Rock Creek Kids Wrestling is hosting a USA Wrestling Kansas tournament next weekend. The sub-districts will attract approximately 500 youth from eight years old to high school age. The top four in each age division and weight class will advance to the district meet in McPherson, with the state meet in McPherson. The U-S-A-K-S kids wrestling sub-district tournament is Saturday, March 10th at 9:00am at Rock Creek High School.
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MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Kansas State University is expanding its recruiting efforts in Vietnam. The university said in a statement Tuesday that its international programs office has reached a partnership agreement with Capstone Vietnam to represent Kansas State in recruiting students from Vietnam. The university says Capstone Vietnam is an academic development organization. Jim Lewis, Kansas State’s director of international admissions and recruiting, said the Capstone partnership will give the university full-time representation in Vietnam. Marcelo Sabates, interim associate provost for international programs, said establishing an office in Vietnam will help Kansas State improve its reach into that area of southeast…
Construction on K-18 is firing back up, causing a number of traffic headaches for both commuters and Manhattan City officials for the next couple of years. City Commissioners discussed options to alleviate the congestion for the duration of the project during Tuesday evening’s work session. Mayor Jim Sherow favored installing a stop light. “We stand to lose a lot more if a light doesn’t go in there, as opposed to not putting one in there,” Sherow told his fellow commissioners. The current phases of the K-18 Highway Project aim to construct elevated interchanges near Manhattan Regional Airport and at Scenic…
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) A bus driver has been acquitted of homicide charges for the deaths of four passengers killed when his double-decker crashed into a low overpass in upstate New York. One of those passengers was 19 year old Kevin Coffey of Manhattan, who was attending Temple University in Philadelphia. Coffey was a Manhattan HIgh school graduate and a couple of blood drives have been held in his name since his death. Onondaga County Court Judge Anthony Aloi announced the verdict Tuesday after a non-jury trial for 60-year-old John Tomaszewski of Yardville, N.J. Tomaszewski would have faced up to four…
KMAN’s Chris Swick takes a look at Your Farm for KMAN’s Morning News.
Improvements to Poyntz Avenue and how to pay for them was a focus of the Manhattan City Commission Tuesday night during a work session. The Commission was presented with two options to consider, one of which would fund the project at a 78/22 percent split between the Commission and area business owners, the second which would split the funding at 95/5 percent, the larger portion falling on the City. “I think (the 95/5 split) is a really good approach to take,” Mayor Jim Sherow said. “This brings together whole this idea that all of us had from early on. That…
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) Tyshawn Taylor scored 27 points, Thomas Robinson added 17 points and 11 rebounds and No. 3 Kansas claimed the Big 12 title outright by beating Oklahoma State 70-58 on Monday night. Taylor scored 10 straight points in the final 5 minutes to close it out, ensuring that the Jayhawks (25-5, 15-2) wouldn’t suffer a similar fate as in their last two visits to Gallagher-Iba. Unranked Oklahoma State teams had upset top 5 Kansas teams in 2008 and 2010 but there was a different script this time. Keiton Page hit seven 3-pointers and scored 29 points in…
SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) The Kansas City Royals have signed catcher Salvador Perez to a five-year contract worth $7 million. The team announced the deal Monday. The contract includes club options for three more years that could keep Perez with the Royals through the 2019. If Perez reached all the performance bonuses and incentives, the contract could be worth $26.75 million over eight years. The 21-year-old Perez made his major league debut last Aug. 10 and hit .331 with eight doubles, two triples, three home runs and 21 RBIs in 39 games. He has been chosen as the best defensive…