A 19-year-old Manhattan man facing murder charges made his first appearance in Riley County District via webcam on Friday. Michael Blake Layne was one of four arrested earlier this week due to his involvement with the homicide murder of Steven Freel, 31, of Manhattan on Wednesday. Layne faces the charge of first degree murder with his bond set at one million dollars, he will be in court next on Tuesday, December 20th in Riley County District Court Division 2 in front of Magistrate Judge William Malcom. Others involved with the murder include Domingo Soto, 41, of Manhattan charged with conspiracy to commit first degree murder and …
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The presence of bison at the Konza Prairie Bilogical Station may seem iconic, a tribute to America’s past when herds roamed the range Tall grass Prairie director John Briggs says that the bison at Konza site serve another important purpose by furthering efforts of numerous experiments at the site. Those experiments range from seeing how the bison impact tallgrass prairie versus animals from South Africa, like elephants, and the grazing patterns of large animal groups on the Konza. Briggs says they’re not cattle, and therefore folks who work in the area are under strict protocol when working with the bison…
Click here for full video recap including highlights and postgame interviews from TheGamedayNetwork.com It certainly wasn’t pretty, but the Cats did score the win on Sunday in OT over North Florida 79-68. It was the second straight over-time game for K-State, but while the game against West Virginia felt like a tournament atmosphere, this game was the total opposite. The Wildcat’s halftime lead turned into a 9 point deficit following a 24-8 run by North Florida. The Cats eventually battled back to take the lead only to have UNF’s Jimmy Williams force OT at the buzzer. The OT period was…
The Kansas State Women’s Basketball team won its third consecutive game as they used a smothering defense and timely shooting to down South Dakota State 63-46 Saturday evening in Brookings, S.D. K-State tied a school record by allowing the Jackrabbits to make only two first half field goals as the Wildcats raced to a 31-14 lead at intermission. Brittany Chambers, playing close to her Minnesota home and with many family members in the stands led three Wildcats in double figures with a game-high 18 points. Branshea Brown added 13 points and Mariah White chipped in with 10 points. With the…
Robert Griffin III became the first Football player from Baylor University to win the Heisman Trophy when the award was announced Saturday Night at the Downtown Athletic Club in New York City. Griffin, who led Baylor to its best regular season in 25 years received 405 first place votes and a total of 1,687 points beating out Stanford Quarterback Andrew Luck who received 1,407 points and became the fourth player in history to finish as a runner-up in the voting in consecutive seasons, he is the first since Darren McFadden of Arkansas in 2006 and 2007. Finishing third was Alabama…
HONOLULU, HAWAII – Kansas State’s season came to an end on Friday night in Hawai’i as the Wildcats were swept by the Pepperdine Waves in the Regional Semifinals of the NCAA Tournament. K-State could not find a way to slow down Pepperdine’s top player, and the Wildcats could not get its own offense moving fast enough to put pressure on the Waves. K-State (22-11) fell 18-25, 12-25, 23-25 ending a successful season after being selected to finish eighth in the Big 12 Conference in the preseason. The Wildcats saw junior opposite Kathleen Ludwig shine as she tallied 12 kills on…
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Ohio State has hired Iowa State assistant Tom Herman to be its new quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator under Urban Meyer. Athletic director Gene Smith confirmed the hiring on Friday. Herman, 35, has served as Iowa State’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach the past three seasons. Herman favors a spread attack, also the preferred offense of Meyer. Herman is the first confirmed member of Meyer’s new staff. “Tom Herman has one of the bright young minds in college football,” Meyer said in a statement released by Ohio State.“His philosophies are very similar to those of my…
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) North Carolina’s board of trustees has approved a 7-year contract for new football coach Larry Fedora. Trustees met for about 30 minutes Friday morning to approve the deal, which will pay more than $1.7 million annually. The deal includes several bonuses, including for winning a division or conference championship, reaching a BCS bowl and high graduation rates. The deal also includes annual retention bonuses ranging from $100,000 to $350,000 beginning in 2015. The school has scheduled Fedora’s first news conference for Friday afternoon. Fedora had spent four seasons at Southern Mississippi, leading the No. 22…