STERLING, Kan. (AP) A central Kansas woman who organized a college homecoming parade is hospitalized after being hit by mules apparently spooked by a train horn. Sterling Police Chief Ed Truelove told The Hutchinson News the injured woman, Millie Casey, has been involved for years as a volunteer in various parades. Casey organized the Sterling College homecoming parade on Saturday. Truelove says police had stopped traffic for the parade as it wound from the campus through downtown Sterling. When a passing train sounded its horn, the chief says, the startled mules darted into Casey. She was taken to a hospital…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Department of Commerce has been awarded a four-year, $5 million grant to help train more engineers for the workforce. The funds are from the U.S. Department of Labor. State Commerce Secretary Pat George says the grant fits with a program approved this year by Kansas lawmakers aimed at graduating more engineering students from state universities. George says the federal grant is intended to reduce the number of foreign workers hired in the United States. It will be funded from the fees paid by employers who hire foreign workers under a federal visa program. Kansas employers…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Federal prosecutors will decide whether a 54-black man who was doused with rubbing alcohol and set on fire by white intruders is the victim of a hate crime. A 23-year-old former Council Grove man was arrested Sunday in connection with the Oct. 7 attack on 54-year-old Sterling Law in Law’s Council Grove home. The Topeka Capital-Journal (http://bit.ly/r3DcM7) reports Law sat in his home for four days after the attack without getting medical treatment for burns. His employer of more than 30 years went to check on him after Law called in sick, and found him in pain.…
The buzz continues to build and build for #12 K-State’s homecoming contest against #3 Oklahoma next Saturday, October 29th. The Big 12 conference announced Monday the game between the Cats and Sooners will be seen by a full national television audience on ESPN with a 2:30pm kickoff. K-State also announced that the only reserved tickets for the game remaining are singles, and 500 general admission tickets in section 28 are available via walkup at the Bramlage Coliseum ticket office.
K-State received their fourth Big 12 conference player of the week honor of the season Monday following the win at Texas Tech. Senior defensive tackle Raphael Guidry was named the league special teams player of the week for becoming the first player in the Bill Snyder era to block two field goals in one game. Guidry rejected a Red Raider 48 yard field goal in the first quarter, and a 38 yarder in the second quarter. Guidry also had a tackle for loss. K-State junior Collin Klein is one of eight quarterbacks nationally to be nominated for the Manning Award Star of…
Sporting a hitting percentage of .463, #10 Texas defeated K-State in three sets on Saturday afternoon at Ahearn Fieldhouse. Bailey Webster had 15 kills and Haley Eckerman 12 as the Longhorns prevailed 25-17, 25-15, and 25-20 over the Cats. K-State’s Kaitlynn Pelger had 12 kills, and Lilla Porubek added 11. K-State is now 14-6 overall and 3-3 in the Big 12. The Cats will meet KU in the Sunflower Showdown in Lawrence this Wednesday night at 6:30pm. Coverage on KMAN begins at 6:00 from the Horesji Center.
The Manhattan High boys and girls cross country made it a clean sweep at the Centennial League meet on Saturday in Junction City. The Indian boys ran away with the team title with 32 points. Washburn Rural was second with 68 points. The Junior Blues’ Jacob Morgan claimed the individual title with a 5K time of 15:34. MHS sophomore Chris Melgares was the runner with a time of 16:30. The Tribe girls and Washburn Rural each scored 41 points in the team standings, but MHS claimed the Centennial League title with the better sixth runner. Indian sophomore Alaina Schroeder won…
Second district Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins is pleased with last week’s passage of trade agreements for Panama, Colombia, and South Korea, describing it as possibly the one and only big win for Washington this fall. She says the actions were taken after five years of what she terms “lingering in the oval office.” Jenkins adds an estimated quarter of a million jobs are expected to be created as a result of the trade agreements, with a direct impact on Kansas. Jenkins also commented on health care and continuing concerns about the national debt. She was in town to speak to the Wamego…
Last week’s coyote attack that occurred outside of Fairmont Park prompted parks director Rod Meredith to make an appearance at Monday’s Riley County commission meeting to address concerns about the safety of the park According to Meredith, the dog had run away from its owner and was nearly a mile east of the park when it was fatally attacked. Also, Meredith said the owner was not injured by the coyotes while attempting to rescue her dog. The woman only sustained minor scratches while trudging through the brush to recover her pet. Meredith will be assessing the safety of the park with Kansas…