KMAN has learned a 31-year-old Manhattan man found severely beaten near Aggieville late Thursday night has died from his injuries. RCPD Lt. Richard Fink said Kevin Cockrum succumbed to his injuries around 8:40 a.m. Friday and was pronounced dead at Via Christi Health in Wichita. Cockrum was found near the north side of the 1000 block of Moro Street unconcious. He was first taken to Mercy Regional Health Center with what police described as life-threatening head injuries, then flown to Wichita. Riley County Police are officially classifying the case a homicide and are requesting assistance from anyone who has information regarding the three African…
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Here we go again, Orangebloods.com is reporting Texas A&M is getting closer to leaving the Big 12 to join the Southeastern Conference. According to sources, the Texas A&M board of regents will meet in a previously scheduled meeting on August 22nd to discuss and possibly vote on moving to the SEC as early as 2012. SEC school presidents are also reportedly holding an emergency meeting this weekend to discuss adding A&M to their league. The NCAA did announce on Thursday that they will not allow any conference or school sponsored network to show high school games. That ruling apparently will…
More TV exposure is on the way for K-State football. The Wildcats announced today that their September 17th match up with Kent State at Bill Snyder Family Stadium will be televised nationally on Fox College Sports. The game kicks off at 6:10 on the 17th, K-State alum Steve Physioc will handle play-by-play duties for the broadcast. No possible distribution, whether TV or internet has been announced for the season opener on September 3rd against Eastern Kentucky.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Jeff Niemann won his sixth consecutive decision, Ben Zobrist had a two-run triple and the Tampa Bay Rays completed a four-game sweep with a 4-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday. The Rays first four-game home sweep since July 28-31, 2005, included an 8-7 win Wednesday night in which Tampa Bay scored five times in the ninth. Niemann (7-4) allowed one run and nine hits over 6 1-3 innings. The right-hander is 6-0 in nine starts since returning from a strained lower back. Kansas City rookie left-hander Danny Duffy (3-6) gave up three…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers are getting ready for their first preseason game Friday night, and nobody is quite sure what to expect. After the NFL lockout resulted in a most unusual training camp, the two teams will hit the field under the lights trying to answer plenty of questions. Who’s in shape? How much are rookies grasping the playbook? What should be the next step in practice? Chiefs coach Todd Haley is approaching the game as simply another opportunity for evaluation, while Tampa Bay coach Raheem Morris wants to “see who…
The Wildcat Creek Area Watershed Working Group was busy creating new sub committees last night to tackle the Manhattan area flooding issues. Co-chair Richard Jankovich set up the committees in six different categories. The categories were Grants and Funding Sources, Detention and Watershed, Development and Freeboard, Research and Data Collection, Debris Mitigation and Enforcement, and Education and Marketing. Jankovich said the committees were created to tackle the complex problem involved in the area flooding, and each committee would also have subject matter experts from to assist in their assignments. Several State and Federal experts were also on hand from FEMA, the…
The Riley County-Manhattan Health department is working closely with the county as it prepares to transition to county-run entity. County clerk Rich Vargo met with health board administrator Chuck Murphy and assistant administrator Suzanne Kufahl Thursday to address health department employee concerns. Vargo contends that all parties left the discussion feeling satisfied. “We talked about the transition from a 37.5 hour work week to a 40 hour work week,” Vargo said. “Going from the monthly pay scale (they are on) to the bi-weekly system that we use. Overall, I was surprised. It went very well.” The group’s concern regarding health benefits was alleviated by…
A Kansas food group has issued a challenge to the Manhattan. Our Local Food is asking families in town to take part in a challenge starting on August 27th and running through September 3rd. The objective? To eat four out of five meals of locally grown food. A member of Our Local Food, Elaine Moore, notes there will be a prize for those who accomplish the feat. “This will be quite a challenge but there will be a reward if you manage to do that,” Moore said. “Submit your menu at People’s Grocery in a box. There will be a drawing for five big baskets of…
A Manhattan man is in critical condition after being brutally beaten early Thursday morning. Riley County Police discovered 31-year old Kevin Lynn Cockrum lying on the ground unconscious in an alley of the 1000 block of Moro Street. Riley County police say that Cockrum was beaten by unknown individuals. Riley County EMS transported Cockrum to Mercy Regional Health Center with life-threatening head injuries. Cockrum was taken by LIFESTAR to Via Christi Hospital in Wichita where he remains in critical condition. No suspects have been identified at this time but RCPD say that a white vehicle occupied by three black males…
Donald G. Guthals, father of commissioner David Guthals, died Tuesday at Memorial Hospital in Abilene. He was born August 31, 1928 in Elmo, Kansas. On May 29, 1950, Guthals married Helen Margaret Stover. They later moved to Elmo where Mr. Guthals taught at Carlton grade school and Hope High School. Mrs. Guthals preceded Donald in death, passing on April 19, 2011. Guthals is survived by his two daughters, Karen Burkholder of Topeka, and Linda Whitt of Wichita; his two sons, Donald Frederick Guthals of Grand Island, Neb., and David Louis Guthals of Manhattan; and sister Mary Ann Foley of West…