Operation Santa Claus is a program that Fort Riley and the Association of the United States Army have joined together to assist families who may be facing financial difficulties this holiday season by providing toys, and gift cards for children 2 to 16. The two joined forces 28 years ago. There will be a few events around the city of Manhattan where anyone who would like to help can donate toys or give cash donations. December 4th at Cox Brothers Barbeque from 10:00 AM until 7:00 PM, anyone who gives a donation will receive ten percent off of their meal.…
Author: KMAN Staff
he world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise, was retired from active service at its home port at Naval Station Norfolk on Saturday. It will eventually be towed to Washington state for scrapping.
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has returned home to a hero’s welcome after winning a resounding endorsement for Palestinian independence at the United Nations.
Rodney McGruder scored 22 points to lead four players in double figures as Kansas State shrugged off a sluggish start and ran away from USC-Upstate 72-53 Sunday afternoon at Bramlage Coliseum. K-State trailed 12-8 midway through the first half but then fought back to take a 22-20 lead. The Wildcats then used a 21-0 run that spanned both halves to salt the game away and bounce back from their loss in the NIT Preseason Tournament Final to Michigan on November 23. Thomas Gipson, receiving his first career start in place of a hobbled Jordan Henriquez responded with 11 points and…
After a disappointing loss to Baylor and watching Oklahoma win three straight games to end the regular season, the sixth-ranked Kansas State Wildcats knew that it was time to take care of business on their own if they wanted to secure the Big 12 Championship and the league’s automatic bid to the Bowl Championship Series. After a rather sluggish first half the Wildcats turned on the afterburners in the second half and pulled away from a feisty Texas team with a 42-24 victory before a Senior Night crowd of 50,912 at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Quarterback Collin Klein scored two…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Police are seeking a 19-year-old suspect in a double-homicide at a Dollar General store in Wichita. The Wichita Eagle reports that a warrant was filed Saturday charging the suspect with two counts of murder. Police Lt. Scott Heimerman says 22-year-old store employee Zachary Hunt and 79-year-old customer Henry Harvey were fatally wounded around 8 p.m. Friday. Customers who arrived soon afterward called 911. No other customers were believed to be in the store at the time of the shooting. But police said two other employees were in the rear of the store. Heimerman says it’s not known…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Washburn University will be featured on the official Kansas ornament that will be part of the National Christmas Tree display in Washington. The Topeka university was founded in 1865, and the school is preparing for its 150th anniversary. The Washburn sesquicentennial committee designed the ornament. It bears Washburn’s 150th anniversary logo, which shows the school’s mascot, the Ichabod. The state seal is on the back of the ornament. The ornament can be purchased for $24 at the university and other locations, including the Kansas Historical Society Gift Shop. Washburn started as Lincoln College near the end of…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) An observatory at Washburn University is opening its doors to the public next week. Children and adults will get a chance to view the night sky from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at Crane Observatory in Topeka. It features a Warner Swasey refracting telescope built in the late 1800s. The event is free but will be canceled if the weather isn’t conducive to viewing the sky. The observatory and planetarium is in Stoffer Science Hall.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A New York author and literary agent has co-written a memoir about her husband’s liver transplant at a Kansas hospital. From Monday to Wednesday, Barbara Zitwer will be in the Kansas City area to talk to broadcasters and sign copies of “Still Livin’: The True Story of How One Couple Defied All Odds and Found the Gift of Life.” She wrote it with her husband, Gil Alicea. Because the transplant waiting list was long in New York, the couple went to the University of Kansas Hospital. While Alicea was recovering, she also finished her first book,…
(Courtesy K-State Sports Information) K-State opened the game with three quick 3-pointers to jump on top of the Mississippi Valley State Devilettes immediately and never look back. The Wildcats never trailed in their 64-57 victory on Friday evening at Bramlage Coliseum as Brittany Chambers led the way with 25 points. Chambers shot 7-of-11 from long range and helped K-State score the first 14 points of the game. The Wildcats drained a total of nine shots from beyond the arc as they used Chambers’ hot hand in the first half to their advantage. K-State (5-0) has made a 3-pointer in 179…