By Rose Gruenbacher Jacob Thompson, 27, pleaded guilty in February to charges of kidnapping, aggravated battery and sexual battery, all against the same 21-year old woman with whom he shares 2 children. He was arrested for the charges in January 2024 in Junction City. Thompson appeared in person in the custody of Riley County Jail alongside his attorney, Joshua Seiden, to hear his sentencing from Judge Grant Bannister. Bannister ordered he serve consecutive sentences of 8 years 11 months for kidnapping and 2 years 10 months for aggravated battery. Thompson is also ordered to serve a concurrent sentence of one…
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Aggieville began its celebration of St. Patrick’s Day with footraces and ended it with a parade, as has been the tradition for decades. Manhattan Running Company and Red Dirt Race Management managed the two competitions on Saturday, which included the Shamrock 2-mile and the Marvin Hachmeister 10K.
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By Zach DeLoach Kansas State women’s basketball is heading to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2002 and the fourth time in school history. The fifth-seeded Wildcats successfully defended four potential game-winners in the final 21 seconds of overtime, holding on to upset fourth-seeded Kentucky 80-79 on its home floor in the second round of the NCAA Tournament Sunday afternoon. Temira Poindexter’s 3-pointer with 56 seconds remaining in the extra period put K-State (28-7) ahead for good and capped a career-high with eight triples. She finished with a game-high 24 points after missing her first six shots. Subscribe…
WACO, Texas (K-State Athletics) – Off to its best Big 12 start in school history, K-State claimed its fifth straight win Friday night behind 4 1/3 shutout innings from reliever James Guyette to go with a go-ahead three-run homer from Bear Madliak in an 8-2 series opening win over Baylor at Baylor Ballpark. Guyette (2-1) picked up his second straight victory in relief, as the sophomore right-hander held the Bears to four hits in his longest collegiate outing. The Newbury Park, California product retired the nine of the first 10 batters he faced while matching a career-high four strikeouts. “It was a great opening…
Manhattan city commissioners on Tuesday will consider a common consumption area (CCA) ordinance that would allow consumption of alcohol from licensed establishments within a particular boundary. They’re having a special legislative meeting in place of the scheduled work session. The proposal follows a Sept. 24 work session involving city, Aggieville and Downtown business association officials, as well as the Riley County Police Department and Kansas Alcohol Beverage Control. Downtown Business Association officials have drafted an approach for an ongoing common consumption area daily from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. The proposed boundary would be surrounding Poyntz Avenue businesses between Third…
By Tim Everson If there was any worry about how the fifth-seeded Kansas State women would fare in the NCAA tournament after ending the season with losses in three of their last four games, let the Wildcats 44-point smackdown of No. 12 seed Fairfield put worried minds at ease. K-State, led once again by star Ayoka Lee after more than two months of injury concerns, blasted the upstart Stags, leaving no doubt in a 85-41 opening-round win Friday afternoon in Lexington, Kentucky. K-State (27-7) came out of the game red-hot, building as much as a 13-point lead, 17-4, midway through…
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Saturday marks the return of the annual St. Patrick’s Day races and parade in Aggieville. The annual event has become a staple of the business district. Aggieville Business Association Director Dennis Cook spoke with News Radio KMAN about what guests can expect to see this weekend.
Tanner Duke’s 2 1/3 scoreless innings and Keegan O’Connor’s go-ahead two-run home run in the eighth lifted Kansas State baseball to a 7-6 victory over Tarleton State on Wednesday night at the Tarleton Baseball Complex in Stephenville, Texas. Tied 5-5 in the eighth, O’Connor laced the game-winning homer to opposite field, handing the Wildcats (13-7, 3-0 Big 12) their fourth consecutive win. “Overall, a really great team win,” head coach Pete Hughes said in a written statement. “We had guys picking each other up all night long. Subscribe to The Manhattan Mercury for the rest of the article and for…