ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs founder Lamar Hunt used to tell his son, Clark, that his favorite place on the planet was Arrowhead Stadium. If it’s up to the current chairman, the club will be there long into the future. During his annual trip to training camp, Clark Hunt said Friday that the preference of the Chiefs is to renovate the aging facility east of downtown Kansas City rather than build a new stadium. But that will depend on a number of studies that are examining the structural integrity of a building celebrating its opening 50 years ago this…
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An older adult from Manhattan’s car was stolen Thursday afternoon. Police say they filed the report around 3:30 p.m. Thursday, when a 76-year-old man reported his truck was stolen from the 500 block of Bertrand Street. The vehicle was a 1989, two-tone tan and brown GMC Sierra. The estimated loss associated with the theft is about 2500 dollars. Anyone with information on the vehicle’s whereabouts or who may be responsible are asked to contact RCPD or Riley County Crime Stoppers.
A Fort Riley man was taken into police custody late Thursday evening, accused of using a fictitious or revoked driver’s license to purchase liquor while underage. 19-year-old Joseph Hawthorne was arrested by Riley County Police just before midnight in the 1200 block of Moro Street. Police allege that Hawthorne, in addition to the alcohol charges, resisted arrest and also faces a charge of battery of a law enforcement officer. Hawthorne was issued a 3 thousand dollar bond and was confined to the Riley County Jail as of Friday’s report.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pac-12 Commissioner George Kliavkoff said his conference is far from finished, despite the defections of Southern California and UCLA. Kliavkoff confirmed the Pac-12 is actively exploring expansion and lobbed several feisty jabs at the Big 12 during an eventful opening speech at his conference’s football media day Friday — likely its last in the nation’s second-largest media market. While painting a promising picture of the league’s future even after USC and UCLA leave for the Big Ten in 2024, Kliavkoff said the Pac-12 intends to keep its current members while entertaining new additions. The commissioner also…
A young man was robbed at gunpoint before he and a woman were shot at in Manhattan Thursday afternoon. Riley County Police say the crime occurred in the 20 block of Waterway Place, in the Countryside Mobile Home Parks in Manhattan’s Northview neighborhood. According to the police report, a 17-year-old male victim was stuck up at gunpoint by two male suspects aged 15 and 18. The two took the victim’s iPhone, and then shot at him as well as a 45-year-old woman in their car as they attempted to follow the suspects while fleeing the scene. No injuries were reported…
MANHATTAN, Kansas (Kansas State Athletics) – For the third time in the last 11 days, Kansas State running back Deuce Vaughn has been mentioned among the nation’s best players, as the junior is on the watch list for the 2022 Walter Camp Award, the Walter Camp Football Foundation announced Friday. Vaughn is a first-time watch list member for the Walter Camp Award, which goes to the nation’s most outstanding player. It is just the sixth time a Wildcat is a candidate for the award and the first since Dante Barnett in 2015. Most notably, current Wildcat offensive coordinator Collin Klein was a finalist for…
News Radio KMAN · In Focus 7/29/22: Kansas Housing and Resources Corporation Segment 1 – 00:00 Segment 2 – 15:09 Friday’s edition of In Focus featured a conversation on housing in Kansas and Riley County, welcoming guests from the Board of County Commissioners and Kansas Housing Resources Corporation. We were joined by Commissioner John Ford and Kansas Housing Rep. Ryan Vincent, stemming from a conversation at a recent Habitat for Humanity groundbreaking in the City of Ogden. The conversation touched on housing needs in the State and Riley County, opportunities to preserve historic properties through housing initiatives as well as…
NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge hit his third walk-off homer this year, his major league-leading 39th home run, to lift the New York Yankees over the Kansas City Royals 1-0 Thursday night. New York was held to one hit before Judge drove a first-pitch fastball from Scott Barlow (4-3) into the Kansas City bullpen with one out in the ninth, giving the Yankees their 12th walk-off win this season. Judge joined Mickey Mantle as the only Yankees with three walk-off home runs in one season. Judge had been 0 for 2 with a pair of strikeouts and a walk…
A weekly summer update of current and former Wildcats. (from Kansas State Athletics) PRO CATS Nick Martini, NC Dinos (Korean Baseball Organization) Martini signed a free-agent contract with the NC Dinos of the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) last offseason. In 88 games with the NC Dinos, he has a slash line of .297/.370/.483 with 21 doubles, a triple and 12 homers. He has driven in 54 runs, scored 37 runs and stole seven bases. Martini has reached safely in 18 of his last 21 contests. He went 4-for-5 with a double and two RBI on July 7 against the Hanwha…