The Great Bend Panthers snapped a two-game losing streak by blasting Mulvane 41-21 in a Kansas Class 4A state playoff first-round game Friday night at Great Bend High School Memorial Stadium. The Panthers, who lost to Class 6A Junction City and Class 5A Hays High […]

An 18-year-old Junction City man was arrested Friday evening on allegations of aggravated assault, criminal threat and criminal carrying of a weapon. According to the Junction City Police Department, Daniel James Moon was arrested just after 7 p.m. in the 1800 block of Caroline Avenue. According to Geary County Detention Center records, Moon was booked [...] The post 18-year-old arrested on aggravated assault, weapons allegations appeared first on News Radio KMAN.

6A 14W Topeka High Trojans (1-7) @ 3W Manhattan Indians (6-2) 10W Washburn Rural Junior Blues (3-5) @ 7W Junction City Blue Jays (4-4) 5A 9W Hutchinson Salthawks (3-5) @ 8W Emporia Spartans (4-4) 4A 15W Abilene Cowboys (1-7) @ 2W Wamego Red Raiders (6-1) *Thursday* 10W Highland Park Scots (4-4) @ 7W Rock Creek [...] The post Local High School Football Playoff Scoreboard – Week 9 appeared first on News Radio KMAN.

The Great Bend Panther football team, which started the season with a 6-0 record, suffered its second loss in a row Friday night at Junction City. Class 6A Junction City downed the Class 4A Panthers 55-14 and evened its record at 4-4. Great Bend lost […]

Otis-Bison 62, Pawnee Heights 0 Larned 14, Nickerson 8 Junction City 55, Great Bend 14 Hoisington 28, Garden Plain 12 Central Plains 58, St. John 0Kingman 20, Cimarron 6 Ellinwood 38, Syracuse 0 Hodgeman County 65, Macksville 0 Stafford 51, La Crosse 20 Kinsley 44, […]

Manhattan High football closed out the regular season by blanking Washburn Rural 46-0 on senior night, securing the Centennial League trophy Friday night at Bishop Stadium. It marked Manhattan’s second league title in three years after rival Junction City took the crown last fall. The Indians will enter the postseason with a 6-2 record, with [...] The post Manhattan High football claims Centennial League title, blanking Washburn Rural 46-0 appeared first on News Radio KMAN.

Emporia High soccer wrapped up its regular season on a high note Thursday evening, securing a 2-1 victory on the road against Junction City. Ricky Ram...

Centennial League Washburn Rural Junior Blues (3-4, 2-1) @ Manhattan Indians (5-2, 3-0) Topeka High Trojans (1-6, 0-3) @ Emporia Spartans (3-4, 0-3) Great Bend Panthers (6-1) @ Junction City Blue Jays (3-4, 3-1) BEL/NCKL Jefferson West Tigers (6-1, 4-1) @ Wamego Red Raiders (5-1, 4-0) NCKL Rock Creek Mustangs (5-2, 1-2) @ Bonner Springs [...] The post Local High School Football Scoreboard – Week 8 appeared first on News Radio KMAN.

The first railroad to come through Clay Center was the Union Pacific, which extended through the town in 1873. The line was originally known as the Junction City and Ft. Kearney or Kansas Pacific Railway until 1899; though it merged with UP in 1880, the line wasn’t fully absorbed for another nine years.  Then in […]

Two people were killed Wednesday afternoon in a head-on crash on I-70 near Junction City after a pickup truck reportedly struck multiple vehicles in Riley County before traveling the wrong way on the interstate. According to the Geary County Sheriff’s Office, the incident began just after 4 p.m. when authorities received reports of an erratic [...] The post Geary County authorities release new details in deadly I-70 crash appeared first on News Radio KMAN.