Kansas State University President Kirk Schulz and Athletic Director John Currie will address the media Tuesday morning at a press conference to be held in the Legends Room at Bramlage Coliseum. The press conference is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. and is expected to deal with the situation surrounding the K-State Men’s Basketball program. Sportsradio 1350 KMAN will broadcast live from the press conference which can also be heard online at www.1350kman.com
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Captain Kurt Moldrup says the consolidated dispatch system has improved dispatch operations for the local area emergency response teams. The new consolidated dispatch system allows dispatchers to handle emergency calls from start to finish, and facilitate information flows between emergency response units. The consolidated dispatch system also requires dispatchers to become certified as Emergency Medical Dispatchers. This means dispatchers are capable of using preset flow charts to help callers before responders arrive. Captain Moldrup says the new system has also had another benefit of “Opening up some new channels” of communication between departments, and improving department relations.
More budget discussion by Riley County law board members, and it looks like the matter will be going to another special meeting. During Monday’s meeting, questions were still asked about whether the budget for the Riley County Police department can afford two new police officers, two non-sworn officers, and a cost of living increase. Board member Loren Pepperd had an interesting analogy, when talking about cut-backs at upper governmental levels, saying “the big bear out there in the woods though is that the budgets of 2014, 2015 because right now both the federal government and the and state government going through…
A Manhattan man is behind bars, charged with the rape of a female acquaintence. As KMAN News first reported Monday, William Ellis, 27, was arrested Friday morning around 6 a.m. after the Riley County Police Department received a 911 call from a female in her 20s reporting she was the victim of a rape in the North Central portion of Manhattan. When officers arrived the suspect had already vacated the area, though they did catch up to him a little while later and arrested Ellis on one count of rape. He is still confined as of Monday morning on a $50,000…
Frank Martin is leaving Kansas State after five years as head coach to be the next head coach at South Carolina. ESPN.com reports that Martin confirmed the move in a text message Monday evening to Andy Katz. South Carolina has scheduled a press conference for mid-morning Tuesday, at which time they will likely introduce Martin. The State, the daily newspaper in Columbia, SC reported earlier Monday that Frank Martin will be the next head basketball coach at the University of South Carolina. Multiple sources tell the paper that Martin could be hired as soon as Tuesday as the Gamecocks’ new…
Erich Weiss and Jonathan Walsh combined for seven hits and seven RBI’s as Texas bested K-State 8-5 on Sunday to win the Big 12 series at Tointon Family Stadium. Weiss swatted a triple and two home runs, while Walsh had a pair of doubles. The Longhorns took an early 4-1 lead, and K-State would tie the game at four in the 5th inning when Mike Kindel was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. Texas took the lead for good in the top of the 7th on Walsh’s bases clearing double against K-State freshman Robert Youngdahl (0-1), who took the loss. The Cats…
A Kansas State student died this weekend in a ski accident in Colorado. KMAN news learned Saturday of the death of Garrett Spencer, 19, who officials are listing as the 17th fatality on Colorado slopes for the season. Mineral County Sheriff Fred Hosselkus provided details to KMAN Sunday afternoon. Hosselkus indicates Spencer, of Hesston, Ks., was skiing with three friends. Hosselkus thought one of the other skiers was from Kansas State but did not have a name. Hosselkus indicates the accident happened at about 10:30 Saturday morning. Spencer was reportedly a novice skiier, with the accident occurring on the second…