Nine-year Manhattan City Commissioner Usha Reddi was picked last week to succeed the retiring Tom Hawk as the State Senator for the 22nd district, and Tuesday said she will resign from her city seat eventually – though wants to be sure what the process for replacing her will look like before stepping down. Commissioner John Matta, though, viewed the situation as Reddi trying to leave while still exerting influence over the commission’s next steps. City officials are looking into the legalities and logistics of having the seat on the ballot this November for a candidate to serve out the remainder…
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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has joined the ownership group of the Kansas City Current of the National Women’s Soccer League. Mahomes’ wife, Brittany, was one of the founding owners of the team, along with Angie and Chris Long of Kansas City-based Palmer Square Capital Management. “We are so thrilled to make this a family affair and have Patrick join as an owner,” Brittany Mahomes said in a statement. “He has been a huge supporter behind-the-scenes. His passion for the Current is undeniable and I am glad that he will be with us as we continue on our journey…
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 a crash near the intersection of Kimball Ave. and N. Seth Child Rd. in Manhattan on January 9, 2023, around 8:00 a.m. When officers arrived on scene, they found a…
News Radio KMAN · In Focus 1/10/23: John Ford, Vivienne Uccello Segment 1 – 00:00 Segment 2 – 11:01 Segment 3 – 24:23 Segment 4 – 33:36 On Tuesday’s edition of In Focus, we sat down with Riley County Commissioner John Ford and Public Information Officer Vivienne Uccello looked back on events that made headlines in Riley County in 2022. In segment 1, we discussed how the year began with a COVID surge and ended with a triple threat of COVID, influenza and RSV cases locally. In segment 2, we discussed some of the natural disasters that took place…
GAME 16 11/13 KANSAS STATE (14-1, 3-0 Big 12) vs. OKLAHOMA STATE (9-6, 1-2 Big 12) Tuesday, January 10, 2023 >> 6:01 p.m. CT >> Bramlage Coliseum (11,000) >> Manhattan, Kan. TELEVISION ESPNU / WatchESPN (link here) Chuckie Kempf (play-by-play) King McClure (analyst) Kevin Kremer (producer) RADIO K-State Sports Network Flagships: // KMAN 1350 & WIBW 580 Satellite Radio: Sirius XM 375/375 Online: Varsity Network [free] / www.kstatesports.com/watch [free] Wyatt Thompson (play-by-play) Stan Weber (analyst) LIVE STATS www.kstatesports.com kstate.statbroadcast.com TICKETS www.kstatesports.com/tickets (800) 221.CATS [2287] Single Game: $10, $15, $25 (limited quantities) COACHES K-State: Jerome Tang [Charter Oak State College ’07] Record at K-State:…
MANHATTAN, Kan. (Kansas State Athletics) – K-State Athletics officials announced on Monday night three more men’s basketball sellouts, including Tuesday’s game with Oklahoma State at Bramlage Coliseum. In addition, the Saturday, Jan. 28 game with Florida and the Saturday, Feb. 18 game with Iowa State are sold out and tickets are only available through K-State’s official secondary ticket partner, StubHub. They are the fourth, fifth and sixth sellouts of the season after the department on Jan. 6 announced that the Tuesday, Jan. 17 game with Kansas, the Saturday, Jan. 21 game with Texas Tech and the Saturday, Feb. 4 match with…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to hear the appeals of two brothers who were sentenced to death for four fatal shootings in a Kansas soccer field in December 2000 known as “the Wichita massacre.” Outgoing Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said the high court’s decision means Jonathan and Reginald Carr no longer have any direct appeals of their death sentences. However, Schmidt said, they can still file lawsuits in state and federal courts to try to prevent their executions by lethal injection. The U.S. Supreme Court’s action came a little less than a year after the…
In their first meeting of the year, Manhattan Airport Advisory Board members looked back at 2022 – which Airport Director Brandon Keazer says was marked by a return to consistency. The Regional Airport saw a return to 5 daily flights at the beginning of the year, and Keazer says the year was great for commercial enplanement numbers. “We finished the year with 73,962 enplanements,” Keazer says. “That is the second highest amount of enplanements that we’ve had on record.” That’s up significantly from 2021, which saw 57 thousand enplanements in Manhattan – though still a little behind the airport’s record…
Manhattan has lost a pillar of the community with a heart made of love. Kenrick Waite, co-owner of The Little Grill and beloved local musician, has died. An outpouring of appreciation for the Montego Bay native has since flowed on social media, expressing both sadness and fond memories of the 69-year-old Muzizi band vocalist. Kenrick and his wife, Cathy, first opened The Little Grill in 2002 serving up a blend of Jamaican and American food that Kenrick called ‘Jam-merican’ according to the Dyer Road restaurant’s website. Waite moved to the United States by way of Mexico in 1998, having met…
Houston is back at No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll for the second time this season, while Kansas State continued its unexpectedly strong start by leaping from unranked to the verge of the top 10. The Cougars received 34 of 60 first-place votes in Monday’s poll to return to the top after a two-week stay there earlier this season. Kansas was second and had 22 first-place votes, while Purdue fell from No. 1 to No. 3 and got the other four first-place votes after suffering its first loss at Rutgers last week. Before this season, the…