MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Collin Klein threw for 230 yards and accounted for three touchdowns, Tyler Lockett returned a kickoff 96 yards for another score and No. 15 Kansas State eased past pesky North Texas 35-21 on Saturday night. Tramaine Thompson caught five passes for 102 yards and two scores, and John Hubert added a touchdown on the ground for Kansas State (3-0), which struggled to put away the tougher-than-expected Mean Green in its tuneup for next Saturday’s showdown with fifth-ranked Oklahoma. North Texas (1-2) scratched and clawed its way within 14-13 late in the third quarter before Klein and Thompson hooked up for their second touchdown.…
Author: KMAN Staff
Kaitlynn Pelger had 19 kills as #19 K-State beat top 20 opponents in back-to-back matches, this time in straight sets over #20 Dayton, 25-23, 25-20, 25-15. The Cats swept the Flyers just 18 hours after beating #10 Minnesota in five sets on Friday night. The Golden Gophers have already knocked Big 12 favorite Texas in Austin. K-State won their third tournament of the season at the Golden Hurricane Classic at Tulsa. Pelger was named the tourney MVP, while Kathleen Ludwig and Kaitlyn Donahue also made the all-tournament team. In the match against Dayton, Lilla Porubek added 9 kills, Alex Muff…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Switch-hitter Kendrys Moraleshas been struggling from the right side of the plate all season. When he pinch-hit in the eighth inning, the Royals brought in a left-hander trying to play the percentages. The move backfired. Morales hit a two-run homer and the Los Angeles Angels rallied for a 9-7 victory over Kansas City on Friday night. Several hours before the game, a man shot and wounded a female parking lot employee between the stadiums that are home to the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals before killing himself, police said. The pair were both in their 40s…
The half-cent sales tax has been taking a tour of the Manhattan community as Riley County representatives and Manhattan city officials have been providing educational presentations. Riley County Commissioner Dave Lewis and Manhattan Mayor Loren Peppard gave their presentation on Saturday at the RockHouse Café next to Ray’s Apple Market. During the presentation, Lewis talked about the breakdown of the half-cent sales tax within a $20 million dollar prioritized distribution. In the Manhattan urban area, $9.3 million dollars would be distributed and then the remaining $10.7 million would be in the rural Riley County. Peppard explained the definition of economic…
Tens of thousands of tearful mourners attended the funeral of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the founder of the Unification Church who built a multibillion-dollar business empire stretching from the Korean Peninsula to the United States.
Egyptian police on Saturday cleared out protesters who have been clashing with security forces for the past four days near the U.S. Embassy as most cities around the Muslim world reported calm a day.
The city’s nearly weeklong teachers strike appeared headed toward a resolution after negotiators emerged from marathon talks to say they had achieved a “framework” that could end the walkout in time for students to return to class Monday.
Leading the grieving, President Barack Obama on Friday honored the four Americans killed in an attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya.
Earning their 10th 5-set win against just one defeat in the last two seasons, #19 K-State volleyball rallied to beat #10 Minnesota at the Golden Hurricane Classic in Tulsa, 13-25, 25-22, 16-25, 25-19, 15-7. The Cats beat a top 10 for the sixth time in school history, and extend the best start in school history to 11-0. Kathleen Ludwig and Kaitlynn Pelger each had 16 kills for K-State, and Lilla Porubek added 11 kills. Caitlyn Donahue had a double-double with 41 assists and 10 digs. Minnesota (8-2) was led by 17 kills from Katherine Harms. K-State will face #20 Dayton…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A man shot and wounded a female parking lot employee Friday between the stadiums that are home to the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals before killing himself, police said. Officers were called to a parking area between Arrowhead Stadium and Kauffman Stadium at 3:23 p.m. Friday, said Kansas City, Mo., police Sgt. Stacey Graves. Graves said the woman was taken to a hospital in critical condition. Officers found the man in a car, dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot. Both were in their 40s and knew each other, but police did not elaborate on their relationship.…