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Leon Edmunds

Leon Kenneth Edmunds, 84, of Manhattan, died at his small family farm near Yuba, Wis., on July 26 of congenital heart failure after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. ...

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Facilities, personal touch sold Fehr on WSU

For Bret Fehr, one visit was all he needed to decide on a college destination. The senior-to-be at Manhattan High made his commitment to Wichita State to play baseball last week after taking an...

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Truck driver collides with cows

A semi-truck driver was injured after he struck four cows in Clay County Tuesday night and his vehicle ended up in a ditch. The accident was reported at 10:40 p.m. Tuesday, according to a report from...

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Community foundation gets $75,000 grant

The Greater Manhattan Community Foundation has been awarded an implementation grant of $75,000 over the next three years from the Kansas Health Foundation’s Healthy Communities Initiative. The grant...

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Area radio station goes country

Those who tune in to Q103.5, an area easy-listening radio station, got a surprise this week: country music. The radio station, based in Junction City, has been broadcasting easy-listening music since...

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Crickets at public feedback session

Members of the Flint Hills Metropolitan Planning Organization had an open house Tuesday to seek public feedback on several transportation improvement projects previously approved by city and county...

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Central enrollment proceeds at MHS

A sea of blue shirts and happy faces waited to greet students and their parents for Manhattan’s annual central enrollment Wednesday. The event was sort of a “one-stop-shop to do everything at once” for...

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Immigration politics

The Republicans who control the House of Representatives seem to have realized that Mitt Romney’s vision of immigration reform, which involves the “self-deportation” of illegal immigrants, is a...

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Marvel film ‘The Wolverine’ fast and captivating

The potentially endless string of Marvel films continues with “The Wolverine,” starring Hugh Jackman as the title character. Following the events of “X-men: The Last Stand”, Logan (Jackman) is living...

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Huelskamp still on the fringe

We’re not surprised that Representative Tim Huelskamp has proposed a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. He introduced his measure not long after the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 vote, struck...

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Leona Mae Hunt

Leona Mae (Hause) Hunt, 80, of Wamego died Wednesday at the Westy Community Care Home in Westmoreland. ...

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Leon Edmunds

Leon Kenneth Edmunds, 84, of Manhattan, died at his small family farm near Yuba, Wis., on July 26 of congenital heart failure after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. ...

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George Fitzsimons

The Most Reverend George Fitzsimons, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salina from 1984 to 2004, died Sun., July 28, 2013, at his home in Ogden. ...

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College of Architecture to hold golf tourney

The Kansas State University College of Architecture, Planning and Design, known as APDesign, will host its first Alumni and Friends Golf Tournament on Friday, October 4, at the Manhattan Country Club,...

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Who will replace Kidd Kraddick on the radio?

Q: What are they going to do to replace Kidd Kraddick on the local radio station? ...

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Get wet and wild at zoo’s water safari

This past week brought a lot of rain. The water continues this weekend with the Sunset Zoo’s Water Safari and Kids’ Free Day on Saturday. From noon to 4:30 p.m., the Manhattan Fire Department will be...

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Home prices climbing

Riley County Appraiser Greg McHenry reported higher home and commercial sales and prices for the 2013 fiscal year Thursday. McHenry told Riley County commissioners that the median sales ratio, a...

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Hagel warns of cuts to troops

WASHINGTON — Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel warned lawmakers Wednesday that it may be necessary to cut the size of the Army by 100,000 troops and impose other sharp cutbacks if $500 billion in...

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Small-town church welcomes 1,256 for annual chicken dinner

FLUSH — A human fence surrounded St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Flush Wednesday evening, and it wasn’t for a special mass. It was the line for a fried chicken dinner with mashed potatoes, gravy, green...

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The Democrat candidate rises

Before even starting, the Democratic race for the nomination to oppose Gov. Sam Brownback has ended. Absent a huge turnaround, House Minor-ity Leader Paul Davis from Lawrence will be the 2014 nominee....

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