7 vehicles involved in adjacent wrecks on K-18
Seven cars were involved in two accidents near each other Friday morning on a the westbound bridge of K-18 just before the Ogden exit. At least one person was taken to the hospital for injuries. The...
View ArticleWestar Energy expands ReliabiliTree
A tree-trimming program designed to improve safety and lessen outages has expanded to Manhattan. Trees contacting powerlines are a leading cause of power outages, according to a Westar Energy press...
View ArticleEdgar “Ozzie” Osborn
Edgar “Ozzie” Osborn, 88, of Goodland, died Thursday, Jan. 3, at Hays Medical Center in Hays. ...
View ArticleDonald Edgemon
Donald Clayton Edgemon, 78, a longtime resident of St. George, died Saturday at Mercy Regional Health Center of Manhattan. ...
View ArticleCarole Setser
Carole Setser, 72, of Manhattan, died Dec. 23, 2012. The probable cause was acute myeloid leukemia. ...
View ArticleRetirement only one McCulloh option
Karen McCulloh has been working in civil service for the better part of two decades. So when she decided to not run for re-election to the county commission last year, it was for personal reasons. “I...
View ArticleThird joins city commission field
An Army veteran has become the third entrant in April’s race for three seats on the Manhattan City Commission. Daniel Hogan, an Alabama native who came to Manhattan through his military assignment,...
View ArticleHuelskamp given new House gig
Ejected last month from two House committees, First District Rep. Tim Huelskamp landed on Main Street Friday. Huelskamp’s office said he has been named to the Small Business Committee during the 113th...
View ArticlePedestrian killed on Anderson
A pedestrian was killed after being struck by a vehicle Saturday morning in the 5900 block of Anderson Avenue about 2.5 miles west of Scenic Drive. Authorities had not released the name of the victim...
View ArticleWith land transferred, backers look ahead to groundbreaking…but where’s...
Confidence is high among the state’s congressional delegation about the eventual arrival of the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF). Gov. Sam Brownback and delegation members announced...
View Article‘Kremlin shoots itself in the foot again’
The headline atop this article is from a Russian newspaper criticizing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to sign a bill forbidding Americans from adopting Russian orphans despite the fact...
View ArticleAmerica’s states stay in the game
Last week we spent a few days in Seattle, with its short days and chilly drizzle. Nothing remarkable, really. Well, save that same-sex couples can get married and that marijuana is legal. Oh, and the...
View ArticleRaises for Congress? What for?
To no one’s surprise, 1st District Rep. Tim Huelskamp on Thursday didn’t support U.S. House Speaker John Boehner’s effort to keep his leadership position. In what he acknowledged was a protest vote,...
View ArticleInvestigative couple goes to Yemen to bring down terrorist
The Panther isn’t a panther. He’s a terrorist. But he’s not just another terrorist, if there is such a thing. He was one of the men behind the bombing of the USS Cole docket in Aden in 2010. He’s...
View ArticleGeronimo’s life proves to be fascinating decades later
I always look forward to new titles by writer Robert Utley. While Utley, a former historian for the National Park Service, has created some excellent guidebooks for various parks, he has also written...
View ArticleEven after the peak of Jimmy Page’s career, he continues to awe fans
Try as I might, I find it impossible to successfully define Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page in one word, though some critics have done just that. Page has been a central key figure and element in composing...
View ArticleWildcat fans are welcome in Arizona anytime
To the Editor: Gracious and friendly. These are just a few words that help describe the wonderful influx of Kansas visitors to Arizona last week. ...
View ArticleRiley County jury summonses wasted on Pott Countians
To the Editor: My family lived within the city limits of Manhattan in Riley County for nine years. In those nine years, none of us was ever called for jury duty. In 2000, we moved to Blue Township in...
View ArticleDismay, outrage at AIG justified
AIG’s current ad campaign — the one in which employees thank the American public for its assistance, point out that the money has been repaid with a profit for taxpayers and tout some good things the...
View ArticleAddition of 3D doesn’t improve ‘Monsters Inc.’
“Monsters Inc.” is the latest animated feature to get a 3D re-release. Originally very successful in its 2001 incarnation, this time around its success will be dependent on how many parents are willing...
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