News Radio KMAN · 10 – 20 – 22 — Chip Redmond Mesonet Update In our first weekly update with Kansas Mesonet Manager and meteorologist Chip Redmond, we get an update on the record cold and first freeze seen this week in the Manhattan area, plus get information on drought conditions and elevated fire danger expected this weekend. Tune into News Radio KMAN every Thursday morning at 7:35 a.m. for the latest update from the Kansas Mesonet.
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News Radio KMAN · In Focus 10/20/22 – Manhattan Chamber of Commerce, Treasurer Lynn Rogers Segment 1 – 00:00 Segment 2 – 14:32 Segment 3 – 25:52 Segment 4 – 32:34 Thursday’s edition of In Focus featured guests from the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce and State of Kansas. The program opened with Chamber President and CEO Jason Smith for the first three quarters of the show. Smith discussed the planned retirement of CVB Director Karen Hibbard and plans for tourism promotion going forward. He also discussed Fort Riley’s economic impact and movement on infrastructure and housing needs for post…
A California woman was seriously injured Wednesday afternoon after rolling her vehicle on Interstate 70 in Riley County. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 54-year-old Cynthia Carmack was westbound on the interstate at around 3:30 p.m. when, for unknown reasons, her car veered to the north shoulder, struck an embankment and rolled. The vehicle also caught fire. The crash occurred near mile marker 319, roughly 20 miles east of Junction City. Carmack, who was wearing a seatbelt, sustained serious injuries in the crash and was transported by LifeStar helicopter to Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka.
HOCKLEY, Texas (Kansas State Athletics) – The 17th-ranked Kansas State men’s golf team concluded its fall season and the Big 12 Match Play Tournament in sixth place following a win over Iowa State and a draw with Kansas in the championship round on Wednesday at the par-71, 7,007-yard Club at Houston Oaks. “Overall it was a good week,” said Robbins. “I’m really proud of the grit the guys showed. It’s definitely something to build on. We showed we can play with anyone in the country, but there’s still a ton of room for improvement. We just have to continue to get…
NORMAN, Okla. (Kansas State Athletics) – After dropping four consecutive five-set matches, Kansa State was able to turn the tables and overcome Oklahoma 20-25, 15-25, 25-22, 25-15, 15-13, at McCasland Field House on Wednesday night. K-State (12-8, 3-4) tallied 53 kills (.227) in Norman, led by Aliyah Carter who boasted 16 kills in her highest output since Sept. 24. The junior outside hitter swung at a .297 hitting percentage while completing two aces and seven digs for 19 points. Mackenzie Morris led both squads with 29 digs, a career-best for the junior libero. Senior setter Loren Hinkle was just shy of another double-double with 43…
MANHATTAN, Kan. (Kansas State Athletics) – After guiding Kansas State to a 5-1 record – which includes a 3-0 ledger in Big 12 play – at the halfway mark of the 2022 season, head coach Chris Klieman is one of 20 coaches in the nation and two from the Big 12 to be named to the midseason watch list for the Bobby Dodd Trophy, the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Foundation and Peach Bowl announced Wednesday. It is the first time in Klieman’s career he has been on the watch list for college football’s most coveted national coaching award, which celebrates…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tulane athletic director Troy Dannen took calls from three bowl game representatives this week. He anticipates a near-capacity crowd at 30,000-seat, on-campus Yulman Stadium when Memphis visits the 25th-ranked Green Wave on Saturday. That’s a stark change from one year ago, when Tulane was laboring through a 2-10 season in which seemingly everything went wrong. “The position we were in at this time last year, it wasn’t great. It wasn’t fun,” third-year Tulane quarterback Michael Pratt said. “Any time you face adversity, you can either go one of two directions. And I think the steps that…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kris Kobach, the Kansas Republican who helped lead Donald Trump’s short-lived presidential voter fraud commission, wants to rid his state of ballot drop boxes and says as he runs for attorney general that discounting talk of fraud is “ignoring reality.” The expanded use of drop boxes for mailed ballots in 2020 didn’t lead to any widespread problems, according to an Associated Press survey of state election officials across the U.S. that revealed no cases of fraud, vandalism or theft that could have affected the results. And Kobach’s position puts him at odds not only with Democrats and voting-right advocates, but…
MANHATTAN, Kan. (Kansas State Athletics) – Each week throughout the 2022 season, k-statesports.com recaps the action for the 14 former Kansas State football players currently in the NFL. Timmy Horne, DL – Atlanta Falcons Horne, a rookie free agent who made the active roster out of training camp, saw time on 15 defensive snaps and a pair of special teams plays in Atlanta’s 28-14 home win over San Francisco. In six games this year, Horne has four tackles among his 105 defensive snaps. The Falcons evened their record at 3-3 this year, and they travel to face Cincinnati on Sunday.…
The following summary of calls for service/reports filed by the Riley County Police Department is a portion of those received by police. Some names, addresses, and case details are withheld to follow local, state, and federal law and in an attempt to protect community members from being victimized further. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. MANHATTAN, KAN. – Officers filed a report for burglary in the 500 block of South Walnut in Ogden on October 18, 2022, around 7:17 AM. Officers listed a 49-year-old male and Bamford Fire & Sprinkler Co. as the victims…