the highest ranked Big 12 team in the media poll after beginning the season at #22. With just a 10-point win at home over Maryland, West Virginia actually dropped a spot to #9. Texas held steady at #12 on an open week, while TCU jumped up two spots…
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — For John Hubert and No. 15 Kansas State, there is no sweeter payback than avenging a dream-crushing loss at the hands of No. 6 Oklahoma. Hubert ran for 130 yards and a touchdown, Jarell Childs scooped up a fumble and returned it for a score and the Wildcats beat the Sooners 24-19 on Saturday night to avenge a wrenching loss from last season. From the lows of absorbing a 41-point blowout loss on their home field that snuffed out their hopes for an undefeated season to the joys of celebrating on Oklahoma’s hallowed home field, the boys from the Little…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Billy Butler is wrapping up a career year, and Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost thinks the slugger is capable of more. Butler hit a run-scoring single in the first inning to reach 100 RBIs for the first time and the Royals beat the Cleveland Indians 5-3 on Saturday night. The designated hitter also doubled twice in his 53rd multihit game, raising his batting average to .312. He also has a career-best 27 homers this season. ”I said last year Billy was a 30-100 RBI guy,” Yost said. ”He’s got some work to do. I think Billy…
Lilla Porubek had 11 kills and Kaitlynn Pelger added 10 as #11 K-State volleyball swept Nebraska-Omaha on Saturday afternoon at Ahearn Fieldhouse, 25-14, 25-15, and 25-21. The Cats got back on track in their final non-conference match after taking their first loss of the season on Wednesday night at Oklahoma. Kaitlynn Donahue had 35 assists as K-State (13-1) worked in their entire roster including senior walk-on Ali Boehler, who made her Wildcat debut. Kuulei Kabalis led K-State in digs with 14. Nebraska-Omaha (5-9), who is a first-year Division I program out of the Summit League, got 11 kills from Natalie…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Luis Mendoza felt terrible for much of the week, then quickly got into trouble when he returned to the mound Friday night. Once he wiggled out of that first-inning jam, it was mostly smooth sailing from there. Mendoza pitched into the seventh in his first start since a bout with strep throat, leading the Kansas City Royals to a 6-3 victory over the struggling Cleveland Indians. Mike Moustakas and Brayan Pena each drove in two runs for the Royals, who have won three straight and four of six. Mendoza (8-9) allowed two runs and eight hits in…
In an ongoing investigation of the distribution of drugs, Devon Davis, 23, and Timothy Hill, 23, were arrested on 6th Street between Grandview Plaza and Junction City. Davis is charged with three counts of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, one count of sell of methamphetamine within 1000 feet of a school, possess of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, possession of drug paraphernalia , unlawful use of a communication devise and no drug tax stamp. His bond was set at $15,000. Hill was charged with two counts of of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, two counts sell of methamphetamine within 1000 feet of a school, conspiracy…
Recent unemployment numbers have been released. For the Manhattan Metropolitan area, which includes Geary, Pottawatomie and Riley Counties numbers have decreased from 6.3 percent in July to 5.9 in August. This is also down from August of last year, which was also 6.3 percent. For the City of Manhattan, August numbers were at 4.9 percent, which is down from the 5.2 in July and the 5.3 percent from August of last year. Clay County is sitting at 4.9 percent, Geary County is at 8.0 percent, Pottawatomie County is at 5.6 percent and Riley County is at 5.1 percent. The Manhattan Metropolitan area continues to compare…
The Wizard of Oz museum in Wamego is getting to be pretty well known for it’s annual Oztoberfest event. Vistitors from all over flock to the museum to experiance the magic that is Oz, decades after the release of the move. Margaret Pelligrini, one of the original Munchkins in the 1939 MGM motion picture “The Wizard of Oz,” will be the featured guest “Margaret has been with us nearly every year of our festival,” states Oz museum manager Salina Morgan. “She will have celebrated her 89th birthday just a few days before our festival, but she is determined to come and be…
After several months of investigation, a Manhattan man has been arrested in connection with a May fatal accident on K-18. Miles Theurer, 24, was taken into custody Thursday on charges of DUI, two counts of involuntary manslaughter while DUI, and two counts of aggravated battery, with a total bond of $50,000. His name appears on the Riley County Police arrest report released Friday morning. The accident involving Theurer occurred in mid-May , with two fatalities involved. According to the Kansas HIghway patrol at the time of the accident, Elizabeth Young, 31, of White City and Michael Stanley, 30, of Ogden…