The Manhattan Fire Department wrapped up their fire prevention week with family-friendly activities at their annual open house. Community members flocked to the Headquarters Fire Station to ride Old Engine 1, practice using real fire hoses, watch real fire demonstrations and more. MFD Captain Dan Newton explained more about the focus of this year’s fire prevention week: “Fire won’t wait. Plan your escape” . Battalion Chief of Training Jason Hudson said this week was a great success and they were able to reach out and work with a variety of groups and people across town. Hudson said he hopes people…
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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 A rookie free agent who made the active roster out of training camp, Horne carded one tackle among his 22 defensive snaps while also playing on three special teams plays in Atlanta’s 21-15 loss at Tampa Bay. In five games this year, Horne has four tackles. The Falcons are now 2-3 this season prior to hosting San Francisco on Sunday. Elijah Lee, LB – Kansas City…
Las Vegas Raiders receiver Davante Adams has been charged with misdemeanor assault for shoving a photographer to the ground as he left the field following a loss at Kansas City. Kansas City, Missouri, police said Adams pushed Ryan Zebley to the ground while running off the field following the Raiders’ 30-29 loss to the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium on Monday night. Police called it an “intentional, overt act” that caused whiplash, a headache and a possible minor concussion. Charges were filed Wednesday morning in Municipal Court of Kansas City. Adams apologized in his postgame comments to the media and later on Twitter. “He…
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 200 block of S. Elm St. in Ogden on October 11, 2022, around 7:30 a.m. It was reported a construction company’s container was broken into and several thousands…
News Radio KMAN · In Focus 10/12/22: Rob McKim, Suzanne Sprenkle, Joan Simoneau, Jim Genandt Segment 1 – 00:00 Segment 2 – 11:09 Segment 3 – 19:59 Segment 4 – 30:50 On Wednesday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Wamego USD 320 Superintendent Rob McKim and Honor Flight program flight coordinator Suzanne Sprenkle. Rock Creek USD 323 Superintendent Joan Simoneau also joined the program. In our final segments we spoke with Manhattan Area Technical College President Jim Genandt.
Adrian Martinez had done just about everything in his first four years of college football except play on a winning team. Those wins are finally coming for him at Kansas State. The 17th-ranked Wildcats (5-1, 3-0) sit atop the Big 12 standings in large part because of their dual-threat quarterback. He rushed for a combined 319 yards and acounted for nine touchdowns in breakout performances against Oklahoma and Texas Tech before he led the Wildcats to a grind-it-out victory at Iowa State last week. Martinez has won three straight games for the first time after never winning more than two in a…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ Republican attorney general told a racial justice commission two years ago that racial bias “obviously” exists in law enforcement, but he said Tuesday that he wasn’t saying systemic racism exists and stood by campaign attacks on the state’s Democratic governor for using that phrase. Attorney General Derek Schmidt and fellow Republicans are portraying Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly as anti-police as Schmidt tries to unseat Kelly in the Nov. 8 election. George Floyd’s death in 2020 led Kelly to form a Commission on Racial Justice and Equity to examine policing, declaring as she did, “Systemic racism…
CORVALLIS, Ore. (Kansas State Athletics) – The Kansas State men’s golf team continued its historic start to the season at the Oregon State Invitational as the Wildcats captured a third-consecutive team title on Tuesday, running away with the victory by finishing at 3-under par 849. The victory made history as it is the first time ever a Wildcat team has won three-consecutive titles. The three wins are also the most ever in a fall slate and already ranks as third-most wins in a single season. K-State began the day at the par-71, 7,384-yard Trysting Tree Golf Club by putting the final…
That was Crisis Center Inc. Executive Director Kathy Ray officially announcing the opening of their new safe shelter. While the shelter was completed back in July, the announcement was made Tuesday at the center’s thank you reception inside the College Avenue United Methodist Church. The thank you reception was held to honor and recognize all of the partners and volunteers who made the project possible. Ray said that because of all of these people’s hard work, many others were able to receive much-needed help from the new shelter. Center Volunteer Cara Bilyew was one of the individuals honored, and she…
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 domestic battery and criminal damage to property in Manhattan on October 10, 2022, around 10:15 a.m. A 21-year-old female was listed as the victim when it was reported a 21-year-old male…