Volleyball Sub-State Tournaments will get underway this Saturday, October 22, 2011. There will be 8 sub-state tournaments per classification/division with the winners of each tournament advancing to their state tournament on Friday and Saturday, October 28-29. Districts have been announced (opening round pairings have not been set) 6A: Manhattan High will travel to Wichita Heights (Field: Derby, Junction City, Manhattan, Topeka, Topeka-Washburn Rural, Wichita-East, Wichita-Heights, and Wichita-Southeast) 4A: Wamego goes to Royal Valley (Field: Atchison, Hiawatha, Holton, Hoyt-Royal Valley, Meriden-Jefferson West, Perry-Lecompton, Topeka-Hayden, and Wamego) 3A: Both Rock Creek and Riley County travel to Marysville (Field: Marysville, Minneapolis, Riley County, Rossville, Silver Lake,…
Author: KMAN Staff
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma has so far spent more than $50,000 on an investigation into major NCAA rules violations by the men’s basketball program. The university on Tuesday released the investigation’s costs to The Associated Press in response to an open records request. Oklahoma listed payments totaling $50,057 to the legal firm of Bond, Schoeneck and King since September 2009 while looking into the program’s second set of major rules violations in five years. The firm also performed an audit of the Sooners’ compliance policies last year. Oklahoma announced in July that it was admitting to two major rules…
CHAPMAN, Kan. (AP) Their school was destroyed by a tornado, and now high school students in Chapman are losing their mascot to another force of nature: the University of Notre Dame The national sports powerhouse contacted school officials in the small, northeastern Kansas town after seeing its leprechaun logo on the Chapman website. Superintendent Lacee Sell adds it was clear Notre Dame was serious about getting Chapman to drop the fighting leprechaun mascot. School district officials say they can keep their “Fighting Irish” nickname, however, and the community is holding a contest to pick a new logo. Chapman’s new…
In a short meeting Tuesday night, Manhattan’s City Commission approved two items slated on the general agenda unanimously. First up was a plan for a new Traffic Operations facility, which will be located on the east and west sides of 11th street, north of Fort Riley Boulevard and south of El Paso Lane. The facility will house office space, parking, and areas for the storage of vehicles and equipment. Also on the agenda was the Commission’s approval for the consolidated dispatch plan, which will combine dispatch to Manhattan’s emergency services. Manhattan Fire Chief Jerry Snyder was present to provide several…
A report to the RCPD about a possible sighting of “Baby Lisa”, a missing 11-month- old from the Kansas City area, has proven false. Riley County Police received the tip Tuesday, conducted an investigation, and have confirmed that the child seen was not the missing infant. Despite the false sighting, Riley County Police urge citizens to continue to be vigilant and to report any and all suspiscious behavior they observe.
Riley County police are confirming a tip on the possible sighting of the Kansas City baby missing that’s made national news, but indicate they have no idea if there’s any validity to it or not. Someone at McAlister’s Deli in Manhattan reported seeing two women with a baby matching the description of baby Lisa Irwin… then leaving the restaurant to get into a small black vehicle with Missouri tags. But Riley County police indicate they didn’t find such a vehicle. RCPD Captain Kurt Moldrup tells KMAN they get tips like that all the time, but take them seriously. He says…
More information on the death of a Junction City man Monday. Junction City Police Detective Sergeant Trish Giordano says the victim has been identified as Sean Conary, 35, of Junction City. An autopsy has been performed, but toxicology results are still pending and the cause of death has not yet been determined. Conary was found around 11:15 a.m. Monday at 66 Riley Manor by Junction City Police and Fire Department personnel after a report was made of a man not breathing. Conary was transported to Geary Community Hospital, where he pronounced dead a short time later.
Riley County police are releasing a description of a suspect in Friday night’s fatal shooting of a Fort Riley soldier Ogden man. The individual is described as a black male, 5’8″ to 6′ tall, weighing approximately 180 pounds, probably 25 to 35 years of age. He was described as bald with a moustache and beard, and may have been wearing a green jacket at the time of the shooting. The description comes from witnesses in the area. U.S. Army Sgt. Ronald Taylor, 28, died after the shooting, driving into a residence at Seventh and Walnut after he was wounded late…
The New York Times quoted an unidentified college official Monday night as saying Missouri’s application to the SEC for membership is “inevitable and imminent.” The source did not provide a timeline for such a move, but the Missouri Board of Curators will hold a meeting on Thursday in Kansas City. The Curators’ agenda calls for a closed executive session at 3:45pm, that could be similar to an October 4th meeting in St. Louis when they authorized chancellor Brady Deaton to explore possibly leaving the Big 12. The Kansas City Star is reporting that Big 12 interim commissioner Chuck Neinas and…
K-State’s all-time leading scorer Jacob Pullen (wearing #8) again put up 22 points for Angellico Biella in the Italian Pro League. Pullen was 4 of 9 from two-point range, 2 of 7 beyond the arc, and a perfect 8 for 8 from the foul line in Angellico Biella’s 78-70 loss to Lottomatica Roma. He added three assists, three steals, and two rebounds. Pullen also scored 22 points in his team’s season opening win last week. Click here for a game recap & box score