NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees acquired All-Star outfielder Andrew Benintendi from the Kansas City Royals for three minor league pitchers on Wednesday night in what could be the first in a flurry of moves ahead of next week’s trade deadline. The AL East leaders sent right-handers Chandler Champlain and Beck Way to the Royals along with left-hander T.J. Sikkema. A 28-year-old left-handed hitter, Benintendi was among 10 Royals who missed a four-game series at Toronto from July 14-17 because he was not vaccinated. Benintendi lost $186,813 of the $8.5 million salary he won in an arbitration case…
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MANHATTAN, Kan. (Kansas State Atheltics) – Kansas State head coach Jerome Tang completed his full-time coaching staff on Wednesday afternoon (July 27) with the selection of veteran coach Rodney Perry as the program’s third and final assistant coach. Perry’s first official day will be Monday, August 1. Perry, a finalist for the 2022 Jersey Mike’s Naismith High School Boys Coach of the Year, arrives at K-State after spending the past season building Link Academy in Branson, Mo., into a national powerhouse, as the Lions finished as the national runner-up at the GEICO National Tournament with a 34-2 record. In addition, Perry recently led…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Janson Junk didn’t get a chance to pitch when the Los Angeles Angels recalled him from Triple-A Salt Lake last month. He made the most of his time on the mound Wednesday. Junk dazzled the Angels with five-plus innings of four-hit ball, mixing up a fastball with a two-seam slider, and earned his first major league win when the Los Angeles bullpen shut out the Kansas City Royals the rest of the way in a 4-0 victory. “After the last time I came up, I got activated but I wasn’t able to throw,” said Junk…
Decade long plans to place a statue of Amelia Earhart in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol came to an end yesterday. The statue was placed on a base of Flint Hill limestone in the hall to recognize the aviator just days after the 125th anniversary of her birth. Senator Roger Marshall praised not just Earhart but the city of Atchison on the Senate floor ahead of the statue’s placement earlier this week. Senator Jerry Moran tied Earhart’s pioneering efforts in flight to the state’s ongoing role in aviation when addressing the statue’s placement earlier this week. The statue of…
The Pottawatomie County Commission is considering asking voters to levy a quarter-cent sales tax to fund road and bridge projects in the county. Commissioner Greg Riat on KMAN’s In Focus Tuesday. The board is discussing a list of road projects that they would like to the see funding go towards, with some in Blue Township, near Onaga and Wheaton and Elm Slough Road among them. Riat says continued growth in the county plays a role in the need to improve roadways countywide. Riat notes that asking for a tax bump is tough given the current inflationary pressures on residents, but that…
Multiple community members proposed a shift in the constitution of the Riley County Law Board at Tuesday’s Manhattan City Commission meeting. The discussion came amid consideration of the proposed 2023 city general fund, the primary operating account for Manhattan’s government operations. City staff presented on some of the struggles they’ve faced in trying to maintain services amid flat or shortfalling revenues into city coffers — noting the hiring freeze, cuts and intentional leaving open of city positions that have been common practice to keep the general fund in the green over the past 5 plus years. RCPD was approved a…
Manhattan City Commissioners Tuesday were not supportive of a possible sales tax ballot question to support Parks and Recreation operations. The idea was floated as a possible consideration to address years of flat revenues and declining program fees coming into the city department — and in response to public opposition this Summer to potential reductions in services later this year should revenues not manifest as budgeted. Deputy City Manager Jason Hilgers — Commissioners were largely cold to the idea. With Riley County’s new tax coming online in 2023 bringing Manahttan to a 9.15 sales tax rate, this additional tax would…
MANHATTAN, Kansas (Kansas State Athletics) – For the first time in his career, Kansas State senior Ty Zentner is a candidate for the top punting honor in the country, as the August Sports Council unveiled the preseason watch list for the 2022 Ray Guy Award on Wednesday. It is the first time a Wildcat is up for the award that honors the college punter of the year since Devin Anctil was a preseason candidate in 2019. Prior to Anctil, Nick Walsh was on the watch list in both 2015 and 2016. Tim Reyer, a two-time candidate, was a semifinalist for the award…
News Radio KMAN · In Focus 7/27/22: Cliff Williams, Hans Tessman, Dee McKee Segment 1 – 00:00 Segment 2 – 11:14 Segment 3 – 33:30 On Wednesday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with USD 378 Superintendent Cliff Williams. We also spoke with Pottawatomie County Commission District 1: Republican candidate Hans Tessman. In our final segment we spoke with Pottawatomie County Commission District 1: Incumbent Republican Dee McKee.
The following summary of calls for service/reports filed by the Riley County Police Department is a portion of those received by police. Some names, addresses, and case details are withheld to follow local, state, and federal law and in an attempt to protect community members from being victimized further. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. MANHATTAN, KAN. – Officers filed a report for aggravated domestic battery, domestic battery, and criminal damage to property in Manhattan on July 26, 2022, around 1:30 p.m. Officers listed a 40-year-old female as the victim and a 30-year-old male…