We should long appreciate Barton-Dobenin’s legacy
To the Editor: The only royalty I ever knew, or interviewed for that matter, was Joseph Barton-Dobenin, a longtime K-State professor of management who passed on Dec. 19. The Mercury printed his...
View ArticleCommission irked about justice center
Pottawatomie County commissioners expressed frustration Monday with the general contractor for the new justice center after receiving what they considered unwarranted change order requests. Trisha...
View ArticleK-State sets enrollment, donation records, looks to 2025
Kansas State showed itself to be a university on the rise in 2012. Records set during the year include 24,378 students enrolled this fall, $121 million in donations in fiscal year 2012, $25.8 million...
View ArticleSnow drives crowd indoors for most of Aggieville ball drop
Falling snow and freezing temperatures kept the crowds huddled inside until minutes before the ball dropped during the 10th annual Little Apple New Year’s Eve celebration on Tuesday. “I wish it was...
View ArticleNBAF land transfer completed
Gov. Sam Brownback and members of the state’s Congressional Delegation announced Wednesday the formal transfer of the proposed site of the National Bio and Agro-defense Facility (NBAF) to the U.S....
View ArticleReps unhappy with passage of ‘cliff’ measure
Members of the Kansas Congressional delegation expressed displeasure with the way the government conducts business after passage late Tuesday of a measure designed to avoid the so-called “fiscal...
View ArticleColorado mountains offer a beautiful drive to Phoenix
To the Editor: Regarding Bill Felber’s article Sunday on three routes to the Fiesta Bowl… I have driven all those routes, and they are as described. I have driven over the rim route from Heber to...
View ArticleCats open Big 12 with OK State
The non-conference schedule is over and it’s time for Kansas State’s second season — conference play. The Wildcats won’t have an easy start to their Big 12 Conference schedule either, as they take on...
View ArticleWildcats look to rebound, host TCU
Just two days after falling to rival Kansas in the Sunflower Showdown in Lawrence Wednesday night, the Kansas State women’s basketball team will return to its home court for another Big 12 test...
View ArticleK-State seniors play their final game
GLENDALE, Ariz. —It was the worst way to go out. With two minutes to play, on Kansas State’s final drive in the Fiesta Bowl, quarterback Collin Klein threw an interception, which became his final play...
View ArticleOregon too much for Wildcats
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Oregon needed just 12 seconds. The Ducks, who feature one of the nation’s best offenses, didn’t need that offense to get them on the board first Thursday night at University of...
View Article‘Django Unchained’ like a darker ‘Blazing Saddles’
I went into Django Unchained with some preconceptions. Being written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, a measure of gore and offensive language is to be expected. Then there is Jamie Foxx, who plays...
View ArticleIndians blank Clay Center, 73-0
It may have been senior night for the Manhattan High wrestling team on Thursday, but it was a freshman who ended up being the hero. Pitching a shutout through 13 weight classes, it was up to freshman...
View ArticleMemories of ’93 flood powerful
There is a picture on the wall in my kitchen of a house in the Kansas River. It is a picture I show guests often, and their apparent awe is always the same. It is ironic to be reminiscing about the...
View ArticleAn intriguing role for French actor
Russian President Vladimir Putin is riding to the rescue of Gerard Depardieu, a French actor who is sufficiently outraged by French income taxes that he would rather give up his citizenship than pay...
View ArticleDonna Robb
Donna Gail Robb, 69, of Peabody and formerly of Manhattan died Thursday at the Peabody Care Center. ...
View ArticleJeffrey Hedrick
Jeffrey Hedrick, 64, died Friday morning at Good Shepherd Hospice House. ...
View ArticleMan arrested for attempting to flee
Around 2:15 a.m. Friday, a police officer noticed someone driving fast and crossing over lanes on Bluemont Avenue, according to RCPD Lt. Michael Quintanar. The officer pursued the driver, later...
View ArticleMAC to present architecture exhibit
The Manhattan Arts Center will present an exhibit titled “the Art of Architecture” Jan. 12 through Feb. 16 The exhibit, organized by KSU Prof. James Jones, with assistance from Prof. Dragan Simic, a...
View ArticleLocal Habitat group looks to get back to its roots
Representatives of the Manhattan area Habitat for Humanity hope the start of construction on the organization’s 23rd home here helps to re-establish the organization’s purpose and mission. That...
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