KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Free agent left-hander Ryan Yarbrough signed a one-year contract with the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday after spending the past five seasons with Tampa Bay. The 30-year-old Yarbrough was 3-8 with a 4.50 ERA in 20 games last season, making nine starts. He twice was on the injured list with groin tightness and a strained oblique. Yarbrough was 40-31 with a 4.33 ERA in 127 games, including 59 starts, for the Rays. He was 16-6 as a rookie in 2018. He was 2-0 with a 3.06 ERA in eight postseason games. Yarbrough played college ball…
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MANHATTAN, Kan. (Kansas State Athletics) – Kansas State Football is celebrating its 2022 Big 12 title with the K-State Family by announcing a 19-stop Championship Trophy Tour beginning on Wednesday. The 2022 Big 12 Championship trophy will travel throughout the state of Kansas on a six-day tour, and the stops will include the opportunity for fans to take photos with the trophy. “We can’t thank our fans enough,” head coach Chris Klieman said. “Our crowds were electric all season and created an unbelievable atmosphere in Arlington. We were playing for them as much as we were for each other, and we are…
The City of Manhattan is continuing on the path of dissolving and consolidating its Social Services and Special Alcohol Funds Advisory Committees. That’s Commissioner Mark Hatesohl at Tuesday’s city commission work session. City officials had discussed the consolidation of the two boards with commissioners earlier in the year, with the majority supporting consolidation citing the boards’ similar purviews. An alternative posed by staff if the new board cannot be brought up to speed in a timely fashion was to have the city commission review funding applications typically handled by the boards. City Commissioner Usha Reddi felt the process was backwards,…
MANHATTAN, Kan. (Kansas State Athletics) – For a second-consecutive season, Kansas State running back Deuce Vaughn has been named a finalist for the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, SPORTyler announced Tuesday. Vaughn is one of four finalists for the award, joining TCU quarterback Max Duggan, UTSA quarterback Frank Harris and Texas running back Bijan Robinson. The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award goes to the top offensive player who also exhibits the enduring characteristics that define Earl Campbell: integrity, performance, teamwork, sportsmanship, drive, community and tenacity. In addition, the nominee must either be born in Texas, graduated from a Texas High School,…
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 burglary and criminal damage to property in the 7200 block of Blue Spruce Ln. in Keats on December 12, 2022, around 12:00 p.m. A 30-year-old man was listed as the victim…
News Radio KMAN · In Focus 12/13/22 – Riley County Commissioner Kathryn Focke Segment 1 – 00:00 Segment 2 – 14:46 Segment 3 – 26:52 Segment 4 – 38:45 Tuesday’s edition of In Focus featured Riley County Commission Vice-Chair Kathryn Focke for the county’s monthly update. Focke started off the program discussing plans for the holiday and looked back at 2022’s highlights — including the selection of new RCPD Dir. Brian Peete. The middle two segments, Focke recapped Monday’s legislative priorities meeting with area State delegates, including the county’s hopes for action on LAVTR revenue sharing, the ‘dark store theory’…
Residents and Aggieville stakeholders got an opportunity Monday to see and provide input on numerous streetscape projects planned around Aggieville, part of a public input session with City of Manhattan administrative staff and design consultants. That’s Auntie Mae’s Parlor’s George Matthews. The discussions overviewed multiple concepts including a pair of possible designs for 12th Street from Laramie to Moro – re-envisioned as a pedestrian street dotted with planters and the possibility of businesses creating new serving enclosures outside their storefronts. Plans also showed an overhauled alleyway next to Goodcents leading to the Aggieville Garage sign – also slated to be…
MANHATTAN, Kan. (Kansas State Athletics) – Kansas State saw three of its football players named All-Americans by the Associated Press as the organization announced on Monday its top college football players for the 2022 season. Running back Deuce Vaughn was named to the first time as an all-purpose player, left guard Cooper Beebe was named to the second team, while defensive end Felix Anudike-Uzomah was on the third team. It is the most AP All-Americans by the Wildcats in one second since the 2012 season when Collin Klein (second team), Arthur Brown (second team) and Ty Zimmerman (third team) were honored. It was Vaughn’s second First Team All-America…
News Radio KMAN · In Focus 12/12/22: Cody Dressler, Traci Brimhall Segment 1 – 00:00 Segment 2 – 12:09 Segment 3 – 23:47 On Monday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with KSU Vet Med – Clinical Assistant Professor Shelter Medicine Dr. Cody Dressler. We also spoke with K-State Creative Writing professor and current Kansas Poet Laureate Traci Brimhall.
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 responded to the report of an injury crash near the intersection of Welsh and Cavalry Roads on December 9, 2022, around 6:15 a.m. When officers arrived on scene, they found a 2016 Dodge Journey driven…