Mindfulness may help children focus in the classroom
A Kansas State University child/adolescent counselor says a process used to help adults with anxiety disorders may also have a place in the classroom, helping children keep their focus on the subject...
View ArticlePhyllis Cusic
Phyllis Cusic, 71, Topeka, died Saturday, August 3, 2013 at a local hospital. ...
View ArticleDean Wyant
Dean Wyant, 75, Junction City, died Sunday, August 4, at his residence. He was a retired Command Sgt. Major with the US Army. ...
View ArticleDaniel Hinkin
Doctor Daniel Hinkin, 58, died August 5, 2013, in Manhattan. The family provided some of the following information. ...
View ArticleCommission to reconsider plan for Peace auditorium
Commissioners informally agreed Monday to reconsider plans for remodeling the Peace Memorial Auditorium. The decision to reconsider a 4-1 June Commission vote to move ahead with the remodeling came...
View ArticleCity approves $131M budget for 2014
City commissioners unanimously supported the 2014 city budget Tuesday, but only after making a couple of last-minute changes. The $131 million 2014 budget is about $9 million (6.6 percent) higher than...
View ArticleK-State students again rank in Princeton Review list
Life is good for Kansas State University students, who were once again named among the happiest students in the nation, according to the 2014 edition of the Princeton Review’s “The Best 378 Colleges.”...
View ArticleCommission allows rezoning for 15-plex
City commissioners thumbed their noses at the planning board, and also deferred the Fort Riley Boulevard/Seth Child Road interchange project during Tuesday’s meeting. Rejecting a planning board...
View ArticleSchool board approves 2014 budget
On a split vote, the USD 383 Board of Education Wednesday gave preliminary approval to a 2014 budget that includes a 2.095 increase in the property tax levy. Board members Curt Herrman, Dave Colburn,...
View ArticleCats’ Big 12 women’s hoops schedule is set
Before the Kansas State women’s basketball team begins its 10-day, three-game trip to Italy on Friday, the Big 12 announced the league slate Wednesday afternoon for the 2014 season. K-State will open...
View ArticleK-State men’s Big 12 schedule is released
The Kansas State men’s basketball team will have 10 nationally-televised games and two primetime slots during Big 12 Conference play this next season. The Big 12 announced the league schedule on...
View ArticleWildcats add JUCO linebacker
Kansas State just lost Arthur Brown to graduation this year, and now they might have found a player to take his spot next year. The Wildcats received a verbal commitment from Garden City Community...
View ArticleBig changes at receiver for Wildcats
Losing receiver Chris Harper is a big deal. The same could be said for tight end Travis Tannahill. Those weren’t the end of the changes, however, as Kansas State also brought in a new receivers coach...
View ArticleYoung students welcome at KSU’s Beach Museum
To the Editor: Soon the school buses will be seen all over Manhattan as the new school year begins. As it has been for the last 17 years, so, too, the doors of the Beach Museum will open, and eager...
View ArticleGene Henry
Gene Henry, 75, of Randolph died Wednesday at Autumn Hills in Riley. Funeral services are pending with the Anderes-Pfeifley Funeral Home in Riley. ...
View ArticleWanda Williamson
Wanda Booz Williamson, 96, of Manhattan died Wednesday at Meadowlark Hills - Bramlage House. She was born Oct. 1, 1916, at Glen Elder. Complete obituary and service information will be announced later...
View ArticleK-State to host native grasslands conference
Nearly 200 researchers, students, ranchers and conservationists will gather in Manhattan Aug. 12-14 for the biennial America’s Grasslands Conference. The event will focus on the status, threats and...
View ArticleDean honored as chemical society fellow
Peter Dorhout, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of chemistry at Kansas State University, has been selected as a 2013 American Chemical Society fellow and will be recognized at the...
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