Rumors about certain services provided by Manhattan Parks and Rec being removed have made their rounds. KMAN spoke with City Manager Ron Fehr, who says there have been discussions around some programming where they are having trouble filling positions. Typically, Fehr says they have had a strong ability to get seasonal workers for these positions, especially before COVID. However, during the past year, they have had trouble finding both volunteers and workforce. During strategic plan discussions last year, there were talks about holding a comprehensive look at Parks and Rec. Due to a lack of interest and a workforce for…
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The Basketball Tournament (TBT) – the $1 million, winner-take-all summer basketball event broadcast live on ESPN networks – today revealed that Purple & Black, the Kansas State alumni team, has been admitted into TBT’s 64-team field. Purple & Black, now entering its sixth year competing in TBT, will be competing in the Wichita Regional at Koch Arena from July 22-25. Purple & Black is organized by former Kansas State forward Jordan Henriquez and guard Martavious Irving. Henriquez will serve as the team’s head coach for the second straight summer. Both Henriquez and Irving will also be on the active roster as well. Their current roster includes:…
MANHATTAN, Kan. (Kansas State Athletics)– For the second straight season, K-State outside hitter Aliyah Carter was a unanimous selection onto the All-Big 12 Preseason Team in a vote of the league’s head coaches, the conference office revealed Wednesday. Carter, who enters her junior season, led the Wildcats and ranked second in the Big 12 last season with 4.03 kills per set (431 total kills), claiming her second consecutive All-Big 12 First Team and AVCA Midwest All-Region First Team honors. Additionally, she is the first Wildcat during the rally-scoring era (since 2001) to average more than 4.00 kills a set in two different…
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas’ highest court has declared that the state constitution does not prohibit partisan gerrymandering. The justices split 4-3 Tuesday in explaining their reasons for previously upholding a Republican congressional redistricting law. The state Supreme Court issued only a brief opinion last month in approving the new congressional map. The new map makes it harder for Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids to win reelection in her Kansas City-area district. It also moves the liberal northeast Kansas community of Lawrence into a district with conservative western and central Kansas. The court’s majority said the Kansas Constitution permits legislators to consider…
EL DORADO, Kan. — An oil refinery in El Dorado where an employee died in 2017 will pay a $1.6 million fine for violating the federal clean air law. The Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday that HollyFrontier’s failure to follow the law contributed to a fire that killed the employee. The EPA says the company did not comply with requirements intended to prevent the accidental release of hazardous substances. The federal agency says a heater tube ruptured at refinery, causing the fire. The agency says a subsequent investigation found HollyFrontier did not design or maintain a safe facility or inspect…
News Radio KMAN · In Focus 6/22/22: Flint Hills Discovery Center On Wednesday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Jonathan Mertz with the Flint Hills Discovery Center about upcoming events including “Big League Fun”.
ANAHEIM — Part of why Bobby Witt Jr. was ranked by MLB Pipeline as the game’s top prospect heading into 2022 is his 70-grade power tool. That was on full display on Tuesday night at Angel Stadium, as Witt delivered his first career multihomer game. Witt went yard in both the first and ninth innings as part of a three-hit, four-RBI night, to help the Royals win the second game of their series vs. the Angels, 12-11, in 11 innings. The 22-year-old phenom now has 10 homers 2 1/2 months into his first Major League season. “I think it’s pretty cool,” Witt said…
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Dr. C. Clyde Jones, who some call Mr. Manhattan, celebrated his 100th birthday on Friday, albeit about six months before his actual 100th. Organizers decorated the Atrium lounge in K-State’s business building with balloons, signs, banners, and a photo montage. Jones served as the first dean of K-State’s College of Business and was instrumental in its creation in 1962. After serving as an administrator for many years, Jones returned to teaching for a period of time before his retirement in 1986. He has since then spent most of his time dedicated to improving the local community, and is heavily involved with…
The Manhattan Juneteenth organization wrapped up a week of activities with a day in City Park full of local vendors, speakers, and a unity walk. Mayor Linda Morse read out the Juneteenth proclamation in between stories about people who have recently passed and were pillars in the town’s African-American community. One of those figures being honored was Linnetta Hill, who passed away last November. Her husband Bill spoke with KMAN about the work his wife did for the community. “She taught music for thirty years here in the grade schools… I wish she could have been here to see this. She was such a wonderful musician and…