LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Kansas State used a balanced offensive performance to pick apart North Dakota State in the second half on Sunday night to cruise to a 70-47 win in the BTI Invitational at the Cox Pavilion. K-State has now won four straight for the first time since Jan. 15-Feb. 9 of last season. The Wildcats (7-2) were led by junior guard Brittany Chambers with a game-high 16 points. This was the 54th career game in double figures for Chambers. Joining Chambers in double figures was Jalana Childs with 12 points and five rebounds. North Dakota State (2-9) was paced by Dani DeGagne with…
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On Friday Riley County Police Captain Gary Grubbs and Detective Alan Riniker were given a retirement reception at City Hall. Both men are heading into retirement from the force, taking with them together totaling 78 years of experience. Director Brad Schoen described it as a sense of family, and praised the devotion and dedication of the two men who he says will be missed. Grubbs says those who showed up for the reception were like brothers and sisters. He says every day he’s gotten up and come to work it didn’t feel like he was coming to work. He added…
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the entire KMAN Listening Area from 6 p.m. CST this evening until 6 p.m. CST Tuesday. Rain will develop later this afternoon and this evening and change to all Snow in the overnight hours before mixing with Sleet and Freezing Drizzle. Snow accumulations of five to eight inches are possible with this storm. Winds up 15 to 25 MPH are expected to accompany the storm and hazardous driving conditions should be expected. For more information listen to News/Talk 1350 KMAN or visit www.noaa.com
Turning two blocked kicks into touchdowns, the Pittsburg State (Kan.) Gorillas outlasted Wayne State (Mich.) 35-21 on Saturday in the Division II National Championship Football Game at Florence, Alabama. Zac Dickey led the way for the Gorillas with 190 yards passing. Pittsburg State won their second National Title in Division II with the other crown coming in 1991, the Gorillas had lost their three previous title game appearances. Pittsburg State also won NAIA Championships in 1957 and 1961.
Congratulations to Nick Buckley, Natalie Marquez, and their son Ethan for locating the G. Thomas Jewelers/Manhattan Running Company Jingle Bell Rock! The Jingle Bell Rock was located under a bridge near Warner Park just off Shuss Road around Target! We’ll have more on the clues and what they meant coming up next week on www.1350kman.com! Again congratulations to Nick, Natalie, and Ethan on finding the Jingle Bell Rock!
Getting in the trenches, and rolling our sleeves up, were just some of the suggestions at a housing roundtable held at the Manhattan Conference Center Friday morning. Kansas State Professor Dr. Eric Higgins, who is the head of the K-State Department of Finance, was moderator for the event, and reminds us it’s been a decade since such a discussion. A panel of experts from those many areas were featured, including Manhattan City Manager Ron Fehr. Fehr says as others have developed strategic plans such as Kansas State and Fort Riley, a community vision is important too. Fehr says this is something…
While admitting it’s not a perfect plan, the Manhattan/Ogden schools redistricting committee has seemed to focus in on a plan that moves the least amount of students. That, according to USD 383 Communications coordinator Michele Jones, who tells KMAN more work will be done on the current preference… And it was still a good size crowd for Thursday’ night’s USD 383 redistricting committee meeting, with a look at a couple of new plans and revisiting other plans that had previously been considered. Communications Coordinator Michele Jones indicates an informal survey seems to show the committee is beginning to zero in on…
A hearing to Determine whether a Manhattan teenager should be prosecuted as a juvenile or adult in a first degree murder case has been moved to February 2nd and 3rd of next year. The hearing for Cole Drake, which had been set for next week, has been postponed so that the written report documenting the findings or opinion of an evaluation conducted on Drake can be completed. According to Riley County attorney Barry Wilkerson, the evaluation process has taken longer than either, the defense, the state or the court anticipated. However in light of the charges, and potential penalties involved, Wilkerson says…