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.
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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…
The Game on 1350 KMAN · The Game 07/20/22 Hour 1 – Derek Young from K-State Online 00:00 – Derek Young from K-State Online 19:34 – Mitch’s Top 10 40:18 – Autograph etiquette The Game on 1350 KMAN · The Game 07/20/22 Hour 2 – Interview with Phil Steele 00:00 – Shoutout to the K-State SIDs/ Interview with Phil Steele 16:31 – Phil Steele Part 2 32:00 – #1 Song of the Day 38:31 – Ask Us Anything
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…
News Radio KMAN · In Focus 7/20/22: USD 383, Manhattan Christian College Segment 1 – 00:00 Segment 2 – 11:15 Segment 3 – 22:25 Segment 4 – 31:04 On Wednesday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with USD 383 Assistant Superintendent Eric Reid and board member Karla Hagemeister . We also spoke with Manhattan Christian College President Kevin Ingram.
MANHATTAN, Kan. (Kansas State Athletics) – For a second-straight season, Kansas State junior running back Deuce Vaughn is in the running for the Doak Walker Award, presented annually to the nation’s top college running back, as the PwC SMU Athletic Forum announced its preseason watch list on Wednesday. Vaughn was a semifinalist for the award a year ago, just the third Wildcat to advance from preseason candidacy as Darren Sproles was a finalist in 2003 and Daniel Thomas was a semifinalist in 2010. A product of Round Rock, Texas, Vaughn is one of 73 running backs in the nation to be…
MANHATTAN, Kan. (Kansas State Athletics) – K-State’s Blake Adams and Dominic Johnson were taken with consecutive picks in the 13th round of the 2022 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft Tuesday, as Adams was selected by the Colorado Rockies (No. 386 overall) and Johnson was chosen by the Detroit Tigers (No. 387 overall). Adams and Johnson are the second and third selections from K-State in this year’s MLB Draft, as Dylan Phillips was taken in the eighth round by the Los Angeles Angels on Monday. In one season at K-State, Adams made 17 appearances with 13 weekend starts. He went 6-6 with a 5.07 ERA (49 ER,…
A standing-room only crowd came out Monday for a public forum on the future of Parks and Recreation programming, held at Manhattan Fire HQ. Manhattan in June had announced the possibility of programs being modified or suspended depending on the city’s revenue picture into Fall and Winter, leading to organization and conversation around the topic by numerous residents including local educator Josh Runyan. Comments stressed the importance of Parks and Rec offerings for lower income residents, and pushed for the department to better engage with the community to foster volunteer opportunities as well as sponsorships to support programs. Numerous speakers…