Two Junction City school buildings were briefly placed on lockdown Wednesday morning. Junction City Police responded to a call around 10 a.m. on the northwest side of the city, resulting in the nearby Karns building and Westwood Elementary school being placed into lock down in an abundance of caution. The schools went on lockdown following an unsubstantiated call reporting shots fired in the area. Officers concluded that there was no threat and no shots were fired in the area of either building. JCPD says classes resumed as normal following this and that the call was unrelated to either school. All…
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News Radio KMAN · In Focus 08/31/22: Ben Jedlicka, Levi Gatenbein, Debbie Nuss, Shanika Rose, Stephan Metzger Segment 1 – 00:00 Segment 2 – 23:13 Segment 3 – 36:57 On Wednesday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Riley County Game Warden Ben Jedlicka with Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, Tuttle Creek State Park Manager Levi Gantenbein and Tuttle Creek Wildlife Area Manager Nathan Henry. In our second segment Flint Hills Wellness Coalition Chair Debbie Nuss and Riley County Health Department Health Educator Shanika Rose discuss the Community Health Improvement Plan and FHWC meeting Sept. 8. In our final…
New TCU coach Sonny Dykes saw a drastic shift in Big 12 offenses during his first stint in the conference in the early 2000s. Now that he’s come back, he sees the times are a-changin’ still. “Man, it’s changed. … When I got in the league, it was a two-back power league. And by time I left the league, it was everybody being Air Raid,” said Dykes, a Texas Tech assistant from 2000-06. “And then I think at some point there’s been an adjustment that’s happened since then.” The Big 12 will begin its 27th season this week with some uncertainty…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs wanted to get younger around quarterback Patrick Mahomes and the rest of their veteran core. They couldn’t have done it much better through the draft. The Chiefs selected 10 players in April, their most in 14 years, and all but one made the final cutdown Tuesday for teams to reach the 53-man limit for the regular season. Some of them, such as first-rounders Trent McDuffie and George Karlaftis, were locks from the moment their names were read while others played their way onto a perennial Super Bowl contender. That includes two…
CHICAGO (AP) — Rookie Nick Pratto hit two home runs to highlight a career-high four-hit performance and the Kansas City Royals sent the Chicago White Sox to their fifth straight loss, 9-7 on Tuesday night. White Sox manager Tony La Russa missed the game because of an unspecified medical issue. The team said the 77-year-old Hall of Famer was out on the recommendation of his doctors and would undergo further testing Wednesday. La Russa’s absence was announced about one hour before the first pitch. He showed no signs of health trouble during his pregame session with reporters. Bench coach Miguel…
MANHATTAN, Kansas (Kansas State Athletics) – K-State (1-2-1) will conclude a three-match road trip on Thursday and host a Big Ten foe on Sunday afternoon at Buser Family Park. The Wildcats visit Weber State (0-3-0) on Thursday at 3 p.m. (CT), and hosts Purdue (2-2-0) on Sunday at 1 p.m. • Both matches will be streamed online, as Thursday’s match will be available on ESPN+ while Sunday’s match will be available on Big 12 Now on ESPN+. • Tickets for Sunday’s match can be purchased by contacting the K-State Athletics Ticket Office at (800) 221-CATS, visiting kstatesports.com/tickets or at the Buser…
MANHATTAN, Kan. (Kansas State Athletics) – K-State and its undefeated record hit the road for the first time this season, as the Wildcats head to the UCF Challenge at The Venue from September 1-3, where they will take on Syracuse, North Florida and UCF. K-State, who starts its season 3-0 for the first time since 2013, opens the three-day tournament against Syracuse on Thursday at 3 p.m. CT and continues Friday against North Florida at 3:30 p.m. CT. The Cats will finish the weekend against future Big 12 foe UCF Saturday at 6 p.m. The Wildcats defeated Sam Houston, NC…
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — A years-long rebuild has led the Miami Dolphins to a point of excitement with their 2022 prospects. General manager Chris Grier, who has overseen the dismantling and reconstruction of the Dolphins’ roster since 2019, said the team feels good about its roster after making cuts — difficult ones, he emphasized — ahead of Tuesday’s NFL-mandated 53-man roster deadline. “We feel there’s some players that got released that will be on NFL rosters,” Grier said, “which is always a good thing. That wasn’t the case here for a while, but we felt we’ve been building it…
MANHATTAN, Kan. (Kansas State Athletics) – Kansas State head coach Jerome Tang announced on Tuesday (August 30) the additions of walk-ons Nate Awbrey (Manhattan, Kan./Manhattan/Manhattan Christian College) and Peyton Ackerman (Oklahoma City, Okla./Epic Charter School) to his program for the 2022-23 season. Awbrey will be a senior with one year of eligibility remaining after the NCAA granted Fall 2020 and Winter 2021 sport student-athletes an additional year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ackerman will be a true freshman with the traditional five-year window to play four seasons of college basketball. “We are excited to add Nate and Peyton to our program and family,” said Tang. “They are both…
A new need-based grant program is providing eligible Kansas State University students with an award, covering in-state tuition remaining after other grants and scholarships are applied to a student’s account. The Land Grant Promise, as its called is open to degree-seeking undergraduates enrolled full-time that have completed the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) by the priority date. Students must be declared Pell-eligible or show a household income of $60,000 or less, be enrolled in classes on the Manhattan campus or online and be a Kansas resident living in a qualifying Kansas county at the time of application for…