Anyone with information about a crime can contact Crime Stoppers. Using Crime Stoppers allows you to remain anonymous and could qualify you for a cash reward of up to $1,000.

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Anyone with information about a crime can contact Crime Stoppers. Using Crime Stoppers allows you to remain anonymous and could qualify you for a cash reward of up to $1,000.

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On today’s edition of The Game, K-State football coach Collin Klein joins the show! Also, there continues to be drama between Texas Tech & Texas including the proposition of a duel, we’ll take a look at Big 12 meeting storylines and more!

Hour 1

Segment 1 – Big 12 signs CSC agreement, interest in more schedule changes

Segment 2 – Texas Tech has challenged Texas to a duel

Segment 3 – Summer of Coleture

Hour 2

Segment 1 – Interview with Collin Klein

Segment 2 – More with Coach Klein

Segment 3 – Ask Us Anything

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By Toby Hammes

WICHITA — Less than 24 hours after moving into Manhattan to begin his Kansas State football career, Pratt senior Arley Morrell found himself back on the track for one final high school competition.

Morrell, a Kansas State football tight end signee and one of the first commitments secured by new Wildcats head coach Collin Klein, competed Friday at the KSHSAA State Track and Field Championships at Wichita State’s University Stadium, closing out a decorated prep career before returning to Manhattan for summer football workouts.

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By Tim Everson

Kansas State women’s basketball will reunite with an old conference foe as part of the second 28.5 Hoops Women’s Invitational held at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City on Nov. 22.

K-State confirmed to the Mercury on Thursday that the Wildcats will face former Big 12 school Missouri in the four-game event.

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Kansas State will renew its in-state rivalry with Wichita State in the Wildcat Classic on Dec. 11 at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City.

This will mark the second time that the schools have met in the Wildcat Classic with K-State earning a 69-60 win over WSU in front of a sold-out crowd of 18,660 at T-Mobile Center in 2023. Overall, this will be the 14th Wildcat Classic game since 2007 with K-State winning 10 of the last 13 previous Classics. The Wildcats lost to Drake in overtime in the last matchup in 2024.

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Riley County’s appraiser warned county commissioners that appraisal appeals are increasing again after a brief decline and said millions of dollars in pending exemptions could affect future budgets.

During a commission meeting Thursday, county appraiser Anna Burson said the office is preparing for small claims hearings related to the 2026 tax year while continuing to manage payment-under-protest hearings and Board of Tax Appeals cases dating back several years.

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A Manhattan man was arrested Thursday morning on multiple child exploitation charges stemming from an investigation that began earlier this year, according to authorities.

Kirk Lee Hartgenbush, 64, of Manhattan, was arrested at approximately 10:30 a.m. May 28 in the 700 block of Allen Road.

Hartgenbush was arrested on 24 counts of sexual exploitation of a child for possessing media depicting a child under the age of 18. The arrest stems from a report originally filed in March 2026.

Hartgenbush was issued a total bond of $100,000 and remains confined in the Riley County Jail at the time of this report.

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One person was transported to the hospital Thursday morning following a two-vehicle crash in Manhattan, according to the Riley County Police Department.

Officers responded at approximately 9:55 a.m. May 28 to the area of Fort Riley Boulevard and Pillsbury Drive for a reported injury accident. Upon arrival, officers determined that a 2019 Ford Expedition driven by Robert Whelchel, 38, of Manhattan, had collided with a 2016 Toyota Camry driven by David Smale, 67, of Westwood.

Smale was transported to Via Christi Hospital for evaluation.

Whelchel was issued a citation for inattentive driving.

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