Kansas State sophomore running back Dylan Edwards carries the ball during a Rate Bowl practice Tuesday at Tempe Diablo Stadium in Tempe, Ariz. Photo by Jonathan Mouer The Kansas State offensive and defensive lines square off during a Rate Bowl practice Tuesday at Tempe Diablo Stadium in Tempe, Ariz. Photo by Jonathan Mouer Kansas State sophomore quarterback Avery Johnson prepares for a handoff to a teammate during a Rate Bowl practice Tuesday at Tempe Diablo Stadium in Tempe, Ariz. Photo by Jonathan Mouer Kansas State offensive linemen battle each other in a drill while offensive coordinator and offensive line coach…
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At 7:40 a.m. on Wednesday, the Manhattan Fire Department responded to a structure fire at 1217 Wyndham Heights Drive. Fire crews arrived to find heavy fire and smoke coming from the back of a single-family home. Firefighters aggressively attacked the blaze, which reached a second alarm, and searched the house for occupants. Fortunately, no one was home at the time of the fire. The flames were contained within 30 minutes, with fire units clearing the scene by 10:30 a.m. A total of 17 firefighters on six apparatus responded, supported by seven personnel from Riley County Fire District #1 with an…
By Tim Everson PHOENIX, Arizona — The landscape of college football is always shifting. Just when you think you’ve got it figured out, something else changes and that leads to a chain reaction that affects six other things. It’s tough thing to keep it all straight, just ask Kansas State head coach Chris Klieman. Starting next season, the Wildcats roster will shrink to just 105 players total, all of which will be scholarship spots. This past season, K-State had over 120 players on the roster, but only 85 scholarships to give. The change, which comes following the $2.8 billion House…
By Tim Evereson PHOENIX, Arizona — Rutgers vaunted rushing attack just got a little easier to manage. Star senior running back Kyle Monangai will not be playing in Thursday’s Rate Bowl, Scarlet Knights’ head coach Greg Schiano announced during a Tuesday morning press conference. Monangai, who made the trip down to Phoenix with his team, plans to help coach in the game while starting preparations for the 2025 NFL Draft. “Kyle (Monangai) is not going to be playing,” Schiano said. “He decided not to, which I fully understand. Kyle has done so much for Rutgers. (I’m) excited for his future.…
By Tim Everson Kansas State snuck in a final incoming transfer before hitting the road for Thursday’s Rate Bowl, and he may have been the best of the bunch so far. Former Arizona safety Gunner Maldonado signed with the Wildcats on Monday after visiting Manhattan early last week. Maldonado, who will be playing for the third Wildcat team of his career, started his college career at Northwestern in 2020 before transferring to Arizona after playing in three games in his true freshman season under Pat Fitzgerald in Evanston. To view the full article visit theMercury.com Click here for more K-State…
By Tim Everson After a bit of a slow start on the incoming side of the transfer portal, the Wildcats have had four quick signings in the span of around 24 hours. West Georgia safety Mar’quavious Moss, Boston College wide receiver Jerand Bradley, Ohio State linebacker Gabe Powers and USC offensive tackle Amos Talalele all signed with K-State on Friday and Saturday, bringing the Wildcats’ incoming transfer total to six. All fill major needs for the Wildcats, who are losing multiple key players from all four positions to the transfer port and graduation. Starting with Moss, the 6-foot-1, 190-pound defensive…
A Manhattan man spent the weekend in jail after being arrested Friday night on three counts of violating a protection order. 31-year-old Malcolm Theodore Wooten was arrested at RCPD headquarters around 5 p.m. for three counts of violating an extended abuse order. Wooten was still confined at the time of Sunday’s report on a total bond of $12,000.
A long-time Washburn University professor and his wife were killed in a two-vehicle crash Friday morning in Brown County. The Kansas Highway Patrol crash log says that a 2016 Freightliner was traveling Westbound on K-20, and a 2019 Ford F-150 was traveling Southbound on US-75 around 8:00 a.m. when the semi-truck failed to stop at the stop sign at the K-20/US-75 junction and struck the Ford F150. The semi-truck rolled onto its side in the ditch West of US-75, and the driver and passenger in the semi were taken to Sabetha Community Hospital for minor injuries. The driver of the…