Optimist Tree Lot is part of local Christmas tradition
To The Editor: The Manhattan Breakfast Optimist Club this year is continuing the annual tradition of selling Christmas trees and holiday decorations. All proceeds benefit local area youth and...
View ArticleHappy Thanksgiving
We often like to trace our Thanksgivings to the Pilgrims of the early 17th century. We might envision them dining with the Americans who lived here when the Mayflower dropped anchor and without whom...
View ArticleVon Trapp to perform at KSU
Elisabeth von Trapp and the Carolian Brass will present “The Sound of Christmas” at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 1, in McCain Auditorium as part of Kansas State University’s McCain Performance Series. Von Trapp...
View ArticleData analysis results in customized advertising
Excited, surprised or annoyed when those holiday catalogs or promotional offers start coming in the mail or via email? According to a Kansas State University expert in customer relationship management,...
View ArticleTCU sweeps past K-State volleyball
FORT WORTH, Texas — The K-State volleyball team could not overcome its offense that hit less than .100 and was swept by TCU (25-23, 25-21, 25-22) on Wednesday in the TCU Recreational Center. The...
View ArticleMcCarty reflects on her time at KSU
When Kansas State senior Tristan McCarty looks into the Ahearn Field House crowd during Wildcat volleyball matches it isn’t hard for her to see herself in the faces of the little girls there watching,...
View ArticlePolice seek bank robber
Riley County police are looking for a man who robbed Kansas State Bank Wednesday afternoon. Police surrounded the bank at 1101 Bluemont Avenue after responding to the robbery call at 2:45 p.m....
View ArticleEnjoy tree lightings, crafts, holiday music
The Flint Hills are alive with the sound of music and lights this weekend. Don’t miss the inaugural Christmas tree lighting at the Blue Earth Plaza at 7 p.m. Friday as the Blue Earth Plaza and...
View ArticleK-State engineers heading for space
Engineering students at Kansas State University are improving spacesuits to keep astronauts healthy in final frontier conditions. The team, which includes electrical and computer engineering professors...
View ArticleDisturbing district grad rate deceiving
Discussion during a Riley County Commission meeting Monday highlighted a below-average graduation rate in the county. But it’s a complicated issue. While the state saw 84.92 percent of its high school...
View ArticleVolunteers produce big Thanksgiving spread for all ... and it’s free
For Thursday’s lunch, Old Chicago was not serving its typical Italian food. It was time for a traditional Thanksgiving meal. Volunteers from the Flint Hills Breadbasket and Old Chicago served a...
View ArticleK-State women fall to SMU, 68-57
FREEPORT, Bahamas — Despite a career-high performance from Ashia Woods in her in season debut, the Kansas State women’s basketball team dropped its opening game of the Junkanoo Jam to SMU on Friday,...
View ArticleKinder: Being close in proximity does not a rivalry make
You can’t blame conference realignment for this one. No, the poor state of the Sunflower Showdown falls squarely on the two schools involved. Kansas State and Kansas need to share this epic fail. When...
View ArticleSims makes lowly KU go
Oklahoma made it look easy — rushing for more than 300 yards a week ago against Kansas State. The Wildcats are hoping it doesn’t start a trend because Saturday’s matchup at Kansas has the potential to...
View ArticleMotivation built in for Sunflower Showdown
For 60 members of the Kansas State football team, Saturday’s regular-season finale against the University of Kansas is a game they’ve had circled on their calendars for months. (Three Kansas State...
View ArticleLEROY REYNOLDS
Leroy Reynolds, 88, of Manhattan, died Thursday at the Meadowlark Hills Retirement Community - Honstead House in Manhattan. He was born on Feb. 1, 1925. Complete service times and obituary information...
View ArticleMennonite church to build on Poyntz
The Manhattan Mennonite Church has unveiled plans for a new building and location. The current church building is at 1000 Fremont, and through the help of tithes and donations, church leaders hope to...
View ArticleBlack Friday becoming earlier, more organized
Black Friday is no longer on Friday, and it’s no longer quite so black. Or bleak. Incidents in recent years that resulted in injuries or even death of employees and shoppers have brought about a more...
View ArticlePAULINE SNODGRASS
Pauline Snodgrass, 102, died Saturday. Pauline Margaret Lueck was born on Aug. 22, 1911, in Holton. She moved to Netawaka when she was a child and was a graduate of Netawaka High School. After...
View ArticleWhat are the flashing lights at basketball games in Bramlage?
Q: Several times during each basketball game I attend at K-State’s Bramlage Coliseum, the big lights at the top of the arena flash like a flash camera. How come? A: It’s a secret plot that the Bob...
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