The Staley School of Leadership Studies bid farewell Friday to visitors from the 2022 Mandela Washington Fellowship class. The flagship program of the Young African Leaders Initiative, Kansas State University’s Staley School has hosted cohorts for the 6-week leadership institute since 2016. This year saw 24 fellows from across the African continent come to Manhattan to study civic engagement through volunteering, meeting with state and local elected leaders, as well as visiting with officials from non-profits and businesses throughout the region. The Fellows were seen off with a graduation ceremony as the cohort prepared to depart for home on Sunday…
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The Game on 1350 KMAN · The Game 07/15/22 – Hour 1 00:00 – Derek Young from K-State Online 15:32 – DY 26:00 – #1 Song of the Day 39:27 – End of the First Hour 40:32 – Banter/Best Royals win of the season 56:03 – Ask Us Anything
With summer activities in full swing, blood donations often decline, creating an ever greater need for donors. To help fight this shortage, the Red Cross is hosting their 19th annual Battle of the Badges blood drive, where local first responders compete to see who can recruit the most donors. RCPD, Riley County EMS, and the Manhattan Fire Department will gather at St. Thomas More and encourage donors to vote for their department. Red Cross spokesperson Kristi Ingalls explained why this event is so beneficial at this time of year. Ingalls also said that understanding the process of donating can help…
Kansas City, MO (AP) – The Chiefs traded wide receiver Tyreek Hill to the Dolphins in their biggest move of the offseason, replacing him with Marquez Valdes-Scantling, JuJu Smith-Schuster and rookie Skyy Moore. If that works, Patrick Mahomes and Co. could be headed to a fifth straight AFC title game. On defense, the Chiefs need to put more pressure on the quarterback in a division featuring the Chargers’ Justin Herbert, the Broncos’ Russell Wilson and the Raiders’ Derek Carr to reach a third Super Bowl in the last four seasons. They flopped in last year’s AFC championship game, blowing a…
News Radio KMAN · In Focus 7/15/22: KSRE, Battle of the Badges Segment 1 – 00:00 Segment 2 – 10:28 On Friday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Riley County K-State Extension Director Gary Fike. Battle of the Badges annual blood drive is previewed with Red Cross spokesperson Kristi Ingalls, RCPD Captain Josh Kyle, Riley County EMS Assistant Director Josh Gering and Manhattan Fire Department Captain Gregg VanDeCreek
MANHATTAN, Kan. (Kansas State Athletics) – Kansas State has signed a two-game, home-and-home scheduling agreement in men’s basketball with Pac-12 foe California, the two athletics departments announced on Thursday (July 14). he two schools will open the series in Berkeley at Haas Pavilion on Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, before finishing at Bramlage Coliseum at a date to be determined during the 2024-25 season. It marks the second such home-and-home series that the schools have signed following a pair of meetings during the 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons. The contest at Cal will be the first road game under first-year head coach Jerome…
TORONTO (AP) — The Kansas City Royals overcame the absence of 10 unvaccinated players to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1. Double-A callup Angel Zerpa pitched five solid innings in his first major league start and Bobby Witt Jr. hit a tiebreaking home run for Kansas City. Nate Eaton homered in his major league debut as the Royals won for the fifth time in six games. Players who aren’t vaccinated against COVID-19 aren’t allowed to enter Canada. Among the Royals who stayed home were All-Star outfielder Andrew Benintendi, two-time All-Star Whit Merrifield, future cornerstones Kyle Isbel and MJ Melendez and…
The Game on 1350 KMAN · The Game 7/14/22 Hour 1 – Brent Venables is "Blowin and Goin" 00:00 – Brent Venables is “blowin and goin” 17:57 – ‘Do They Know It?’ Hosted by Big Steve 30:59 – #1 Song of the Day 37:31 – Royals Without 10 Players in Toronto The Game on 1350 KMAN · The Game 7/14/22 Hour 2 – K-State MBB Finishes Non-Con Schedule 00:00 – K-State MBB Finishes Non-Con Schedule 15:16 – Ask Us Anything
A man convicted of attempting to kill RCPD officers in 2018 has found himself back in jail, this time in Sherman County. 42-year-old Mark Harrison, formerly of Manhattan, is charged with three counts of conspiring to distribute marijuana inside the Winfield Correctional Facility. In lieu of his guilty plea to those charges, the court dismissed charges of conspiring to distribute contraband, forgery and two counts of fraud – by mail and by phone. Harrison was sentenced to 50 months in prison in July 2019 after pleading no contest in Riley County District Court to attempted voluntary manslaughter and was found…
TORONTO (AP) — The Royals will be without 10 of the 26 players on their active roster for their upcoming trip to Toronto due to Canadian restrictions on travelers who aren’t vaccinated against COVID-19. Manager Mike Matheny said Wednesday the club will be without hitters Andrew Benintendi, Hunter Dozier, Cam Gallagher, Kyle Isbel, MJ Melendez, Whit Merrifield and Michael A. Taylor along with pitchers Dylan Coleman, Brad Keller and Brady Singer. The team is set to play four games in Toronto. The 10 players will be placed on the restricted list and forfeit four days of pay and major league…