Author: Paul Parker

MANHATTAN, Kansas (K-State Athletics) – K-State goalkeeper Murphy Sheaff has been named among a travelling reserve for the New Zealand Women’s National Team for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Sheaff is the first player in K-State soccer history to represent her country at an Olympics. New Zealand will face Canada on July 25 to begin Group A pool play. New Zealand will then face Colombia (July 28) and concludes action against host France (July 31) as part of its pool. This is the third time Sheaff has received the call from the senior national team, as she was named to the…

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Officers filed a report of child endangerment, battery of a healthcare employee, and battery on an LEO on Saturday evening at Via Christi Hospital. Officers listed a 29-year-old female heathcare worker, a 43-year-old law enforcement officer, and a 1-year-old male child as the victims when it was reported Brittnee Armstrong, 31, of Manhattan, was believed to be under the influence and not adequately able to care for the minor child in her custody. Armstrong was arrested on the probable cause offenses of child endangerment, battery of a healthcare employee, and battery on an LEO. Total bond was set at $6,000.…

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A  man escaped serious injury Saturday night when authorities said his car flipped while exiting Interstate 70 in Wabaunsee County. The crash was reported at 6:47 p.m. Saturday on westbound I-70 about 9 miles northwest of Alma. The Kansas Highway Patrol’s online crash log said a 2020 Acura MDX car was traveling west on I-70 when it exited on a ramp to the west. The car went airborne, landed and then flipped two times. The driver was transported to Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka with suspected minor injuries.

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A man has died as a result of injuries suffered Saturday night in a utility terrain vehicle crash in Wabaunsee County. Ray G. Palenske, 74, of Lenexa was indetified as the victim, and the driver Brian Palenske, of Basehor, was reportedly uninjured. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol’s online crash log, a UTV was traveling in a field on private property at the time of the crash. The patrol said the crash happened when the driver lost control and rolled the UTV, neither person in the UTV was wearing a safety restraint. The passenger was ejected and died at the…

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