Taz Sherman scored 23 points and West Virginia held on for a 56-53 victory over No. 15 UConn. The Mountaineers were terrible at the free throw line but made enough in the closing minute to beat a ranked opponent in their first try this season. Sean McNeil, who missed West Virginia’s last game with a sore back, added 16 points. Short-handed UConn was held to a season low for points in its first true road game. Isaiah Whaley led the Huskies with 15 points. R.J. Cole added 14 and Andre Jackson scored 10. West Virginia shot 44% from the free-throw…
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OMAHA, Nebraska (Kansas State Athletics) – K-State women’s basketball used a barrage of 3-pointers to tie the school record and cruise to its first road win of the season, 87-56, at Omaha on Wednesday evening in Baxter Arena. K-State (8-2) tied the school record for 3-point field goals made, knocking down 16-of-32 (.500). The 16 connections tied the record originally set on Jan. 23, 2013, against Oklahoma State. The 16 three-pointers were the most in the Jeff Mittie era. Mittie was surprised by the volume of makes but pleased with how they came. “It’s surprising to me. I think we…
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TOPEKA, Kan. — Bob Dole will be honored Friday in a private memorial service with President Joe Biden in attendance and a public service at the World War II Memorial in Washington. Those events will come before the casket of the former presidential candidate and decorated soldier travels to Kansas for events in his hometown and the state capital. Dole’s casket will lie in state Thursday at the U.S. Capitol. The Dole Institute of Politics says Biden will join former presidents, congressional leaders, friends and the Dole family for the private service Friday morning at Washington National Cathedral. A public…
GYPSUM, Kan. — Officials say a moderate earthquake shook parts of north-central Kansas on Wednesday as residents were starting their day. The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 4.3 earthquake was recorded around 7:45 a.m. Wednesday, with the epicenter just southwest of Gypsum in Saline County. The survey say the quake hit at a depth of 1.86 miles (3 kilometers). Residents in Salina and as far away as Arkansas City in southeastern Kansas reported feeling the quake. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
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 as well as 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 theft in the 5500 block of Skyway Dr. in Manhattan on December 7, 2021, around 10:18 a.m. Officers listed Hertz Rental as the victim when it was reported a…
On Wednesday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with USD 320 Wamego Interim Superintendent Greg Mann and USD 323 Rock Creek Superintendent Kevin Logan. We also spoke with Manhattan Area Technical College President Jim Genandt.
Ochai Agbaji scored 23 points, Christian Braun added 20 and eighth-ranked Kansas tuned up for this weekend’s return of the Border War with a 78-52 blowout of UTEP on Tuesday night. David McCormack and Mitch Lightfoot added eight points apiece for the Jayhawks (7-1), who led by 21 at halftime and weren’t threatened the rest of the way. Souley Boom had 18 points and Keonte Kennedy 11 for UTEP (4-4). Now, the Jayhawks turn their attention to Saturday’s showdown with Missouri. The bitter rivals haven’t played a regular-season game since the Tigers bolted for the SEC nearly a decade ago.…
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State hopes to shore up its defense by hiring Oklahoma State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles. Buckeyes coach Ryan Day announced Tuesday that Knowles will take over as defensive coordinator on Jan. 2, a day after the Rose Bowl game. The current coaching staff will stay intact until then. The 56-year-old Knowles was a finalist for the Broyles Award, which recognizes the nation’s top assistant coach. The Cowboys finished as the third best in the country in total defense (278.4 yards per game) and in the top 10 in several defensive categories.
The City of Manhattan has switched to a new online payment system. With the flip of the calendar to the month of December, Manhattan switched to an online payment platform for sewer and water customers called Paymentus. Ron Fehr, city manager, talks about why they made the change. “The old system that we had was no longer going to be supported after January 1st. The company that we had been doing business with to provide that service, will no longer support it,” he said. Fehr adds that the roll out of the new system didn’t go as smoothly as they…