News Radio KMAN · In Focus 9/26/22 – Sunset Zoo, Flint Hills Veterans Coalition Segment 1 – 00:00 Segment 2 – 11:24 Segment 3 – 24:11 Segment 4 -37:19 Monday’s edition of In Focus featured guests from the Sunset Zoo and the Flint Hills Veterans Coalition. The program began with a visit by Sunset Zoo Marketing and Development Officer Melissa Kirkwood. She recapped the Brew at the Zoo fundraiser, which drew in close to $45,000 for conservation efforts, and looked ahead at the Zoo’s Spooktacular event just under a month away. Kirkwood also highlighted some new feline residents in the…
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MANHATTAN, Kansas (Kansas State Athletics) – A fifth minute goal proved to be the difference on Sunday afternoon at Buser Family Park, as Oklahoma State improved its winning streak to six straight with a 1-0 win. K-State falls to 4-5-2, 0-1-1, while the Cowgirls improve to 9-1-1, 2-0-0. HOW IT HAPPENED – In the fifth minute, Oklahoma State went up 1-0. Olyvia Dowell carried possession to the touch line on the left side of the frame. Just before crossing the line, she centered a pass to Gracie Bindbeutel who finished into the top of the net. – K-State had a chance…
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kansas City defensive tackle Chris Jones blamed himself for the Chiefs’ first loss of the season. Coach Andy Reid and quarterback Patrick Mahomes accepted responsibility, too. The truth was there were plenty of head-scratching moments Sunday as the Indianapolis Colts rallied for the go-ahead touchdown with 24 seconds left to steal a 20-17 victory in their home opener. “It (stinks), man,” Jones said when asked about the unsportsmanlike conduct penalty he drew on Indy’s final drive. “It was third down, we got off the field, defense fought hard and I kind of put us in a situation…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Luis Castillo, fresh off signing a rich contract with Seattle, got chased as the Kansas City Royals erupted for 11 runs in the sixth inning and a wild, 13-12 win Sunday that cost the Mariners a chance to move up in the AL wild-card standings. Mitch Haniger singled twice during an eight-run fifth for the Mariners, and they led 11-2 going into the bottom of the sixth. But Castillo struggled, and Michael Massey homered and drove in four runs during the Royals’ biggest inning since 2004. The Mariners stayed in the third wild-card spot, a…
MANHATTAN, Kan. (Kansas State Athletics) – K-State’s Mackenzie Morris joined the 1,000-dig club Saturday in helping her team force a fifth set against rival Kansas, but the Jayhawks managed to outlast the Wildcats, 25-19, 25-23, 20-25, 20-25, 15-7, in the season’s first Dillons Sunflower Showdown at Bramlage Coliseum. Morris reached career dig No. 1,000 in just her 63rd match in a Wildcat uniform, becoming the fastest player in program history to reach the milestone in the rally-scoring era. The junior libero from Dallas, Texas, finished with a match-high 20 digs for her 16th career 20-dig outing. K-State (9-5, 0-1 Big 12) owned a slim…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Brady Singer pitched seven strong innings to lead the Kansas City Royals to a 5-1 victory over Seattle on Friday night, cutting the Mariners’ lead for the final AL wild-card spot to three games. Playing without All-Star rookie center fielder Julio Rodriguez, the Mariners lost for the sixth time in eight games. Rodriguez was placed on the 10-day IL with a lower back strain shortly before the game. “You never know whenever any time a player goes on the IL, is he going to be ready to go when he’s coming off there,” Seattle manager…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Three Topeka police officers who shot and killed a man this summer were justified because the man charged at them with a knife, Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay said. The officers shot Christopher Kelley, a 38-year-old Black man, on June 24 after responding to a report that a man was threatening a BNSF employee with a knife. Kelley, who struggled with mental health issues, cut himself several times with the knife before charging at the officers, who shot him, Topeka Police Chief Bryan Wheeles said. Kagay said in a statement released Thursday an autopsy found Kelley had…
Pawnee Mental Health and the Midwest Dream Car Collection are kicking off their annual “Driving the Dream” fundraising event next week. The event starts September 28th with an on-line auction and will conclude with an in-person event October 13th. Pawnee’s Director of Marketing and Development Diane Hinrichs spoke with KMAN about a few of the items they will have up for auction. Hinrichs also explained more about the in-person portion of the fundraiser taking place next month. Like many other businesses and organizations in the area, Pawnee has found itself and its staff stretched pretty thin. Hinrichs said that struggles…
News Radio KMAN · In Focus 9/23/22 – Riley County Police Department Segment 1 – 00:00 Segment 2 – 11:59 Segment 3 – 22:06 Segment 4 – 30:25 Friday’s edition of In Focus featured guests from the Riley County Police Department. Administrative Cpt. Josh Kyle and Patrol Cpt. Greg Steere joined the program for the hour, starting off the show discussing increased police enforcement of construction areas on Linear Trail as well as the upcoming National Night Out event. The duo discussed Riley County crime statistics in the second segment, which have come in below the state average for 19…
MANHATTAN, Kan. (Kansas State Athletics) – Kansas State will open its first Big 12 season under head coach Jerome Tang with a home game on New Year’s Eve against West Virginia, as the conference office announced the league-wide 2022-23 schedule on Friday morning (September 23).. The WVU game will be one of four Saturday home conference games at Bramlage Coliseum in 2023, including visits by NCAA Tournament participants Texas Tech (Jan. 21 at 1 p.m., CT), Texas (Feb. 4 at 3 p.m., CT) and Iowa State (Feb. 18 at 5 p.m., CT). In addition, the Wildcats will host a fifth Saturday…