The Baseball game between Kansas State and Baylor was suspended Saturday with the Wildcats leading the Bears 10-8 in the top of the 6th inning. The game was stopped when lightning was detected close to Tointon Family Stadium and fans were moved out of the seating area for their safety. The game will resume on Sunday at Noon CDT and then the third game of the series will begin approximately 30 minutes after the completion of the suspended game. Air-time for K-State Baseball on Sunday will be at 11:55 a.m. CDT.
Author: KMAN Staff
Election season is moving forward, and Saturday some of the focus was on the national level at the Riley County Democratic caucus. Speakers such as 66th District State Representative Sydney Carlin and Manhattan Mayor Jim Sherow were on hand to talk to the audience, as well as answer questions. A short film about President Barack Obama’s first term was also shown. The caucus pledged its support to the President, as there is no other Democratic candidate in the Presidential race.
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Alex Oriakhi, a 6-foot-9 power forward who played the past three seasons at Connecticut, is transferring to Missouri. The Tigers announced the transfer late Friday. He will have one season of eligibility remaining. Oriakhi helped lead the Huskies to the 2011 NCAA championship as a sophomore. He has averaged 7.2 points and 6.8 rebounds in 109 games over the past three seasons at UConn. He also has 166 blocked shots. The Tigers were 30-5 in the first year under Frank Haith, the AP coach of the year. The Huskies are expected to be barred from the…
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Josh Ludy’s two-run single in the seventh inning broke a 2-2 tie and Baylor held on for the final three innings as the fifth-ranked Bears downed Kansas State, 5-2, Friday evening at Tointon Family Stadium. K-State fell to 17-16 on the year and 3-7 in Big 12 play with the loss. Baylor, which extended its winning streak to 17 games, improved to 28-7 overall and 13-0 in conference action. With the game tied at two apiece, Lawton Langford singled before a Max Muncy double off the right-field wall put runners on second and third with one out, which…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Michael Brantley had a pair of hits during a seven-run first inning, and the Cleveland Indians roughed up Luke Hochevar before knocking him from the game in an 8-3 victory Friday that spoiled the Royals’ home opener. Shin-Soo Choo and Jason Kipnis each drove in a pair as the Indians scored more times in the opening inning than they had in any of their first five games. Asdrubal Cabrera added a solo homer in the ninth for good measure. The seven runs allowed by Hochevar (1-1) in the first inning matched the number of runs…
Arrests Kevin Kendre Brown, 28, 416 Vattier St., Apartment B, for failure to appear. Bond set at $500. Richard Lee Burns, 23, 1915 Casement Rd., for probation violation. Bond set at $1,500. Crystal Johnson, 35, 1524 Fair Ln., Apartment No. 1, for driving under the influence. Bond set at $1,000. Melissa Ann Edmond, 28, 1704 Fair Ln., No. 25, for probation violation. Bond set at $2,500. Daniel Alberto Jemmott, Jr., 29, 1817 1/2 Elaine Dr., for driving with a suspended license. Bond set at $1,500. Brandon Ray Kling, 25, 1020 Houston St., Apartment No. 11, for driving with a suspended…
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Royals outfielder Lorenzo Cain has been placed on the disabled list with a left groin strain, taking him out of the lineup as the team returns to Kansas City for its home opener. Cain hurt the groin when he bumped into the wall while chasing a flyball off the bat of Oakland’s Daric Barton in the second inning of a 3-0 victory Tuesday night. Cain was held out of the lineup Wednesday and placed on the DL on Thursday. Kansas City plays its home opener Friday against the Cleveland Indians. Cain took over in centerfield…
The Riley County Law board has passed the 2012 Riley County police budget on Thursday night in a special board meeting. Riley County Police Director Bradley Schoen’s contract was renewed for another year, and he told KMAN he’s satisfied with the new budget which hires two new police officers, and two civilians. The two civilians will take the places of two officers who are currently working in those positions, and allow them to get back out onto the streets. Director Schoen’s contract was also renewed for the year. Riley County Law Board Chair Karen McCulloh told KMAN her thoughts on…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Amtrak officials say if money isn’t found by the end of 2014 to fix railroad lines it uses in Kansas, the rail service will likely move one of its routes out of the state by 2016. The track Amtrak uses for its Southwest Chief route is owned by BNSF Railway. The rail line between Hutchinson and Garden City is in such bad shape that Amtrak is forced to slow down its trains in Kansas. The Hutchinson News reports Amtrak officials said Thursday in Garden City that the rail service would need some assurance by 2014 that funds…