After picking up the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Friday night in Baltimore, Kansas State Quarterback Collin Klein made his way to New York City where on Saturday night the Heisman Trophy will be handed out at the Downtown Athletic Club. Klein is one of three finalists for the award joined by Texas A&M Quarterback Johnny Manziel and Notre Dame Lineback Mantei Te’o. Klein is the second player from K-State to be Heisman Finalist. In 1998, Quarterback Michael Bishop finished second in the balloting to Texas Running Back Ricky Williams. In 2003, Running Back Darren Sproles finished fifth but was…
Author: KMAN Staff
Police released video Friday night that shows officers finding Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher asleep in his car just hours before he killed his girlfriend and later shot himself.
After a five hour trip, the Manhattan High basketball teams were not kind hosts to Dodge City on Friday night, taking both games in the doubleheader. The Indian girls jumped out to a quick 6-0 lead, but found themselves trailing the Lady Demons 17-12 midway through the second quarter. MHS though would finish the half by scoring 12 points unanswered, and went on to the 53-38 victory over Dodge City. Elayna Spilker made 14 of 17 free throw attempts, and scored 18 points to pace the Tribe (3-0). Chandra Sain topped the Lady Demons (1-1) with 11 points. The Manhattan…
21 firemen from five stations in the Riley County area responded to a garage fire at 4740 Freeman Road, Thursday overnight. Damage to the garage is estimated at 15-thousand, with another five to eight thousand dollars of damage to contents in the garage and metal shed, and another thousand dollars damage to the side of the house. The cause is currently under investigation, but is suspected to be the result of an electrical malfunction.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A film crew for an Animal Planet network show is coming to Kansas next month to look for evidence that Bigfoot might be roaming the state. “Finding Bigfoot” producer Sean Mantooth says the TV crew will be in the Wichita area in late January to film scenes for the show. He wouldn’t say where the hunt will take place because he doesn’t want anyone to try to pull a hoax. The Wichita Eagle reports a town hall meeting is scheduled for Jan. 26 in the Wichita area, but Mantooth says the location hasn’t been determined. The most…
SALINA, Kan. (AP) A Salina woman whose car was stolen after she left it running to warm up has been ticketed for leaving her vehicle unattended. The Salina Journal reports the woman’s 1998 Chevrolet Lumina was stolen at 6:45 a.m. Thursday and found about four hours later a block-and-a-half away with its stereo missing. Also missing from the car was a diaper bag containing a wallet. Police spokesman Scott Siemsen says the loss was estimated at $240.
OSKALOOSA, Kan. (AP) A 32-year-old northeast Kansas man has pleaded guilty in Jefferson County District Court to two counts of involuntary manslaughter for an accident that killed two people in March. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Brian Keefe also pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts of driving under the influence. Keefe’s vehicle crossed the center line, causing a two-vehicle crash that killed two people in the other car, 38-year-old Shawn Fraker of Winchester and 27-year-old Daniel Shawn Walker of Oskaloosa. Keefe was out on bond for the March crash when he was arrested again for drunken driving in August. He is…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback says federal officials have granted the state permission to overhaul its Medicaid program. The decision by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services was announced Friday. It allows Kansas to turn the $2.9 billion-a-year program for the needy over to three private insurance companies in January as planned. The state already has awarded three-year contracts to the companies. Medicaid covers medical services for about 395,000 poor, disabled and elderly Kansans. Brownback’s administration argues that moving all Medicaid participants into managed care will improve services while controlling the state’s costs. Kansas needed HHS…
MCPHERSON, Kan. (AP) A national group says a new police chaplain program in a central Kansas town violates the U.S. Constitution. The Freedom From Religion Foundation notified McPherson city officials that it had received a complaint about the program, saying it violates the separation of church and state. The Wisconsin-based organization is asking the city to end the program. The program allows two Christian ministers to ride along with McPherson police officers, to counsel officers and be present when officers inform families of deaths. An attorney for the foundation says the complaint came from a McPherson resident. The Hutchinson News…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The wife of a man convicted of killing a rural Kansas woman has been removed from a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the victim’s children. An Atchison County judge on Thursday removed Rebecca Hollister from the lawsuit filed by the children of 58-year-old Patricia Kimmi of rural Horton. Hollister’s husband, Roger, is serving life in prison for Kimmi’s November 2009 death. Kimmi’s children allege in their lawsuit that their estranged father, Eugene Kimmi, and the Hollisters conspired to cause Patricia Kimmi’s death. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the judge ruled the plaintiffs had presented no evidence to prove…