News Radio KMAN · In Focus 6/27/22: Sunset Zoo, UFM, Fly MHK Segment 1 – 00:00 Segment 2 – 12:47 Segment 3 – 22:21 Segment 4 – 35:45 Monday’s edition of In Focus featured guests from the Sunset Zoo, UFM Community Learning Center, and the Manhattan Regional Airport. The show opened with a conversation with Zoo Marketing and Development Officer Melissa Kirkwood. She spoke in segment 1 about recent outings at Sunset Zoo, including the end of Pollinator Week and a movie night for Zoo members. Kirkwood gave some animal updates in segment 2, talking about Susie the Chimp’s recent…
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Seth Brown hit his 10th home run of the season, Nick Allen had two RBIs and the Oakland Athletics defeated the Kansas City Royals 5-3 on Sunday. Brown leads the team in HRs, and belted a solo shot to right in the sixth inning to make it 2-0. “I’ve faced (Royals starter Brady Singer) quite a few times now and I felt confident going in,” Brown said. “I knew what I wanted to do with my approach and I worked out well today.” Kansas City responded in the bottom of the sixth with three runs, including…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Zack Greinke tossed six innings of one-run ball, Edward Olivares hit two solo homers and the Kansas City Royals beat the Oakland Athletics 3-1 on Friday night. Both Grienke (1-4) and Olivares were activated from rehab assignments on Friday. After missing 43 games with a right quad strain, Olivares belted homers to left field in his first two at-bats — in the third and fifth innings — for his first career multi-homer game. “I was super excited,” Olivares said. “I had been waiting for this day for a long time. I’m here and happy to…
MANHATTAN, Kan. (Kansas State Athletics) – Kansas State head coach Jerome Tang continued the process of building his first team on Friday morning (June 24) with the signing of graduate transfer Abayomi “Baybe” Iyiola (Ibadan, Nigeria/ Greenforest-McCalep Christian Academy (Ga.)/Stetson/Arkansas/Hofstra) to a Financial Aid Agreement with the program for the 2022-23 season. Iyiola is the seventh player to sign with the Wildcats since Tang was introduced as the program’s head coach on March 21, including the fifth Division I transfer following Cam Carter (Mississippi State), Jerrell Colbert (LSU), David N’Guessan (Virginia Tech) and Desi Sills (Arkansas/Arkansas State). Overall, Iyiola is the eighth newcomer added to the team for the 2022-23 season. A 6-foot-10, 215-pound…
Maryville, MO (Northwest Missouri State Athletics) – Two-time NCAA Division II player of the year Trevor Hudgins has signed a two-way deal with the National Basketball Association’s Houston Rockets. Manhattan native Hudgins becomes the first Northwest Missouri State University men’s basketball player to sign an NBA contract. Hudgins left his mark on Bearcat basketball as the program’s all-time leading scorer with 2,829 points. Hudgins also owns Northwest school records for three-pointers made in a career (435), three-pointers made in a season (168), three-pointers made in a game (11), points scored in a season (897), most consecutive free throws made (48) and…
KANSAS CITY — The Royals announced Friday that Salvador Perez will have surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament on his left thumb after the catcher reaggravated the injury earlier this week. Perez is expected to return to play this season. Perez was sidelined in May with a left thumb sprain after he injured his thumb while swinging. He returned after 10 days and served as the Royals’ primary catcher for a month before he felt the same injury again on Tuesday in Anaheim. He sat out of the lineup for Wednesday’s series finale while the Royals awaited MRI results…
The Supreme Court has overturned the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion throughout the U.S and puts the decision to the states to decide rules governing access to the procedure. U.S. Senator Roger Marshall reacted to the news Friday morning in a video statement, where he called on Americans to remain peaceful and respectful in the protest of the decision. U.S. Senator Jerry Moran echoed Justice Samuel Alito’s statement that the “American people will again have the opportunity to make their voices heard through their representatives and the legislative processes. It’s expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half…
News Radio KMAN · In Focus 6/24/22: RCPD Segment 1 – 00:00 Segment 2 – 12:11 Segment 3 – 28:14 Segment 4 – 34:44 Friday’s edition of In Focus featured our monthly visit with representatives of the Riley County Police Department. Brandon was joined on the program by Cpt. Josh Kyle and Cpt. Erin Freidline for the hour. The program opened with conversation about recent outings the RCPD has been involved in before flowing into conversations about the proposed budget for 2023, traffic safety awareness and recent cases of theft from vehicles in the county.
An 18 year old was arrested in Manhattan early Thursday morning after being found in possession of a stolen gun. Ryan Tierney was taken into custody in the 1800 block of Anderson Avenue just after 2:30 a.m. He’s charged with a trio of crimes including possession of stolen property, criminal carry of a concealed weapon and violation of his juvenile probation. Tierney was arrested in 2021 on a charge of aggravated arson at the age of 17, when he was accused of setting a trash can on fire during school hours at Manhattan High West. Tierney was confined to the…
Riley County Police arrested a woman in Manhattan Wednesday after she is alleged to have attempted to drive off with a vehicle parked at the west side Taco Bell. 36-year-old Andrea Freeman was taken into custody after 7 p.m. Wednesday outside of the Taco Bell on Westport. She’s been charged with two counts of theft of property as well as obstruction and criminal trespassing. The car was ultimately returned to the owner. Police officials say the car’s owner was inside the restaurant when they found Freeman attempting to drive off with the vehicle. A video on social media shows what…