Dara’s suspect found, held on $100,000 bond
Police located a 22-year-old Manhattan man Thursday believed to be involved in an earlier armed robbery at Dara’s Fast Lane. Frank Hanson III, 1838 Anderson Ave., Apt. 4, was arrested in Grandview...
View ArticleSales tax receipts down in January
City sales tax revenues declined by more than $80,000 during January from the same month a year ago. Finance director Bernie Hayen said local retailers “held their own” compared to last year, but there...
View ArticleNew building aims to put everything within walking distance
McCullough Development is nearing its deadline for the $9 million Strasser Village apartment complex, which will open in downtown Manhattan as part of the city’s redevelopment process April 1....
View ArticleFire ruled arson, death a homicide
Police arrested two people for murder in connection with a deadly apartment fire that investigators have determined was intentionally set late Wednesday night in Manhattan. Patrick Scahill, 20, 1838...
View ArticleMy Last Goodbye - to Lee Doyen
Lee Doyen, 91, of Concordia died February 2, 2013. Lee was a Kansas State basketball letterman who enrolled at KSAC (Kansas State Agricultural College) now Kansas State University in the fall of 1939-...
View ArticleCyclones drop K-State women, 87-68
AMES, Iowa — Seniors Brittany Chambers and Mariah White combined to score 58 points Saturday, but it wasn’t enough, as the 25th-ranked Iowa State Cyclones eased past Kansas State, 87-68, at Hilton...
View ArticleGroup braves cold temps to camp out like fur trappers, pioneers circa 1840
Muzzleloader enthusiasts braved the frigid temperatures this weekend to experience life as it was before the 1840s during the 33rd annual Frozen Butt Rendezvous near Blue Rapids. Lee Tebbutt and his...
View ArticleMusicians show skill, energy in McCain program
The thing about Drumline Live!, a touring show that entertained a large audience at K-State’s McCain Auditorium last Friday night, is that it was so wholesome. The company was made up of what appeared...
View ArticleActing superb in Columbian’s ‘Barefoot’
A couple moves into the top floor of a brownstone in New York City. There is no heat and no bathtub, their furniture has yet to arrive, their landlord is in Florida, there is a hole in the skylight,...
View ArticleAcross the congressional divide
In some places, Missouri’s Fifth Congressional District and Kansas’ “Big First” are about 100 miles apart. Politically, they are at opposite ends of the universe. This divide makes the “fiscal cliff,”...
View ArticleMHS to hit the road for rivalry game
When the calendar rolls to February during the high school basketball season, sometimes finding motivation to keep rowing the boat can be tough. With a trip to Junction City looming on Tuesday,...
View ArticleLeaders change, policy continues
Gen. John Allen’s name ought to be familiar to Americans — and not because his reputation was unfairly tarnished in the last year by an email scandal involving a Florida socialite. Rather, Gen. Allen...
View ArticleCats have chance to widen Big 12 lead
After Kansas State lost back-to-back games to Kansas and Iowa State, getting back into first place seemed all but impossible. But then the impossible happened, with Kansas losing three straight games...
View ArticleArliene Matthews
Arliene Berkley Matthews, 90, of Tescott died Saturday at her home. ...
View ArticleGeneral to visit Kansas State
Brig. Gen. Mark R. Stammer, the first adult education master’s degree graduate from Kansas State University’s Fort Leavenworth program to become a general officer in the U.S. Army, will visit campus...
View ArticleSignup open for Wildcat Leadership Challenge
Kansas State University students, are you up for the ultimate leadership challenge? The Wildcat Leadership Challenge is a four-day, intensive leadership development experience conducted each spring at...
View ArticleCounty to move ahead with sewer project
Riley County commissioners agreed Monday to continue with a $40,000 to $50,000 video project designed to assess the condition of the University Park sewer system. Commissioners said they plan to use...
View ArticleCommissioners to take first look at revenue projections
City commissioners will get their first look at revenue projections for the coming budget preparation season during a work session Tuesday afternoon. The exercise is an annual one designed to lay...
View ArticleNo info about fire motive available
Officials are not releasing any information on a possible motive in Wednesday’s deadly fire, but the suspects arrested in connection with it are set to make their first court appearance Wednesday...
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