A motion to suppress in a high profile Manhattan murder case has been denied. The ruling came from Riley County District Court Judge David Stutzman this week in the homicide case involving Cole Drake, 16, of Manhattan. The motions hearing was held earlier this month for Drake, charged with the homicide of fellow Manhattan High school student Tyler Dowling in April of last year. The motion to suppress involved statements made by Drake after the body of Dowling was found in a field near Eisenhower middle school. Drake reportedly confessed to shooting Dowling and defense attorneys have argued he was…
Author: KMAN Staff
All three of K-State’s non-conference games can been seen across the country, as the school and the Big 12 released television information on Wednesday. The sold-out season opener against Missouri State on Saturday, September 1st will be on the online subscription service, K-State HDTV at 6:10pm at Bill Snyder Stadium. The next week, the Cats will face Miami at 11:00am on FX, and K-State’s 6:00pm tilt on September 15th against North Texas will be shown nationally by Fox Sports Net. In addition, K-State announced on Thursday that the Cats’ tilt with the Mean Green has also been declared a sellout. …
Kansas State athletics director John Currie announced today that junior guard Stephanie Wittman has been dismissed from the Wildcat women’s basketball team for a violation of program rules. As a sophomore, Wittman played in 22 games and averaged 0.5 points and 1.1 rebounds in a reserve role.
The Kansas Volleyball Association released it’s preseason rankings, and both Manhattan and Wamego are mentioned in 6A and 4A, but are not in the top five. In our area conferences, Washburn Rural is #1 in 6A, Seaman checks in at #4 in 5A, Silver Lake and Marysville are ranked #4 & #5 in 3A, Washington County is #2 and Wabaunsee is #5 in 2A, Centralia is #2 in 1A Division I, and B&B is top ranked in 1A Division II. 6A 1. Washburn Rural 2. Blue Valley North 3. Gardner-Edgerton 4. Olathe East 5. Blue Valley West Others: Blue Valley…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) James Shields took a three-hitter into the eighth inning, leading Tampa Bay over the Kansas City Royals 5-3 Wednesday for the Rays’ 16th win in 21 games. Shields (12-7) retired 12 in a row after Alcides Escobar’s two-out single in the third and allowed three runs and five hits in 7 2-3 innings. The right-hander struck out seven and walked one, improving to 4-0 with a 2.15 ERA in his last five starts. Escobar ended Shields’ day with a two-out RBI triple in the eighth that pulled Kansas City to 4-2. Jake McGee allowed a…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Matt Cassel spent last season searching in vain for someone to catch the ball. Sure, he had Dwayne Bowe and Steve Breaston, but the Chiefs quarterback had limited options beyond that because of injuries and a crippling lack of depth. That doesn’t seem to be the problem this season. The Chiefs have running back Jamaal Charles and tight end Tony Moeaki back from injury, and signed Peyton Hillis and tight end Kevin Boss in the offseason. And suddenly, Cassel must feel like a boy on Christmas morning when he looks downfield at all the options. …
A woman battled a 12-foot, 1,000 lb marlin during a fishing tournament in Hawaii. She won’t get credit for a world-record catch because she wound up needing help getting it on her boat.
A professional tennis referee from Los Angeles who has officiated matches between the game’s top players for years was arrested in New York City on Tuesday. She is accused of killing her elderly husband in April.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas officials say a third former patient at Hays Medical Center has tested positive for a strain of hepatitis C linked to a cluster of New Hampshire cases traced to a traveling hospital technician. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment says 474 people were potentially exposed to hepatitis C when David Kwiatkowksi worked at the Hays hospital’s cardiac catheterization lab from May 24 to Sept. 22, 2010. KDHE says 366 former Hays patients have been tested so far. Two were reported positive earlier this month. KDHE reported the third positive test this week. Some former patients…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A southeast Kansas couple who operate a joint beauty salon and gun shop are facing federal firearms charges. The U.S. Attorney’s office says Jeffrey Eberhart (50) was charged Wednesday with unlawful possession of a firearm and dealing firearms without a license. Tracey Eberhart (41) is charged with aiding a felon in possessing firearms and providing firearms to a convicted felon. The Eberharts run Traceys Dream Weavers Salon and Sporting Goods in Augusta, which marketed guns to women. Investigators said Tracey Eberhart failed to mention her husband a convicted felon when she sought a federal license to sell firearms.…