Excel to total $1.8M
WESTMORELAND — A $1.8 million project to improve Excel Road north of U.S. 24 came closer to reality Monday as Pottawatomie County commissioners reviewed a proposal of project responsibilities. Leu...
View ArticleBelafonte to speak at K-State
Singing legend and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte will give a Black History Month keynote address next week at Kansas State. Belafonte’s address, “From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin: The...
View ArticleSchools, city close as forecast predicts near-record snowfall
Snowfall on Tuesday put a halt to plenty of plans throughout the state — and the Flint Hills region was no exception. K-State climatologist Mary Knapp said the Manhattan area received 2.8 inches of new...
View ArticleK-State announces 2014 football recruiting class
Bill Snyder may not care how many stars a recruit has or how his recruiting class ranks nationally, but today the Kansas State football coach is expected to sign his best class since returning to the...
View ArticleKansas shouldn’t try to opt out of Obamacare
To the Editor: Ever wonder what Kansas Legislators do? Rep. Brett Hilda-brand, R-Shawnee, introduced a bill that would “suspend by legislation the operation of all federal laws, rules, regulations, and...
View ArticleUntaxed business income isn’t sole insult to tax equity
To the Editor: In Sunday’s paper, Professor Olsen was lamenting “the insult to tax equity” because business income is counted as zero income. Perhaps the good professor would like to disclose how much...
View ArticleUnder the snow are makings of spring
The “blowing and drifting snow” forecasters warn about doesn’t sound all that bad in the abstract. It’s different, however, when there’s a foot of fresh powder for miles around and nowhere for it to...
View ArticleSnow slows Indians’ signing day
With national signing day typically comes celebrations among family and friends, as well as visits from coaches old and new as each student signs their name on the dotted line and solidifies their...
View ArticleJEAN BIRK
Velva Jean Stroble Birk, 83, of Wamego, died Friday. The family provided some of the following information Jean was born June 19, 1930, in Elk City. She graduated from Wamego High School in 1948. Jean...
View ArticleWILLIS B. ‘BUD’ BECKLEY
Willis Boyd “Bud” Beckley, 74, of Manhattan, died Thursday at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan. The family provided some of the following information. He was born on Jan. 7, 1940, in...
View ArticleFirefighters respond to four kitchen blazes
The Manhattan Fire Department on Tuesday responded to four kitchen fires, three of which started in ovens. The biggest fire happened at 6:25 p.m. at 2117 Griffith Terrace. Firefighters found that the...
View ArticleCareer fair planned Feb 11-12
The opportunity for Kansas State University students to network with more than 150 employers over a two-day period will be offered again at the 2014 Engineering Career Fair. The fair will take place...
View ArticleMore K-State graduates getting jobs
A Kansas State University survey of recent graduates has found an increase in the percentage of new graduates with jobs — more than half of them in Kansas — as well as rising salaries and a broad range...
View Article‘Labor Day’ is a Valentine’s Day offering, with a few trimmings
Movie fans know Joyce Maynard through the film version of her novel “To Die For,” though one suspects Buck Henry’s screenplay influences our estimation of the story. Maynard has also been in the news...
View ArticleMail service spotty on Tuesday
Mail carriers also struggled with impassable roads on Tuesday. Manhattan postmaster Bob Mikulecky said that the carriers made judgment calls on whether to deliver the mail on Tuesday. “Our concern was...
View Article3 snowplows, other vehicles wrecked
Tuesday’s winter storm has had plowers working hard to clear the Manhattan area’s 13 inches of snow. Kansas Department of Transportation spokeswoman Kimberly Qualls said northeast Kansas had a total of...
View ArticleFarm bill passes after 3 years of talks
WASHINGTON — Congress gave final approval Tuesday to a sweeping overhaul of federal farm and nutrition policies after almost four years of negotiations, sending a five-year farm bill to President...
View ArticleSnowfall second-highest one-day February total
Tuesday’s storm dropped 11.2 inches of snow on Manhattan, the second-highest February snowfall in one day for the city. The record for snowfall in one day for February was set at 18 inches on Feb. 27,...
View ArticleKynard starring on International stage
Former Kansas State track and field high jumper Erik Kynard started the new year with three impressive performances on the international stage. With his most recent performance in Hustopece, Czech...
View ArticleK-State tennis ends four-match homestand this weekend
The 53rd-ranked Kansas State tennis team will end the first of two four-match homestands this weekend, as the Wildcats host No. 55 Fresno State at noon on Friday and former Big 12 foe Colorado at 2...
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