Indians host rivalry games tonight
Throw the records out the window. Manhattan High hosts Junction City tonight, and all bets are off. In the biggest rivalry game on the Indians’ schedule, motivation shouldn’t be hard to come by when...
View ArticleTonia Taylor
Tonia Latrice Martin Taylor, 45, of Ogden died Monday at Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan. ...
View ArticleWamego girls stay perfect, win 61-28
MARYSVILLE — Junior phenom Kaylee Page scored a game-high 26 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the Wamego Red Raiders to a 61-28 win on the road at Marysville Friday night. Page also sunk five...
View ArticleRed Raiders whip Marysville 56-40
MARYSVILLE — In true team fashion, the Wamego boys basketball team used a collective effort to overcome Marysville in the second half of a 56-40 NCKL win Friday night. Eleven players posted a basket...
View ArticleHudgins leads Indians past Blue Jays
Manhattan High senior Chris Hudgins admits to enjoying rivalry games. In front of a packed crowd Friday night, Hudgins made his presence felt, especially in a dominant third quarter, as the Indians...
View ArticleMHS girls cruise past Junction City
After a disappointing game against Hayden on Tuesday, Manhattan High girls’ basketball coach Scott Mall was hoping his team would come out with more fire Friday night. With rival Junction City in town,...
View ArticleK-State bests Coach Huggins this time
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. — The story of last year’s game was just too odd for Bob Huggins. The West Virginia head coach and former Kansas State coach was taking his team to Wichita to face his previous...
View ArticleSouthwell, Wildcats top WVU 65-64
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. — Shane Southwell saved his biggest plays for the end. With 21 seconds left and Kansas State trailing West Virginia by one on the road, Southwell made a pair of free throws to put...
View ArticleTrust that it’s OK for farmers to dissent
Trust is a two-way street, an idea that U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack seems not to grasp very well. As reported earlier here, the administration’s chosen one to run the USDA...
View ArticleMountaineers pull away for 66-52 win over Wildcats
There’s a big difference between being 2-2 or 1-3 in the Big 12 logjam right now, especially with No. 1 Baylor coming to town Wednesday. Unfortunately for Kansas State, it’s the latter, as West...
View ArticleHuelskamp to open office in Manhattan on Monday
Congressman Tim Huelskamp is set to open his Manhattan office Monday at 727 Poyntz Ave., Suite 10. Staff will be available on Monday from 1 to 3 p.m., and on Thursday from 1 to 3 p.m. Every week,...
View Article$15,000 stolen from Colbert Hills
Riley County detectives are investigating a nearly $15,000 theft, stolen after a reported hacking, at Colbert Hills Golf Course. Officials with Colbert Hills said it appears an unknown person or...
View ArticleBattling with plants
Plants have varying degrees of success in the landscape. I’m sensitive to the ones that I purchase only to have them succumb. Fortunately, most get established and I don’t really pay them too much...
View ArticleHS entrepreneur contest returns
McPherson College’s Jump Start Kansas is returning for the second year in a row – putting more than $80,000 in grants and scholarships on the line to motivate and develop high school entrepreneurs in...
View ArticleBrownback lauds progress in Flint Hills at 3rd summit
Gov. Sam Brownback made his way to Rock Springs 4-H Center near Junction City on Friday for the third Governor’s Flint Hills Visioning Summit, where the topic of the day was the Kansas economy and job...
View ArticleGerman’s campaign is farcical
For Americans who think some of our politicians do dumb things, we are not alone. Germany has a politician who rivals our most inept. In fact, he is running to replace Chancellor Angela Merkel next...
View ArticleVeterans gather, share memories of Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Bulge veterans gathered in Manhattan’s American Legion post Saturday in honor of their service to the country during one of the world’s most harrowing wars. The event marked the 68th...
View ArticleCommissioners, legislators discuss liquor law, NBAF
City officials met with state legislators on Friday to discuss proposed legislation that could affect Manhattan, including measures dealing with health insurance, liquor laws and city election dates....
View ArticleArea students make McPherson honor roll
Three area students were named to the fall 2012 honor roll at McPherson College. Those students were Joshua Dunback, junior, of Wamego; Laurina Hannan, sophomore, of Wamego; and Natalie Boss, senior,...
View ArticleMHS team in top 16 in academic contest
A team from Manhattan High earned one of the top 16 scores out of 58 competing teams at the Super Saturday qualifying event of the Quest High School Academic Competition on Dec. 1 at Washburn...
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