News Radio KMAN · In Focus 7/22/22: Riley County Police Segment 1 – 00:00 Segment 2 – 14:35 Segment 3 – 23:33 Segment 4 -36:41 Friday’s edition of In Focus featured guests from the Riley County Police Department. We were joined for the whole hour by Interim Director Kurt Moldrup and Cpt. Erin Freidline.
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MANHATTAN, Kansas (Kansas State Athletics) – Following the fourth NCAA Tournament bid and the sixth overall postseason appearance under the direction of K-State women’s basketball head coach Jeff Mittie, K-State Athletics and Mittie have agreed to a two-year contract extension through the 2025-26 season, Director of Athletics Gene Taylor announced on Friday (July 22). The extension was unanimously approved by the K-State Athletics, Inc., Board of Directors. “Under Coach Mittie’s leadership, we have achieved sustained success with six postseason berths while seeing the excitement level and support for K-State women’s basketball continue to grow,” Taylor said. “He has done a tremendous job as head…
The Game on 1350 KMAN · The Game 7/21/22 Hour 1 – Coach Tang off to a Good Start with 2023 Class 00:00 – Coach Tang off to a Good Start with 2023 Class 15:55 – Where Ames Ranks in Best KSU Recruits 30:57 – #1 Song of the Day 37:56 – Kentucky’s QB is Gross The Game on 1350 KMAN · The Game 7/21/22 Hour 2 – Who Wants to Be a Millionaire 00:00 – Who Wants to Be a Millionaire 16:22 – Who Wants to Be a Millionaire 27:48 – Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
MANHATTAN, Kan. (Kansas State Athletics)– Four Kansas State student-athletes – Jadyn Greisen, Kassidy Johnson, Maria Linares and Dylan Phillips – earned Spring Big 12 Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors in their respective sports, the league office announced on Thursday (July 21). Johnson (women’s track and field), Linares (women’s tennis) and Phillips (baseball) each claimed the honor outright in their sports, while Greisen tied Alabama’s Darcy Jennings and Oklahoma’s Cameron Guild for the accolade in women’s rowing. Counting Ayoka Lee, who won the honor in women’s basketball, K-State had a total of five student-athletes collect Scholar Athlete of the Year accolades during the 2021-22 athletics season, which tied Iowa State…
A Scott City man is jailed in Riley County on charges of alleged child sex crimes. The Riley County Police Department says 21-year-old Jessie Ivey was arrested Wednesday afternoon on a Sumner County warrant alleging single counts of rape and aggravated indecent liberties with a child under the age of 14. An official with the Sumner County Attorney’s Office tells KMAN the victim reported the incident to law enforcement on July 8. According to Thursday’s arrest report, Ivey was arrested in the 1700 block of Wreath Ave. His Facebook page indicates he’s employed as a ride operator for Weee Entertainment,…
News Radio KMAN · In Focus 7/21/22: Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce, Flint Hills Discovery Center Segment 1 – 00:00 Segment 2 – 09:49 Segment 3 – 23:28 Segment 4 – 33:06 On Thursday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce Director of External Affairs Mike Matson and Director of Membership Sharla Meisenheimer. Flint Hills Discovery Center Event Supervisor Jonathan Mertz previewed Saturday’s event surrounding National Day of the Cowboy.
Head coach Jerome Tang and K-State men’s basketball received its first commitment for the 2023 recruiting window Wednesday afternoon. Point guard Darrin Ames, who goes by the nickname Dai Dai, announced on social media his commitment to the Wildcat program. 1000% committed @KStateRecruits pic.twitter.com/ktd0MAx0Eb — Daidai3k (@daidai3k) July 20, 2022 Ames is a 6-foot, four-star recruit from Chicago, Illinois. He picked K-State over Arizona State, Illinois, LSU, Marquette, Maryland, Michigan State, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Virginia and Wake Forest. According to Rivals, Ames is the 46th best player in the nation for the 2023 class. Making him KSU’s highest rated…
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Division I college football players would have two periods of time — one in the winter and one in the spring — to enter the transfer portal and be immediately eligible to play if a proposed rule change gets final approval. The Division I Council endorsed on Tuesday several of the Transformation Committee’s initial proposals and passed them on to the D-I Board for approval. The Board meets again early next month. The council also moved along recommendations for expanding the benefits schools can provide athletes without the need for a special exemption and concepts to improve the…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner Jim Phillips leads a league bringing in record revenues, with more and more money going to member schools. It’s also a league struggling to keep up with peers in the Big Ten and Southeastern conferences. League schools have talked for years about finding ways to close that growing gap. But as the Big Ten and SEC expand to add marquee names, the ACC’s concern becomes more pressing and even stirs uncertainty about its long-range future in terms of whether schools might eventually try to chase money elsewhere. For now, that means trying…
Riley County remains in the high incidence rate for COVID with over 100 new cases. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) recorded 123 new COVID-19 cases for Riley County between July 9 – 15. The Incidence Rate is 165.7, keeping the County in the HIGH incidence category with 100 or more cases per 100,000 people. Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan is caring for two COVID-19 positive patients at this time. KDHE has recently been sampling the newest sub variants of Omicron. CDC data suggest that these variants spread more easily than previous Omicron lineages. According to the…