Author: KMAN Staff
Manhattan’s City Commission gathered Tuesday night for a work session, with K-State President Kirk Schulz leading things off. Schulz was present to discuss K-State 2025, which aims to make K-State a top 50 ranked research university by the year 2025. Plans include improvements to existing buildings, new construction, and a host of other items. African American history in Manhattan was the next topic, with a presentation by Deon Wolfenbarger of Three Gables Preservation, located in Nederland, Colorado. The presentation concerned two Manhattan buildings that have been submitted for the National Register of Historic Places, the Bethel AME Church at…
More than 83 pounds of various drugs were collected in Manhattan recently, as part of a drug take back day. On Saturday, October 29th, the Riley County Police Department, in cooperation with the Drug Enforcement Administration, held a drug take back day that consisted of two disposal sites in Manhattan. The goal of the event was to provide disposal sites for individuals to discard their unused or expired medications, thus reducing the chance of misuse or theft. According to the D-E-A, approximately 38-hundred pounds of drugs were collected in Kansas at various sites. This was the first year the Riley…
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) University of Oklahoma President David Boren said Monday the Big 12 Conference is settled with 10 teams through the 2012 football season, but didn’t rule out the possibility that two more teams could be added in 2013. “Definitely, I think we have the opportunity to back to 12, if we want to,” Boren told The Associated Press. Boren did not identify which other schools have expressed an interest in joining the conference. With the departure of Missouri and Texas A&M to the Southeastern Conference and the addition of TCU and West Virginia to the Big 12,…
The United States department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will conduct the first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System Wednesday afternoon. The nationwide test will begin at 1 p.m, and is to last about 45 seconds. Kent Cornish, President of the Kansas Association of Broadcasters, reminds us a nationwide emergency alert system was put into place four decades ago–but it’s never been tested. He says for listeners, it won’t be the voice you usually hear–although the 45 second message will still tell you it’s a test with the tones at…
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) Texas A&M running back Christine Michael will miss the rest of the season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in one of his knees. The junior was injured in Saturday’s 41-25 loss to No. 7 Oklahoma. He has 899 yards rushing and eight touchdowns this season. Texas A&M coach Mike Sherman wasn’t sure which knee was injured, but says they will schedule surgery to repair it in a couple of weeks when the swelling subsides. It’s the second straight year where Michael has had a season-ending injury after he broke his leg last October. herman…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Kansas City Royals have traded outfielder Melky Cabrera to the San Francisco Giants for left-hander Jonathan Sanchez and another minor league pitcher. Sanchez was the Giants’ best pitcher during the latter part of 2010, when they beat the Texas Rangers to win the World Series. But he was just 4-7 with a 4.26 ERA this season before missing the final month with a left ankle sprain. Cabrera hit a career-best .305 with 44 doubles, 18 homers and 87 RBIs in his first season with the Royals. By dealing him to San Francisco, Kansas City…
Slick roads led to two injury accidents on K-177 about eight miles south of Manhattan within a couple of hours of each other Monday afternoon. The first accident was reported shortly before 1:30 when a 2003 Chevrolet Silverado pickup driven by Alan Boerger 71, of Manhattan was exiting I-70 onto K-177 when Boerger lost control on the wet roadway. The truck went into a skid and entered the east ditch, overturning. Boerger was taken to Mercy Regional Health Center where he was treated and released. Then shortly before three in the afternoon a ’96 jeep S-U-V driven by Maria Manriquez, 40, of…