For the second time in 11 days, the Kansas State Women’s Basketball team defeated a Top 10 team and in process stayed unbeaten in Big 12 play. Jalana Childs scored 23 points including the game-winning free throws and the Wildcats withstood three chances by Texas Tech for the winning basket in the final 20 seconds as K-State knocked off the 10th-ranked Red Raiders 62-61 Saturday afternoon at United Spirit Arena. K-State, after falling behind 7-2 out of the gate outscored Tech 35-20 to take a 37-27 lead into the locker room at intermission. However, Texas Tech stormed out in the…
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The Kansas State Wildcats fell into an early 7-0 hole and never could climb all the way back out as Oklahoma got its first Big 12 win with an 82-73 victory Saturday afternoon at the Lloyd Noble Center. K-State, which trailed 38-29 at halftime fell behind by as many as 14 points in the second half but clawed back to within six points at 79-73 with less than a minute to go. However with all of their timeouts spent, the Wildcats were forced to foul OU and the Sooners made three free throws down the stretch to seal the win.…
The body of a Junction City man was found by police Thursday morning. According to Junction City police reports at 0646 officers from the JCPD responded to 225 North Madison apartment 11 in reference to a check welfare call. Upon arriving at the residence the officers gained entrance into the apartment, and found 47-year-old Joseph Dirks dead from an apparent self inflicted gunshot wound. An autopsy is scheduled at a later date.
Predicting the warning and pre-warning needs of Wildcat Creek was a topic examined by the local Wilcat Creek working Group Thursday evening. Co-Chair Rich Jankovich tells KMAN the meetings continue to raise interest by members of the public, with a large crowd turning out. Jankovich adds work has begun on creek measurements with measuring gauges at Scenic Drive and Seth Child Bridge in place and being calibrated right now. He says between the Corps of Engineers and National Weather service, mapping has begun on some of the predictability efforts. Jankovich looks forward to the system, which he says will help more…
Governor Sam Brownback is backpedaling a bit when it comes to funding the arts, as announced Thursday as part of his latest budget proposal. The resumption of funding does come with a condition, as the newly formed Kansas Arts Commission will be folded into the state Film Commission under the Department of Commerce, a move Arts Commission Chair Linda Weiss is okay with. “There would be some reorganization, we all understand that,” Weiss told KMAN News. “We’re finding some unity in the arts community. We’re all here for the betterment of the arts.” That’s not to say private funding streams are…
According to police reports released on Thursday morning a Manhattan man has apparently committed suicide. The body of Tyrell Dieball, 29, was found at his residence on 1021 Thurston by friends Wednesday evening around 9pm. Dieball’s friends immediately called Riley County Police, and they arrived on the scene to begin investigating the death. Police say that Dieball apparently died to a self inflicted gunshot wound. RCPD is still investigating the incident, but are still calling the death an apparent suicide.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has endorsed Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination. Kobach said Wednesday he believes the former Massachusetts governor has the best record on immigration issues among the field of GOP hopefuls. He cited Romney’s veto of Massachusetts legislation to allow some illegal immigrants to pay the lower tuition normally reserved for legal residents at state colleges. Kansas enacted such a law in 2004. Kobach is a former University of Missouri-Kansas City law professor who helped write tough immigration laws in Alabama and Arizona. He’s also one of the leading conservative Republicans…