Author: KMAN Staff

Yale 0 0 0 Kansas St. 1 0 1 MANHATTAN, Kansas (Kansas State Athletics) – Playing in front of a season-high 1,299 fans at Buser Family Park on Friday night, K-State soccer honored its 13-member senior class, but it was a freshman that provided the decisive goal in the Wildcats’ 1-0 win over Yale at Buser Family Park. K-State, winners of three of their last five matches, improved to 3-3-1 on the season, while Yale falls to 3-1-1. HOW IT HAPPENED – K-State maintain a majority of possession in the first half and freshman Andra Mohler broke through for the Wildcats in the…

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The Riley County Health Department will provide free in-person COVID tests starting Monday. According to a news release from RCHD, testing will be available by appointment only. Appointments can be scheduled as early as five days out or as late as two hours before the selected timeslot. A mobile lab trailer conducting nasal swab PCR tests will be parked in the lower lot near the RCHD Family and Child Resource center. Designated signs will be set up to help direct those receiving tests. Results are typically available within 30 minutes and will be shared with the Kansas Department of Health…

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State and local dignitaries were among about 100 people in attendance for the ceremonial groundbreaking of future Museum of Art in Light in Downtown Manhattan. Friday marked the official beginning of the $43 million facility’s construction, having jumped past a number of hurdles in securing financing via STAR bonds and receiving city approval to proceed. Read more here. “I could go on and on today, but what you need to recognize today in Manhattan is that we have become — and are becoming moreso — an oasis for the arts,” says Robert DeBruyn, the developer of the museum along…

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MANHATTAN, Kan. (Kansas State Athletics) – After an offseason of preparation, the Kansas State women’s golf team is ready to tee off its 2022-23 campaign with the Dick McGuire Invitational. The three-round, 54-hole event hosted by New Mexico will be held Monday and Tuesday at the par-72, 6,354-yard UNM Championship Course in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Cats begin this season with high expectations that center around an exciting group of five returners — Haley Vargas, Remington Isaac, Manon Donche-Gay, Napua Glossner, Gabriela McNelly — all of which are appearing in the opening lineup. Two seniors, Donche-Gay and Vargas, highlight the Wildcats’ roster. Donche-Gay, originally from Avigon, France,…

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News Radio KMAN · In Focus 9/9/22: Ascension Via Christi, Konza United Way Segment 1 – 00:00 Segment 2 – 13:26 Segment 3 – 25:44 Segment 4 – 34:06 On Friday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Ascension Via Christi President and CEO Bob Copple. We also spoke with Ascension Via Christi dietitians Almaz Rufael and Britney Petty. In our final segments we spoke with members from the Konza United Way.

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Officers responded to the report of an injury crash in the 9600 block of Windy Hill Rd. off of Tuttle Creek Blvd. on September 8, 2022, around 12:15 p.m. When officers arrived on scene, they found an ATV driven by Steven Salzman, 62, of Leonardville had hit a Riley County Fire District #1 apparatus while driving through the area of a brush fire they were responding to. Salzman was transported to Via Christi for treatment of non-life-threatening facial and leg injuries. Officers filed a report for criminal damage to property at Manhattan High School on September 8, 2022, around 2:00…

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GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Kliff Kingsbury was a fan of Patrick Mahomes before it became cool. It was nearly 10 years ago that Kingsbury — who was trying to build his program at Texas Tech — ventured to East Texas and decided the little-known, unpolished Mahomes was his quarterback of the future. “They were really the first and only,” Mahomes said. “I didn’t get recruited much. I got a couple other offers from small schools in Texas, but they’re the ones that came down and saw me and talked to my family and believed in me.” Turns out Kingsbury has…

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Ever since Marquez Valdes-Scantling signed a free-agent deal with the Chiefs this past offseason, the veteran wide receiver has had people asking him what he’s doing right in life to earn such good fortune at quarterback. Must be something to go from spending four years with Aaron Rodgers to catching passes from Patrick Mahomes. Yet the same question could be posed to Justin Watson, who has spent the past two seasons catching balls from Tom Brady, or JuJu Smith-Schuster, who spent his first five years in the NFL hauling in heaves from Ben Roethlisberger. Because…

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The Game on 1350 KMAN · The Game 09/08/2022 Hour 1 – Favorite memories of rivalry with Mizzou 00:00 – Favorite memories of rivalry with Mizzou 15:35 – “Do They Know It?” Hosted by Big Steve 29:32 – Mitch in Vegas The Game on 1350 KMAN · The Game 09/08/2022 Hour 2 – Mizzou preview with Blair Kerkhoff 00:00 – Interview with Curry Sexton 17:39 – Mizzou preview with Blair Kerkhoff 28:29 – #1 Song of the Day/Ask Us Anything

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K-State will celebrate Cancer Research Week September 12th through 17th. Sherry Fleming, Director of Johnson Cancer Research Center, says most people aren’t aware of the extensive research being done in Manhattan: The week includes speakers at locations both on and off campus, and two fundraisers. Fleming says a small portion of the donations are awarded to students for educational pursuits, but 95% of the proceeds will support cancer research. She says the week starts with making people aware of the facility and the research they’re performing from multiple angles. Monday starts the celebration with an Open House at Johnson Cancer Research Center,…

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