President Barack Obama delivered his his second inaugural address Monday, saying that the inalienable rights set out in the Declaration of Independence may be self-evident but “they’ve never been self-executed.”
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While KMAN alerted you to his candidacy this past weekend, we had a chance to catch up with one of the last minute election filers for Manhattan/Ogden’s USD 383 school board. Aaron Estabrook reminds KMAN funding for education was one of the main issues emphasized in his last campaign for public office. Estabrook says he thinks his background also serves him well for a role such as school board member. Estabrook currently works for The Salvation Army as a Case Manager for Homeless Veterans across northern Kansas. He is a returning combat Veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Aaron, and…
On the heels of an eight-game winning streak, the K-State men are now on the cusp of the top 10. The Cats are up five spots in both polls, at #11 in the AP and #13 in the USA Today Coaches’ polls. K-State won both games they play last week, 67-54 at TCU on Wednesday, and 69-60 at home on Saturday against Oklahoma. The Cats are 15-2 and 4-0 in the Big 12 and will play #2/#3 Kansas in the Sunflower Showdown on Tuesday night in Manhattan at Bramlage Coliseum. KU is the only other Big 12 team in both…
For the fourth time in seven weeks, K-State senior guard Rodney McGruder has been named the Big 12 player of the week. McGruder passes first team all-American Michael Beasley for most weekly league honors in a single season for a Wildcat. Beasley was tabbed Big 12 player of the week three times during the 2007-2008 season. McGruder posted back-to-back 20-point scoring efforts in a pair of K-State wins last week. He scored 21 points, grabbed five rebounds, and dished out three assists in the Cats’ 67-54 victory at TCU on Wednesday night. McGruder hit four of nine three point attempts…
A former K-State Wildcat made a highlight reel play on Saturday afternoon in the East-West Shrine Game on Saturday afternoon in St. Petersburg, FL, but it wasn’t Collin Klein. Second team all-American cornerback Nigel Malone picked off former Louisiana Tech quarterback Colby Cameron in the second quarter, and returned it 30 yards to the house. The TD put the West up 21-3, en route to a 28-13 victory. Meanwhile, Klein did lead the East squad in rushing with 35 yards, but struggled throwing the football. He completed just 5 of 13 passes for 43 yards and an interception. Klein though…
The race for the USD 383 school board election has gained another candidate. Pat Hudgins filed for candidacy Friday afternoon, and becomes the fourth person to file for a race that has three open spots. Hudgins says that she initially tried for a vacant seat on the board last spring, but fell short. However, that experience really sparked an interest in what she could possibly do in the future. Her involvement in various classrooms in the area helped nurture that desire to do more, and Hudgins states that that same passion got people that knew her to encourage her to…
For the second time in three weeks, Manhattan High wrestling claimed a tournament title with a narrow victory at the Husky Invite at Blue Valley Northwest. The Tribe edged out Newton by five points on Saturday in the team standings, after the Railroaders topped MHS at the Tournament of Champions last weekend. Blue Valley Northwest took a distant third. 113-pound Jase Stone, 126-pound Dallas Vesta, and 152-pound Michael Leeper all brought home individual titles in Overland Park. 120-pound Kian Clemens and 145-pound Davis Matthews both were second, and 160-pound Austin Chauncey came in third. Rock Creek took another big step…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A former Kansas State University English professor in prison for killing his ex-wife in 2003 is challenging the legality of his sentence. Fifty-six-year-old Thomas E. Murray is serving 25 years to life in prison for the stabbing death of Carmin Ross at her home north of Lawrence. At the time, Murray and Ross were fighting over custody of their daughter, who was 4 at the time. On Tuesday, Murray’s attorneys will argue the attorneys who represented him at the murder trial did not provide an adequate defense. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the civil lawsuit was filed…
Members of the Manhattan community came together Saturday night at the Manhattan High school east campus to honor the memory and the dream of the late Martin Luther King Jr. The MLK memorial event sought to celebrate the ideals of Dr. King through an inspirational speech, followed by a candlelit march that sought to reenact those marches that took place during the civil rights struggle. The speech was delivered by Dr. Glenda Overstreet, who is a columnist for the Topeka Capitol Journal as well as President of the Kansas State chapter of the NAACP. Overstreet talked about where humanity is…
On the cusp of his second term, President Barack Obama took the oath of office in an intimate White House ceremony, a swearing-in ritual he will repeat on Monday before a massive crowd at the Capitol.