Riley County Police reported Monday morning that sometime around 2:45 A.M. on Friday, a white Toyota Prius almost struck an MP at Fort Riley. The vehicle was headed east bound through the Ogden gate towards Manhattan. The vehicle was found a few hours later at the Bubble Wash. When the driver spotted the police, they fled the scene onto Stagg Hill Road. Once reaching Stagg Hill, the driver ran, leaving the woman passenger alone with the police. The passenger, Kristina Harrison (26) of Wamego, was arrested for obstruction. The driver was later spotted by a Riley County dispatchor who was…
Author: KMAN Staff
A trio of K-State senior football players were nominated for postseason awards annnounced on Monday. Wildcat quarterback Collin Klein was named to the Maxwell Award watch list, which is given to the nation’s most outstanding player. Klein burst onto the national scene last season with 1, 141 rushing yards and 27 touchdowns, plus he threw for 1, 918 yards and 13 scores. Darren Sproles was the last K-Stater nominated for the award in 2004, and Michael Bishop was a finalist in 1998. Wildcat linebacker Arthur Brown and cornerback Nigel Malone were both named to the Chuck Bednarik award watch list,…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Royals minor leaguer Wil Myers knocked in three runs and Detroit prospect Nick Castellanos added a three-run homer during a nine-run sixth inning, and to lead the U.S. team to a 17-5 rout of the World team in the All-Star Futures Game on Sunday. Castellanos was the game’s MVP, but it was Myers who drew the biggest reaction. The 21-year-old outfielder received a standing ovation from an adoring sellout crowd that has been pining for his arrival all season. Myers is hitting .315 with 14 homers in 48 games at Triple-A Omaha.
DETROIT (AP) Delmon Young homered for the fourth consecutive game, Prince Fielder hit a three-run shot and Jhonny Peralta homered and drove in three runs in the Detroit Tigers 7-1 win over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday to complete a sweep of the three-game weekend series. The power display backed Max Scherzer (8-5), who allowed a run and five hits over seven innings, walking one and striking out seven. It was the Tigers’ season-high fifth-straight win and put them two games over .500 – heading into the All-Star break – for the first time since April 25 (10-8). …
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) Tony Stewart charged past Daytona 500 winner Matt Kenseth on the final lap Saturday night, then held on to win as his challengers stacked up in a melee at Daytona International Speedway. Kenseth and Roush Fenway Racing teammate Greg Biffle likely would have made one final attempt to beat Stewart, but Biffle wiggled and cars began sliding all over the track. Nobody could then catch Stewart, who sailed away to his third win of the season. The defending Sprint Cup Series champion is tied with Brad Keselowski for most wins this season. Roughly 90 minutes…
Roger Federer won his record-tying seventh Wimbledon title Sunday, beating Andy Murray 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 under a closed roof on Centre Court.
Ernest Borgnine – who won an Oscar for his role in the 1955 film ‘Marty’ and played the commander in the 1960’s TV series ‘McHale’s Navy’ – has died in Los Angeles.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Attorneys for a Kansas official argue in federal court filings that critics of a law restricting insurance coverage for abortions haven’t shown that it burdens women seeking to end their pregnancies. Lawyers for Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger on Friday asked U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson to uphold the 2011 statute without a trial in a lawsuit filed against it by the American Civil Liberties Union. The law prohibits insurance companies from offering abortion coverage as part of general health plans, except when a woman’s life is at risk. Kansas residents who want coverage for elective abortions must…
(AP) A Culvert Replacement project will close K-31 4 miles east of the K-99 junction in Wabaunsee County starting on Monday. Both Eastbound and Westbound K-31 will be closed to all through traffic from the west city limits of Harveyville west to the K-99 junction. Work will take place Monday through Friday during the daylight hours, with some occasional Saturday work expected. A marked detour will be provided. Westbound traffic will detour on K-31 east to Burlingame, then south on US-56/K-31 to the US-56/K-31 junction north of Osage City, then west on US-56 to the K-99 junction just north of…
In early June, Dennis Peterson Riley County Noxious Weed & Hazardous Waste Director, reported to Riley County Commissioners that his department would begin the process of no longer collecting E-Waste from the public starting in July. Late last week, Peterson reported to Commissioners on the status of the transition. “The switch over is going way better than I ever expected,” Peterson says. “We were averaging about 25 participants a week bringing us e-waste in the first two weeks of June and the last two weeks we had nine last week and four the week before.” With the transition, Howie’s Recycling is now the only…