Author: KMAN Staff

The Game on 1350 KMAN · The Game 11/19/21 Hour 1 – Interview with Kellis Robinett 00:00 – Baylor Preview 12:41 – Kellis Robinett 25:14 – Kellie Robinett 2 33:53 – Mitch’s 3rd Down Music Ideas The Game on 1350 KMAN · The Game 11/19/21 Hour 2 – Last Chance to Watch Skylar at The Bill 00:00 – Last Chance to Watch Skylar at The Bill 16:18 – Ask Us Anything

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The Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce is exploring how to create incubator space in Aggieville for startup businesses. The concept is part of an effort to invigorate the Manhattan area’s entrepreneurial environment and boost economic growth locally and regionally. Chamber President and CEO Jason Smith says these plans stem from the work of Region Reimagined, formerly known as the Greater Manhattan Project, an economic development group initiative in collaboration with communities in Riley, Pottawatomie and Geary Counties. “Most of our larger […] private employers started as or even are still locally owned businesses — you think of Manko, you think…

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WINFIELD, Kan. — Authorities say two people who died in a fiery crash with a combine were Wichita residents. The Cowley County Sheriff’s office said Thursday that dental records were used to identify 28-year-old Lucas Connor Walker and 33-year-old Sarah Laurella Deere. They died Nov. 7 after the car Walker was driving collided with and then went under a combine and burst into flames. The collision occurred on a road just north of Winfield. The driver of the combine was not injured.

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KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A suspected serial killer has been charged with killing two people in Kansas. Wyandotte County authorities announced Thursday that 26-year-old Perez Reed was charged with killing two people at an apartment complex in Kansas City, Kansas. He has already been charged with four killings in the St. Louis area and the FBI has labeled him a suspected serial killer. Reed was charged Thursday with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Damon Washington Irvin and Rau’daja De’Naya Farrow. Their bodies were found during the same week in early November in separate apartments at the…

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WICHITA, Kan. — A Wichita man who was arrested after his suicidal roommate shot himself has been released from jail. Police arrested a 28-year-old Charles Burnham on Tuesday and held him on $500,000 bond on a possible first-degree murder charge. Investigators alleged that after a 27-year-old man shot himself, Burnham retrieved the gun and shot him two more times. District Attorney Marc Bennett said Burnham was released after his office determined more investigation was needed.

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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 2500 block of Farm Bureau Rd. in Manhattan on November 18, 2021, around 10:45 a.m. Officers listed a 55-year-old male as the victim when it was…

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AUSTIN, Texas (Kansas State Sports Information) – No. 2 Texas’ offense hit at a .398 clip, led by Skylar Fields’ .448 efficiency, as the Longhorns picked up a three-set victory (25-16, 25-16, 25-15) over K-State Thursday night at Gregory Gymnasium. Fields led all players with her 13 kills, while teammate Logan Eggleston put down a dozen kills at a .400 pace. The .398 team efficiency by Texas (21-1, 12-1 Big 12) equaled a season high by a K-State (15-9, 6-7 Big 12) opponent. The Wildcats were led by 10 kills apiece from Holly Bonde and Aliyah Carter. Bonde and Carter accounted for 20 of K-State’s…

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The fate of a home and garage in the Pierre-Houston Street Historical District remains undecided after a tabled vote by the Manhattan City Commission Tuesday. The Boys and Girls Club of Manhattan hopes to acquire the Wurst Home, located at 212 S. 5th Street and adjacent to B&GC property. Their proposed plan to demolish the 1927 house and turn it into green space for programming was rejected by the Historic Resources Board at its September 27 meeting on the grounds that the project did not meet numerous of the Secretary of the Interior’s standards for projects in recognized historic districts. That…

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