FHDC receives grant
The Flint Hills Discovery Center recently received an $8,725 humanities and heritage grant from the Kansas Humanities Council. Discovery center officials said that the funds will be used to create the...
View ArticleDoesn’t the new hotel look kind of fragile?
Q: There are so many major construction projects going on in Manhattan. Comparing the multistory steel frameworks, however, makes one curious. In particular, the new NBAF building and the South Fourth...
View ArticleRiley County Attorney’s Office Calendar
Monday, December 23, 2013 9:00 – JJC 9:00 Busch, Monte SENTENCING (13 CR 581 Battery) JJC III 9:00 Kleymann, Jeffrey Status (13 TR 2979 DUI [1st]) JWG III 9:00 Leonard, Denzel SENTENCING (13 CR 342...
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Monday, December 30, 2013 9:00 – NO APPEARANCES 10:30 - JJC 10:30 Havens, Brian Arraignment (13 CR 646 Agg Endangering a Child x 4) KSL I 10:30 Havens, Brain Arr. (13 CR 644 Fprgery X 1) BKD I 10:30...
View ArticleSams willing to change positions
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — This isn’t how Daniel Sams envisioned his college football career playing out. Not even close. Daniel Sams thought this would be the first of three years as Kansas State’s...
View ArticleCats pound Colonials, 72-55
The Kansas State men’s basketball team ran its winning streak to eight games on Tuesday, beating George Washington, 72-55, in a New Year’s Eve game at Bramlage Coliseum. With the win, the Wildcats...
View ArticleK-State men defeat George Washington, 72-55
The Kansas State men’s basketball team was at a crossroads at the end of November. K-State was sitting at 3-3, its season needing an upswing after a dreadful season-opening loss to Northern Colorado...
View ArticleCats handle Colonials to extend streak
The Kansas State men’s basketball team was at a crossroads at the end of November. (Kansas State’s Shane Southwell shoots over a George Washington defender on Tuesday at Bramlage Coliseum). K-State was...
View ArticleWoods back from injury early to help Wildcats
As sure as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, the recovery time for a torn Achilles tendon is 12 months. Unless you’re Ashia Woods. (Kansas State junior Ashia Woods shoots over a UC Santa...
View ArticleBILLY JOE WEBB
Billy Joe Webb, 31, of Riley, died Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014, at his residence of natural causes. Funeral services are pending with the Anderes-Pfeifley Funeral Home in Riley. ...
View ArticleWAYDE BYRD
Wayde Byrd Sr. died on Dec. 29, 2013, at the age of 88. The family provided some of the following information. He was born on July 2, 1925 in Joes, Colo. His family moved to Manhattan when he was 8...
View ArticleEVE GETTYS
Eve Loleetta Grace Gettys, 63, of Manhattan died Sunday, Dec.29, 2013, at her home, with her family and friends at her bedside. The family provided some of the following information. She was born in...
View ArticlePAULINE JOSEPHINE DINGER
Pauline Josephine Dinger, 94, of Manhattan, died Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center in Wichita. She was a life-long resident of the area. Pauline was born Oct. 4, 1919, in...
View ArticleThis act of kindness didn’t go unnoticed
To the Editor: Just days before Christmas, while the snow was still falling, one gentleman who was picking up a skid loader from his construction site took it upon himself to scoop multiple driveways...
View ArticleSuspect held after man found dead
Pottawatomie County authorities believe a Rossville man was murdered early New Year’s Day. Levi W. Bishop, 24, was found shot to death at 4:43 a.m. inside a car when it pulled up to the St. Marys...
View ArticleCorrections mental health position filled
Riley County Community Corrections has filled a position to offer mental health services to its clients. Brett Bruning started last month in his position as care coordinator with Pawnee Mental Health...
View ArticlePersistence made Wildcats successful
Yes, we realize that Bill Snyder’s clichés have become something of a local giggle — after all, how long can you actually chop wood or row a boat? Well, maybe we all should pay more attention, because...
View ArticleArt of the Flint Hills, plus Tuttle Creek Eagle Day
It is your last chance to see with your own eyes the exhibit, “Through Artists’ Eyes” at the Strecker-Nelson Art Gallery. See the work of 44 artists, from Kansas natives to those who traveled across...
View ArticleBody of soldier recovered from lake
The body of a Fort Riley soldier was recovered from Milford Lake on Wednesday afternoon after a long search by rescuers. The Geary County Sheriff’s Department, along with multiple area emergency...
View ArticleFirst baby of 2014 born to OB nurse
Manhattan’s first baby of the new year was born Wednesday to a Mercy Regional Health Center labor and delivery nurse. Amaia Gloria Banks was born at 3:24 a.m. Wednesday to Danielle and Mike Banks of...
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