How can the stadium be ‘under budget’?
Q: I heard Kirk Schulz say that the new stadium expansion project was “under budget.” But the budget was $75 million, and it turned out to be $90 million. How is that “under budget”? ...
View ArticleManhattan man killed in motorcycle crash
A motorcycle crash south of Manhattan resulted in one man’s death Thursday. According to a crash report from the Kansas Highway Patrol, a motorcycle driven by Jose F. Laureano-Mercado, 29, of Manhattan...
View ArticleNew assistant city manager named
Adam Bentley has been named the city’s the new assistant city manager. Bentley will start work here October 14. City manager Ron Fehr, who announced Bentley’s selection from among four candidates...
View ArticleKSU to dedicate new tennis facilty Saturday
Kansas State will dedicate the new Mike Goss Tennis Stadium at 11 a.m. Saturday in an on-court ceremony that will be open to the public in addition to being broadcast live on K-StateHD.TV. The event...
View ArticleMill Valley defeats Indians, 26-21
After a dominating performance against Mill Valley a season ago, the Jaguars flipped the script on the Manhattan Indians in Friday’s season-opening return game, with Logan Koch rushing for 209 yards...
View ArticleGuggisberg: Wildcats still a work in progress
As the 48-27 final score against Louisiana indicates, Kansas State improved upon last week’s performance against North Dakota State. But how much better were they? Did the glaring weaknesses in last...
View ArticleK-State gets back on track vs. Cajuns
Kansas State won the game, but you won’t find Kansas State coach Bill Snyder leading the celebration after this one. Avoiding their first 0-2 start since 1989, the Wildcats eased to a 48-27 victory...
View ArticleMeandering through SoCal while finding solace in music
Charlie Davis is a talented but disturbed middle-aged man. For the past nine years he’s lived with and been taken care of by his father due to a mental breakdown. All that changes in the book’s first...
View ArticleNewly released fall books offer exciting adult fiction
What’s new for this fall’s adult fiction book releases? A riveting story that revolves around a long-hidden Mayan codex of epic proportions. A real puzzler of a missing person for series favorite...
View ArticleOne teen’s adventure to digital ‘80s OASIS
This is a fascinating story about what our future might hold. The year is 2044, and planets across the universe are populated. Earth, however, is in trouble. Our planet has succumbed to climate change,...
View ArticleThe rough realities of rehab life
Being in rehab is not always a pleasant experience. Even getting into the right rehabilitation clinic can be a struggle for those who suffer an addiction of any kind. After reading Anne M. Fletcher’s...
View ArticleKansas man tells story of his father’s life in the Navy
If you want to know what a war was really like, ask an enlisted man, not a general or admiral. In this case, we hear from Clyde resident, Russel F. Coash (1895-1959). He enlisted in the Navy on May 2,...
View ArticleTeresa Lynn Conde
Teresa Lynn Conde, 54, of Manhattan died September 5 at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan. ...
View ArticleWamego teacher finalist for state teacher award
Mary Lonker, a high school English language arts teacher at Wamego High School was named a Region 1 finalist for the 2014 Kansas Teacher of the Year award today. This award recognizes excellent...
View ArticleMCS wins grade school contest at mall
Staff reports Manhattan Catholic Schools placed first in Manhattan Town Center’s 2013 Grand for Grade Schools Contest. Every dollar spent at Manhattan Town Center in the month of August was worth one...
View Article47 stopped in DUI saturation patrol
The Riley County Police Department had its last of a series of six DUI Saturation Patrols from Friday evening into the early morning hours Saturday. Four officers from the Riley County Police...
View ArticleJC man dead after shooting
A Junction City man is dead after a shooting that occurred early Saturday morning in Junction City. The Junction City Police Department and deputies from the Geary County Sheriff’s Office responded to...
View Article6 past ag secretaries to give Landon Lecture
This fall’s first Landon Lecture will feature not just one but six people — a panel of former United States secretaries of agriculture. The event will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Oct. 21 at McCain Auditorium...
View ArticleAnnouncers find Snyder’s revolving QBs a challenge
Announcer Adam Alexander and color analyst Chris Simms faced an unexpected challenge Saturday night in their description of Kansas State’s 48-27 victory over Louisiana. The challenge involved figuring...
View ArticleKSU saxophonist, who is blind, marches in first halftime show
On Saturday at Bill Snyder Family Stadium, K-State saxophone player Charlie Wilks got ready to play in front of a crowd of 53,073 people he couldn’t see. Wilks, a freshman majoring in music education,...
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