The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) and Crawford County Sheriff’s Office are conducting a homicide investigation in Arcadia, Kansas. The Crawford County Sheriff’s Office requested KBI assistance Tuesday morning. Investigators say a woman called 911 Saturday morning after discovering the body of her friend. Arriving officers responded and found the body of 80-year-old Geneva Ham dead inside her home. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Following an autopsy, the coroner ruled Ham’s manner of death a homicide. Authorities continue to investigate and have not released any further information.
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Originally posted on Kstateonline.com by Derek Young After losing his entire 2021 football season to injury, Kansas State offensive lineman Taylor Poitier suffered another injury in his 2022 debut that will keep him out for the remainder of the season once again. The news was shared by head coach Chris Klieman during his weekly press conference on Tuesday when asked by KSO’s Derek Young. Poitier went down and was unable to come to his feet following the play where Deuce Vaughn drew a facemask penalty. The South Dakota defender that ripped the running back to the ground by his helmet also leg-whipped the K-State right guard. It…
Originally posted on Kstateonline.com by Drew Galloway HEALTH UPDATES Kansas State was down a few starters on defense in the opener and lost starting offensive lineman Taylor Poitier during the game as well. Chris Klieman provided a few health updates during his weekly press conference on Tuesday. Poitier will miss the remainder of the season with a significant knee injury, and it is the second year in a row where he has been lost for the season with a knee injury. It is still a bit too early to tell if Josh Hayes and Shawn Robinson will return. One player that Klieman anticipates playing is TJ Smith. Smith was…
Originally posted on kstateonline.com by Joe Tipton East St. Louis (Ill.) High three-star recruit Macaleab Rich tells On3 he’s down to four schools: Kansas State, Missouri, Ole Miss, and Illinois-Chicago. The 6-foot-7, 225-pound small forward visited Missouri in late August and Ole Miss over the weekend. He’s scheduled to visit Kansas State this upcoming weekend, September 10th. Illinois-Chicago will be his fifth and final visit on September 16th. The St. Louis native will announce his college decision on his birthday, September 26th. Rich ranks as the No. 167 overall prospect in the 2023 class, according to the On3 Consensus, the average ranking from all four major recruiting media companies. Jamie Shaw, On3’s National Recruiting Analyst, says you…
Manhattan City Commissioners voted 3 to 2 Tuesday to remove funding in the proposed 2023 budget for an LGBT youth service organization, in front of a standing-room only crowd at City Hall. “There’s enough people in the community that just aren’t comfortable, yet, with this idea. Come back next year, and there’s a pretty good chance that you’ll get three commissioners to vote next year,” said Mark Hatesohl, one of three commissioners who voted to deny the funding request for True Colors. Commissioners heard nearly two hours of passionate public comment, mostly in support of the nonprofit organization, founded in…
MATCH #7 Yale (3-0-1, 0-0-0 Ivy League) at Kansas State (2-3-1, 0-0-0 Big 12) Friday, September 9, 2022 | 7 p.m. | Buser Family Park | Manhattan, Kan. WATCH LIVE Big 12 Now on ESPN+ Play-by-Play: James Westling Analyst: Oscar Montenegro Sideline: Lina Sattarin LIVE STATS www.kstatesports.com SERIES HISTORY First meetting Last Meeting: – Last Result: – Against the Ivy League: First meeting MANHATTAN, Kansas (Kansas State Athletics) – K-State (2-3-1) continues a three-match home stand at Buser Family Park on Friday night. The Wildcats host Yale (2-0-1) on at 7 p.m. This will be K-State’s first match against an opponent…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Shane Bieber pitched eight sharp innings, José Ramírez drove in two runs and the AL Central-leading Cleveland Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 4-1 Tuesday night. Bieber (9-8) allowed one run and four hits. He struck out seven and walked one. “I didn’t think (Bieber) had his best curveball,” manager Terry Francona said. “But with his fastball and his cutter, he really was effective. Some of the balls they squared up were in the middle of the park, and this is a big park. So that helps, too.” In his last eight starts, Bieber has…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid is scheduled to enter a plea on Monday to felony driving while intoxicated causing serious injury after a 2021 car crash that seriously injured a young girl. Reid, son of Chiefs coach Andy Reid, is expected to plead guilty, Jackson County (Missouri) Circuit Court records show. He was scheduled to go to trial on Sept. 26. He faces up to seven years in prison, The Kansas City Star reported. Police said Reid was intoxicated and speeding when he hit two parked cars on an entrance ramp near Arrowhead Stadium in…
GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) — Investigators announced Tuesday that they have collected new DNA evidence they hope will lead to a break in the killing of two Kansas women at a bakery 20 years ago. A delivery driver found the bodies of 24-year-old Mandi Alexander and 79-year-old Mary Drake the evening of Sept. 4, 2002, at a Dolly Madison Bakery outlet in Great Bend, Kansas. Drake was a customer, and Alexander had begun working as a clerk the week she was killed. Investigators said they were killed with a sharp object, but the murder weapon was never found. Although money…
The Flint Hills Wellness Coalition will host a community health meeting at the Family and Child Resource Center in Manhattan on Thursday. Flint Hills Wellness Coalition Chair Debbie Nuss says they will define and prioritize community health goals for the next three to five years: The meeting will begin with data that was collected by Wichita State University’s Center for Applied Research and Evaluation (CARE), who administered a community survey, and interviewed community members. Riley County Health Educator Shanika Rose shares the most cited concerns from the study. Rose says it’s important for the community to be involved in setting…