Bruce Weber took over the K-State men’s basketball program in April after Frank Martin left the school for South Carolina. Through the transition, the group of returning Wildcats stayed intact until reserve guard Jeremy Jones left the program last week. Weber joined KMAN’s “The Game” on Tuesday afternoon, and he says Jones missed a number of team workouts in the spring and early summer. Weber says Jones was allowed to return to the team but decided a transfer would be his best option. Weber says they may add a player to fill the scholarship of Jones for the upcoming season,…
Author: KMAN Staff
K-State senior defensive end Meshak Williams is one of 40 defensive ends nationally named to the watch list for the 2012 Ted Hendricks Award. Williams is one of six from the Big 12 up for the award given to the nation’s best defensive end. Williams racked up 7 sacks and 10 tackles for loss last season.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Alcides Escobar drove in three runs, Luke Hochevar pitched six solid innings and the Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Indians 8-3 Tuesday night to snap a five-game losing streak. Escobar had two hits for his 34th multihit game, raising his average to a team-leading .307. Jarrod Dyson and Alex Gordon had three hits each, and Chris Getz had two hits and drove in two runs. The Royals scored all their runs in the first three innings. Hochevar settled down after giving up three runs over the second and third innings. One run scored on…
CINCINNATI (AP) The Reds strengthened the back end of their bullpen by acquiring closer Jonathan Broxton from Kansas City for a pair of minor leaguers. Manager Dusty Baker said after Tuesday’s trade that Broxton will be a setup man for closer Aroldis Chapman and can finish games when the left-hander isn’t available. In return the Royals get right-handed starter J.C. Sulbaran and lefty reliever Donnie Joseph…the number 9 and 12 prospects in the Reds system according to Baseball America.
Campaign finance and expenditure reports from primary candidates for the State Board of Education District Six seat show Usha Reddi of Manhattan being the most active, with $8,673 in donations, and $6,025.90 in expenditures. Candidate Carol Viar has raised $1,500 dollars and spent $1,046.20. During a forum on KMAN Wednesday morning Reddi explained she doesn’t “want any holes, ” with the 23 counties in the sixth district, which she describes as incredible. Reddi also says State Board of Education isn’t always on people’s radar and she wants them to be aware of the board’s importance. Viar tells KMAN there’s a…
Author and playwright Gore Vidal died in Los Angeles on Tuesday. He wrote hundreds of essays and many best-selling novels in his long career.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Senegal on Wednesday, the first stop of her 11-day Africa tour. She plans to visit at least seven nations, including the world’s newest country, South Sudan.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas revenue officials say payments of corporate income taxes helped push state revenue above expectations for the first month of the new fiscal year. The Revenue Department reported Tuesday that overall receipts in July totaled $457.8 million about $2.7 million better than the official forecast. Corporations paid nearly $14 million in state income taxes last month, compared with an expected $10 million. Payments of individual income taxes were on the mark at $205 million. The department says use tax receipts were about $1 million more than expected, suggesting businesses are buying more equipment. The overall July receipts…
VALLEY CENTER, Kan. (AP) Residents of south-central Kansas town have paid their respects to a 26-year-old soldier who died in Afghanistan. The funeral for Army Sgt. Erik May took place Tuesday at a church in Valley Center, followed by a procession to Greenwood Cemetery in Wichita. KWCH-TV reports the streets of Valley Center were lined by dozens of people holding signs and waving flags to support May’s family. May died July 14 in eastern Afghanistan. The cause of death remains under investigation. May joined the Army in September 2007 and was assigned to Fort Riley in February 2009. He was…
ULYSSES, Kan. (AP) A southwest Kansas man killed in a rollover accident has been identified as a longtime employee of the state transportation department. KAKE-TV reports that 43-year-old Jeffery Harris, of Hugoton, suffered fatal injuries in the crash Monday about 11 miles south of Ulysses. The Highway Patrol says Harris was driving a Kansas Department of Transportation tractor-trailer when it veered off Kansas 25, overcorrected and rolled over in a ditch. He later died at a Wichita hospital. KDOT says Harris was a 14-year agency employee. He worked as a senior equipment operator out of the Hugoton office.