The Manhattan girls built a 14 point second half lead and held on for a 48-44 win over Valley Center in the first round of the Mid America Classic in McPherson Thursday afternoon. It was the second straight win for the Tribe without the services of leading scorer Elayna Spilker who is out with a leg injury. MHS was led in scoring for a second straight game by Caroline Ballard who racked up 14 points and 8 rebounds. Kristen Thompson had 13 points thanks in large part to a 3-5 night from 3-point range. Manhattan led 31-17 early in the…
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Starting off the night for the Manhattan Ogden school board was an executive session, but as soon as that was done they moved to their regular business meeting. The board was given to the opportunity to honor both a teacher and a group on work well done. Jesse Peters, a social studies teacher at Anthony Middle school was recognized as the 2013 Kansas Cable Telecommunications Horizon Award recipient by the Kansas State Department of Education. This was followed by honoring the Manhattan High School Thespian Troupe as they received the Gold Honor Troupe Award. Old business consisted of the Bishop Stadium…
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, in lifting a ban on women serving in combat, said women have become integral to the military’s success and have shown they are willing to fight and die alongside their male counterparts.
Congressional Democrats are reintroducing legislation to ban assault weapons but the measure faces long odds even after last month’s mass school shooting in the state of Connecticut.
A lone protester shouting about the Middle East interrupted the hearing. Just as Sen. John Kerry completed his prepared testimony, the woman began shouting about the Middle East and was escorted from the room.
Last Monday marked the first Riley County Commission meeting with new commissioners, Robert Boyd and Ron Wells. As the commission has had numerous commitments, including meetings and the leader’s retreat in Overland Park, as well as observance of the holiday on Monday, Thursday marked their second commission meeting during their term. One item was carried over from the previous meeting due to limited time. This item involved dividing up the board assignments and responsibilities between the three of them. Commission Chair, Dave Lewis requested that he keep his current seat on the MPO (Metropolitan Planning Organization) as well as his…
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) Josh Gray scored 16 points to lead Texas Tech to a 56-51 win over Iowa State on Wednesday night. Jordan Tolbert added 13 points and grabbed eight rebounds, and Dejan Kravic had eight points and eight rebounds for the Red Raiders (9-8, 2-4 Big 12). Will Clyburn led the Cyclones (13-5, 3-2) with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Korie Lucious added 11 points, nine of them from beyond the arc. Texas Tech took a 48-47 lead on a Tolbert field goal with 3:20 remaining. A Gray lay-in as the shot clock expired made it 50-47 with…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Former K-State all-American Michael Beasley had 13 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter and the Phoenix Suns won their first game under new coach Lindsey Hunter, beating the Sacramento Kings 106-96 on Wednesday night. The Suns, tied with New Orleans for the worst record in the Western Conference at 14-28, outplayed the Kings in the second half, quieting a Sacramento crowd that was watching the Kings for the first time since the announced sale of the team to a group of Seattle businessmen. Luis Scola led the Suns with 21 points. Marcin Gortat, Goran…
Update: KMAN caught up with John Armbrust, and he provided more details regarding possible military spending cuts. He reinterated Governor Sam Brownback’s statement regarding the military saying that “we need to do whatever we can to help the military reduce their costs of operations on their bases, but also do it in a way that is good for the community”. Armbrust goes on to say that while the number of cuts is high across the armed forces, they were not totally unexpected, and that “all we can do is to continue to make sure that we are strong here in…
Members of the Kansas City Royals baseball team made a surprise appearance at a welcome home ceremony for returning soldiers, Tuesday at Fort. Riley. 240 members of Members of the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Division, reunited with friends and family following a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan. MLB Hall of Fame third baseman and former Royal, George Brett; Royal’s Hall of Fame pitcher, Jeff Montgomery; current Royal’s pitcher, Jeremy Guthrie; Royals Broadcaster, Rex Hudler and Slugger the Mascott, attended the ceremony. The Players signed autographs, and thanked the soldiers for their service. The Royals Charities also presented a check for 10,000 dollars to the USO chapter at Fort…