JOHN EARL KENT
John Earl Kent, 70, of Olsburg, died Wednesday at the Community Hospital in Onaga. He was the assistant director of facilities at Kansas State University in Manhattan for 40 years until retiring in...
View Article‘I, Frankenstein’ will pass the time, if you don’t think too much
Remember the 1950s crime novel “I, the Jury”? Mickey Spillane had more publicity muscle shots taken than has Vladimir Putin during the time his Mike Hammer was the hero of relatively unsophisticated...
View ArticleBrownback digging us into debt
Rhetoric soared as Gov. Sam Brownback delivered his State of the State address in mid-January, but words can not mask the grim conditions ahead for Kansas as a result of his actions on state finance....
View ArticleAgencies’ response to needs impressive
Sometimes it isn’t just problems that snowball. Sometimes it’s solutions — or at least the effort to provide solutions. So it was Wednesday and Thursday at the First United Methodist Church on Poyntz...
View ArticleJACK GLOVER
Jack C. Glover, M.D., 84, died Sunday at his home in Farmington, N.M. The family provided some of the following information. He was born Nov. 29, 1929, in Topeka. He was the son of Otis B. Glover and...
View ArticleScholarships for distance students reach record figure
Kansas State University’s Division of Continuing Education has awarded $26,400 in scholarships to distance education students across the country for the spring 2014 term. This is the largest amount of...
View ArticleFinalists named for scholarship
Kansas State University has named 12 high school seniors as finalists for the university’s Civic Leadership Scholarship, presented by Kansas Farm Bureau and Farm Bureau Financial Services. The...
View ArticleHunger Dialogue planned for February in Wichita
Leaders and activists in the fight against hunger will convene in downtown Wichita in February to generate strategies and action plans for ways that college campuses can combat hunger. The 2014 Hunger...
View ArticleRock Creek beats Jackson Heights
In the consolation semifinals of the 37th annual Hiawatha Girls Invitational, Rock Creek used a strong third quarter to wipe out a three-point halftime deficit and defeat Jackson Heights, 38-35, on...
View ArticleMHS bowlers take first at Junction City
The Manhattan High bowling teams went 2 for 2 on Thursday in Junction City, capturing a pair of first-place finishes at the Blue Jays’ triangular. The girls’ team rolled a season-high team score of...
View ArticleMHS girls rout Hays to open Classic
MCPHERSON — With no regular contributors standing taller than 5-foot-11, it’s not every night the Manhattan High girls’ basketball team has a size advantage over its opponent. In Thursday afternoon’s...
View ArticleMHS suspends boys’ basketball coach
When the Manhattan High boys’ basketball team takes the court at Emporia Saturday night, it will do so without head coach Tim Brooks. Brooks confirmed Friday morning that he has been suspended pending...
View ArticleBrierwood house fire causes $150,000 in damage to home
A house fire caused more than $100,000 to a Manhattan home Monday afternoon. The fire in a single family residence caused an estimated $100,000 in damage to the house and an estimated $50,000 to its...
View ArticleMore than 200 exhibitors registered for festival
Wamego is gearing up to be host to the state’s largest traveling festival in May. The 25th annual Kansas Sampler Festival, which moves to a new city every two years, will be May 3 and 4 in 2014 and May...
View ArticleWhy is chamber retreat in Overland Park?
Q: We have some fiscally conservative city and county commissioners, yet they chose to spend the weekend retreat in Overland Park rather than in Manhattan. What’s the justification for going to OP...
View ArticleJury selection under way in robbery case
Jury selection for a Manhattan man accused of aggravated robbery began today in his second trial. After his initial trial resulted in a hung jury, Levertis L. Horne, 22, is scheduled to undergo six...
View ArticleMHS girls rout SM South in semifinals
A day after routing Hays in the opening round of the Mid-America Classic in McPherson, the Manhattan High girls’ basketball team advanced to Saturday’s tournament championship with a 66-35 win over...
View ArticleCats lose on road at WVU, 81-71
Despite having a chance to take the lead with 2 and 1/2 minutes to play, the Kansas State men’s basketball team came up short with an 81-71 loss to West Virginia in Morgantown, W.V. The Wildcats...
View ArticleState salutes Wilson Elementary
Woodrow Wilson Elementary was recently recognized as part of the seventh annual Governor’s Achievement Awards, which goes to top performing K-12 schools in the state. Forty-two elementary schools, 10...
View ArticleFirst year students honored at Washburn
Tina Wise, undeclared, of Manhattan, and Rachel Darey, accounting, and Madison Wiegers, biology, both of Wamego, will be among those honored as First Year Experience (FYE) Scholars at Washburn...
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