News Radio KMAN · In Focus 9/13/22: John Ford, Monica Macfarlane, Kevin Bryant, Thomas Frank Segment 1 – 00:00 Segment 2 – 12:43 Segment 3 – 21:59 Segment 4 – 27:28 On Tuesday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Riley County Commissioner John Ford. In our final segment Manhattan Alliance For Peace and Justice leadership including Monica Macfarlane and Kevin Bryant, with author Thomas Frank, ahead of Friday’s annual meeting for MAPJ at RC McGraw’s.
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Kansas City Royals (57-83, fourth in the AL Central) vs. Minnesota Twins (69-70, third in the AL Central) Minneapolis; Tuesday, 7:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Kris Bubic (2-11, 5.40 ERA, 1.64 WHIP, 88 strikeouts); Twins: Joe Ryan (10-8, 4.05 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 124 strikeouts) FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Twins -187, Royals +158; over/under is 8 1/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Minnesota Twins will try to end their three-game slide when they play the Kansas City Royals. Minnesota has a 69-70 record overall and a 40-32 record in home games. The Twins are 28-56 in games when they have allowed a home…
MANHATTAN, Kan. (Kansas State Athletics) – The Big 12 Conference and FOX Sports announced Monday that Kansas State’s Big 12 opener at Oklahoma on September 24 will kick at 7 p.m., and will be televised by FOX. The Wildcats are in search of their fourth win in Norman in the last six trips, which includes a 38-35 victory over the third-ranked Sooners in 2020, K-State’s first road win over a top-five team in school history. Since head coach Chris Klieman’s first season in 2019, each of the three games between the Wildcats and Sooners have been decided by seven or less…
MANHATTAN, Kansas (Kansas State Athletics) – For the second time in his career, Kansas State senior Phillip Brooks has been named the Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week, the conference office announced on Monday. The honor comes on the heels of Brooks’ 76-yard punt return touchdown in K-State’s 40-12 victory over Missouri on Saturday, the fourth punt-return score of his career. He was first honored following the Kansas game in 2020 after returning two punts for touchdowns. With K-State holding a 14-3 lead, Brooks provided a quick spark on the second play after a lightning delay of nearly an hour.…
Game 3 Tulane vs. K-State Date: Saturday, September 17, 2022 Kickoff: 2 p.m. Location: Manhattan, Kan. Stadium: Bill Snyder Family Stadium (50,000) Series: Tulane leads, 1-0 TV: Big 12 Now on ESPN+ (watch) Mark Neely (Play-by-Play) Todd Doxson (Analyst) Shane Sparks (Sidelines) Radio: K-State Sports Network; k-statesports.com (Listen) Wyatt Thompson (Play-by-Play) Stan Weber (Analyst) Matt Walters (Sidelines) SiriusXM Satellite Radio Ch. 200, SXM App 954 Twitter Updates: @KStateFB THE TOP 5 1) Following a dominating win over longtime conference foe Missouri, K-State wraps up the non-conference portion of its schedule on Saturday as Tulane visits Manhattan for a 2 p.m. matchup on Big…
MANHATTAN, Kan. (Kansas State Athletics) – A total of 21 strokes separate the Kansas State men’s golf team and the rest of the field as the Cats opened the 2022 Wildcat Invitational with a dominant performance on Monday to put them well atop the team leaderboard after two rounds at 25-under par 551. The conditions were beautiful at the par-72, 7,5245-yard Colbert Hills Golf Club, and the Wildcats felt right at home from the get go as four purple golfers found themselves in the top five. Every member of the scoring lineup is in the top-15 and all eight competing Wildcats…
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Kansas State Athletics) – The Kansas State women’s golf team is tied for 11th place after 36 holes of action on Monday at the Dick McGuire Invitational. The Wildcats total sits at 22-over par 598 after carding consecutive 11-over par 299 rounds on the par-72, 6,354-yard UNM Championship Course. Manon Donche-Gay leads the Cats on the leaderboard in a tie for 34th place at 4-over par 148. She shot a 1-over par 73 opening round and a 3-over par 75 second round. One stroke behind her is Gabriela McNelly, who had a promising even-par 72 second round to pair with a…
A Manhattan man was the victim of an assault early Sunday morning. According to the Riley County Police Department Activity Report, police responded to a report of battery after a 23-year-old man was attacked around 3:30 a.m. at the intersection of North 10th and Thurston Street. The victim reported that three or four unknown male suspects tackled and punched him. He was then taken to Ascension Via Christi for treatment of scrapes and lacerations to the face. The incident remains under investigation and anyone with information is asked to contact RCPD at 785-537-2112 or the Manhattan Crime Stoppers at 785-539-7777.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid pleaded guilty Monday to felony driving while intoxicated resulting in serious physical injury stemming from a 2021 crash, which occurred when his pickup truck struck two stopped cars on an interstate entrance ramp and seriously injured a 5-year-old girl. Reid, the 37-year-old son of Chiefs coach Andy Reid, had been scheduled to go to trial on Sept. 26. Britt Reid had faced up to seven years in prison, but the plea deal means he now faces a possible sentence of up to four years in prison. He entered his…
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 criminal damage to property in the 400 block of N. 4th St. in Manhattan on September 10, 2022, around 6:00 p.m. Strasser Landing LLC and a 21-year-old female were listed as…