(Kansas State Athletics) – K-State kicks off the 2022 baseball season Friday at the State Farm College Baseball Showdown in Arlington, Texas, as the Wildcats will take on Arizona, Michigan and Auburn over three days at Globe Life Field, home of the Texas Rangers. K-State will meet Arizona on Opening Day at 3 p.m. UA is ranked as high as No. 10 in the national college baseball polls while K-State is receiving votes in the preseason NCBWA poll. The Wildcats will then face Michigan Saturday at 11 a.m. and close the weekend Sunday against Auburn at 10:30 a.m. The Cats’…
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With his team readying to face Oklahoma State Sunday afternoon, Kansas State women’s basketball coach Jeff Mittie and his wife Shanna announced publicly that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Mittie said yesterday afternoon on KMAN’s “The Game” that the family decided to make the announcement yesterday after meeting with doctors at the University of Kansas Medical Center Monday to plan for treatment of the cancer found during a standard exam earlier this year. The announcement adds another reminder for why days like this coming Sunday are important. The annual “Play for Kay” recognition is that day as the…
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Riley County commissioners unanimously approved to add an ambulance to the northern part of the county. The commission gave EMS administration the go ahead to start the process for building a new ambulance station. This includes finding an architect, position requests, and determine where to put the station. “To me, it’s obvious that we need to put a station up there, we have ARPA money. It will basically just need a small house and an oversized garage. We have a chance to do that now,” says Commission Chair Greg McKinley. Commissioner Kathryn Focke says last week’s special meeting was emotional and insightful.…
MANHATTAN, Kansas (Kansas State Athletics) – K-State women’s basketball student-athlete Ayoka Lee continues to add to her trophy case, as she was named a 2022 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District VII First Team selection on Thursday. This is the second straight season Lee has garnered CoSIDA Academic All-District honors. As a program, K-State women’s basketball has earned 25 CoSIDA Academic All-District VII citations by 15 student-athletes. As a first team selection, Lee advances to the CoSIDA Academic All-America Team selection process, where first-, second- and third-team All-America honorees will be selected in mid-March. Lee graduated in…
The final design of the Manhattan Regional Airport’s new runway cut over $7 million off prior cost predictions. Manhattan City Commissioners Tuesday unanimously voted to authorize the runway rehabilitation project to open for bids once final Federal Aviation Administration funding is awarded later this year. Olsson Associates’ Diane Hofer told commissioners the savings come as a result of an FAA-approved design alternative that had previously been rejected. “So, not only did we save about $7 million, we cut construction time by about two to three weeks.” The alternative involves using less material for the runway’s base course, though overall more…
INDEPENDENCE, Kan. — A 20-year-old Coffeyville man has been sentenced in the shooting death of a woman in southeast Kansas. The Kansas Attorney General’s office said Benjamin Mason was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 25 years. He pleaded no contest in December to first-degree murder in the shooting death of 19-year-old Kimberly Meeks. Investigators say Meeks was killed on Dec. 14, 2019, while walking with another man along Main Street in Independence.
WICHITA, Kan. — A Wichita woman who fatally shot a man accused of beating her adult son with a baseball bat has been sentenced to more than 16 years in prison. The Wichita Eagle reports that a judge on Wednesday sentenced 43-year-old Amber Ahrens for the 2020 shooting death of 53-year-old David Leddy. Ahrens had pleaded guilty in November to second-degree murder and a weapons count in Leddy’s death. Police have said the shooting happened June 17, 2020, after Ahrens’ 19-year-old son and Leddy had fought earlier in the day. Ahrens has said she shot Leddy in the head after…
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 2300 block of Tuttle Creek Blvd. in Manhattan on February 16, 2022, around 11:31 a.m. Officers listed a 40-year-old male as the victim when it was…
On Thursday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce President Jason Smith and Director of Membership Sharla Meisenheimer.