PALM DESERT, Calif. — The Kansas State men’s golf team moved up one spot on the leaderboard in Round 2 as it carded a 6-over-par 294 Saturday and owns a 36-hole score of 5-over 581 at the 2015 Desert Intercollegiate held at the par-72, 7,305-yard Classic Club.
The Wildcats are buoyed by two players ...
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K-State men tied for third in California
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Wildcat track tunes up for Big 12s
The Kansas State track and field teams capped off their final meet before next weekend’s Big 12 Indoor Championships, with several Wildcats recording either personal or season-bests in a strong showing at the K-State Open Friday.
Competing in their final home meet of the indoor season, the Wildcats recorded 12 first-place ...
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Indians compete at state swim meet
With athletes in just four individual events and each of the three relays, the Manhattan High swimming and diving team was going to have a hard time competing for a top-15 spot in the team standings at this weekend’s Class 6A state swim meet.
But that didn’t keep ...
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MHS wrestlers win Wichita regional
The Manhattan High wrestling team picked a good time to win its first trophy of the season.
After a runner-up finish at the Centennial League meet two weeks ago, Manhattan came home as regional champion after winning the Wichita Southeast regional by two points over Derby on Saturday afternoon.
Junction ...
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Bears deal Cats second straight loss
WACO, Texas — Much like in Wednesday loss at TCU, the Kansas State men’s basketball team came out on fire to start the second half.
But this time around, after holding No. 20 Baylor without a field goal for the first eight minutes, the Wildcats were punchless the rest of the ...
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Sooners shoot past Wildcats
Oklahoma entered Saturday night’s women’s basketball game against Kansas State leading the Big 12 in 3-point shooting.
Peyton Little showed the pink-laden crowd in Bramlage Coliseum why.
Little hit four of from long range in the first half and finished with eight on the night to lead the Sooners ...
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Chamber honors Yunk, Knackendoffel
A former Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce chairman was named the organization’s Citizen of the Year Friday night.
Dan Yunk, a former superintendent for Manhattan-Ogden schools and Kansas Farm Bureau CEO and executive director, received the Lud Fiser Citizen of the Year, at the Chamber’s annual meeting.
In ...
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Trial set for Belvue man accused of killing uncle
WESTMORELAND — A Belvue man charged with first-degree murder was found competent to stand trial on Thursday, but may receive further psychological evaluation.
A preliminary hearing for Christopher Michael Arand was scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on March 6, at which time he will enter pleas to charges of first-degree murder and felony ...
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K-State Drag Show offers up costumes, laughs
If there’s one thing a drag show has, it’s a lot of costume changes.
Victoria Fox used one of her performances to show off a Storm costume in a re-imagining of the X-Men member as a pop star.
“This is a family show,” said Monica Moree, the show’ ...
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Lawmakers discuss state’s finances
Area legislators voiced their concerns Saturday regarding education funding after Gov. Sam Brownback announced cuts to school spending.
Rep. Sydney Carlin, D-Manhattan, Sen. Tom Hawk, D-Manhattan, Rep. Ron Highland, R-Wamego, and Rep. Tom Phillips, R-Manhattan spoke Saturday during a legislative coffee hosted by the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce at ...
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When your parents go digital
My mother is now a full participant in the digital world, which is good, but it’s going to take some time to get used to on my part, as another member of my family stops calling and starts texting.
Her transition culminated in the last week when she shared ...
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Yoga challenge proves physically difficult but rewarding
Recently, in some rare and possibly deluded burst of self-esteem, I signed up for a monthlong yoga challenge.
The terms were demanding: participants were required to go to at least six classes a week for four weeks, tracking their attendance kindergarten-style on a big chart with colorful stickers.
It didn’ ...
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Reeling Wildcats to host Jayhawks
Thomas Gipson was mad.
The senior center said as much after his team got blasted by 27 points on Saturday at Baylor.
Gipson said he saw a lack of effort from the whole team, and he felt like they laid down at the end of the game.
The last week was ...
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G. CLEVE HUMBERT
G. Cleve Humbert, 89, of Manhattan, died Wednesday, Feb.18, 2015, at the Meadowlark Hills Retirement Community - Collins House.
His family provided some of the following information.
He was born on Oct. 22, 1925, in Arkansas City, Kan., the son of Oscar and Polly Hayden Humbert. He graduated from Arkansas City High School in 1943. ...
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LEE DALRYMPLE
Lee Dalrymple, 52, of Westmoreland, died Friday, Feb. 20, 2015.
He was born on July 27, 1962 in Phoenixville, Pa.
A complete obituary and service information will be announced at a later date by Irvin-Parkview Funeral Home and Cremation in Manhattan. ...
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Unlike race and ethnicity, human behavior is a choice
To the Editor:
While seconds away from e-mailing The Mercury a letter congratulating Mark Weddle on his well-written letter of Feb. 18, I decided to read the “Kansas rolls back tolerance” piece be-low Mr. Weddle’s. I must respond to this “tolerance” piece.
Once again, the question is “Whose values do ...
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Kobach’s say-so doesn’t make it so
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is a smart man. Given that, and given the fact that he’s taught constitutional law, you’d think he’d know better than to continue trying to place Kansas above federal law.
The most recent example is a bill that’s been introduced ...
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MHS offers well conceived version of ‘Leaving Iowa’
About 10 years ago, Jeff Daniels’ Purple Rose Theater Company in Michigan produced a new play called “Leaving Iowa.” The entertainment generated some buzz, and there have been new productions of it from California to New York.
This year Manhattan High’s resident director Linda Uthoff chose “Leaving Iowa” to be ...
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MHS’ Wagner invited to Shrine Bowl
Manhattan High senior Colton Wagner, an offensive tackle for the Manhattan High football team as well as a state-qualifying shot-putter for the track and field team, was invited to participate in this summer’s 42nd-annual Kansas Shrine Bowl.
The game will be played on July 25 at Fort Hays State University ...
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1 dead in Geary County rollover
A single-vehicle rollover accident Sunday morning in Geary County left one person dead when the driver of a car failed to stop at a dead end and drove off the road.
Ronald E. Stump Jr., 35, Belleville, was driving a 2015 Chevy Malibu southbound in the 7000 block of Laurel Canyon Road when ...
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