KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs expect to have wide receiver Mecole Hardman on the field for the first time in nearly two months on Sunday when they play the Denver Broncos in the penultimate game of the regular season. Hardman has been out since Nov. 6 with an abdominal injury that landed him on injured reserve. He returned to practice a couple of weeks ago, but the ailment caused the already lean Hardman to lose weight he’s had to put back on. The time off also diminished the endurance. “As the week went on,” Chiefs coach…
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MANHATTAN, Kan. (Kansas State Athletics) – Junior Nae’Qwan Tomlin earned his first career weekly award on Tuesday afternoon (December 27), as he was selected as the Big 12 co-Newcomer of the Week after his near double-double performance in the Wildcats’ 73-65 win over Radford on Dec. 21. Tomlin led four Wildcats in double figures in the win over the Highlanders with a season-high 26 points to help K-State (11-1) extend its winning streak to 5 games and continue its best start to a season since 2016-17. It was his first career 20-point game, as he connected on 11-of-18 field goals, which included…
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Edward Seaton, a longtime Kansas newspaper publisher who served as the Pulitzer Prize Board’s chair and advocated for international press freedom, has died. He was 79. He died of natural causes Monday night at his home in Manhattan in northeastern Kansas, his son, Ned, who followed his father as publisher of The Manhattan Mercury, told the newspaper. Edward Seaton was chairman of Seaton Publications at the time of his death. He became The Mercury’s publisher and associate editor in 1969 and its editor-in-chief in 1981. His grandfather had bought the paper in 1915, and his father, uncle and…
News Radio KMAN · In Focus 12/28/22: Kenny Titus, Lewis Bloom Segment 1 – 00:00 Segment 2 – 10:43 Segment 3 – 19:51 Segment 4 – 35:43 On Wednesday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Rep.-elect Kenny Titus and Rep.-elect Lewis Bloom for the full hour.
The following summary of calls for service/reports filed by the Riley County Police Department is a portion of those received by police. Some names, addresses, and case details are withheld to follow local, state, and federal law and in an attempt to protect community members from being victimized further. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. MANHATTAN, KAN. – Officers filed a report for theft by deception in the 100 block of Blue Earth Pl. in Manhattan on December 27, 2022, around 8:30 a.m. Holiday Inn Express was listed as the victim when it was…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs wouldn’t be in the race for a first-round bye in the AFC without Patrick Mahomes, who is charting a course toward a second MVP, along with three-time All-Pro tight end Travis Kelce and a host of other big-name stars. Nor would they have been in the mix without the unsung and overlooked. At the top of the list is Jerick McKinnon, whose one-year deal paying him $1,272,500 was signed without fanfare — it barely merited mention most places — but has turned out to be one of the biggest steals in…
Starting in January, parking regulations are set to change in the Aggieville Entertainment District. The first to go into effect focuses on street parking, and begins on Tuesday January 3rd says Manhattan Parking Services Manager Adrienne Tucker. “The three-hour limit on parking has been reduced to two hours,” she says. “And we will be enforcing parking through LPR or license plate recognition technology versus the traditional chalking method.” The two hour limit was settled on in a compromise between city and Aggieville representatives in 2022. Initially, on-street parking was to be limited to three hours with one hour free parking…
MANHATTAN, Kan. (Kansas State Athletics) – Jason Mansfield, who has been a part of seven NCAA Final Fours and one national championship during stints at Stanford and Washington, has been named the ninth head volleyball coach at Kansas State, Athletics Director Gene Taylor announced today. Mansfield, who has spent the past five seasons at Washington, will be formally introduced at a press conference next week. More details will be announced soon. “We are very excited to welcome Jason and his family to Manhattan and the Wildcat Volleyball family,” Taylor said. “The search for our new head coach drew significant interest…
Joseph Stepney, 44, of Manhattan was arrested on December 21, 2022, around 2:00 a.m. for failure to appear in court for charges of aggravated assault on LEO and interference with LEO. These charges stem from his original arrest on May 14, 2022, when he walked away from officers attempting to arrest him on a separate Pottawatomie County District Court warrant, then armed himself with a metal rake. Stepney remains confined in the Riley County Jail with a total bond of $20,000.
News Radio KMAN · In Focus 12/27/22: Adrienne Tucker, Greg Riat Segment 1 – 00:00 Segment 2 – 08:49 Segment 3 – 16:15 On Tuesday’s edition of In Focus Manhattan Parking Services Manager Adrienne Tucker spoke to the new fees for parking in the Aggieville Parking Garage starting in January, and how that will be implemented. Pottawatomie County 3 rd District Commissioner Greg Riat looked back on the 2022 calendar year at some of the highlights for the county, including staffing challenges that were overcome, and spoke to challenges ahead for the county in the new year.