Commissioners ponder making those on adjacent properties pay
Policies governing benefit districts and special assessments have not been updated since 1971, and city administrators believe they are outdated. Aside from “cleaning up the language” to reflect...
View ArticleIndians top Rural in OT, 45-42
The Manhattan High boys’ basketball team needed overtime to do it, but avenged a January loss to Washburn Rural and earned a trip to the sub-state final against top-seeded Derby with a 45-42 win...
View ArticleK-State seniors to play final home game
Brittany Chambers and Mariah White might be one of the most dynamic backcourt duos the Kansas State women’s basketball team has ever seen. One is the pure scorer and 3-point artist, the other the...
View ArticleRiley County girls move on to face top-seed Silver Lake
RILEY — The Riley County girls’ basketball team used a strong first half to take out visiting Council Grove 60-49 Thursday night. The win puts Riley County (16-5) in the 3A sub-state final against...
View ArticleIndians into Saturday’s sub-state final
After last year’s state tournament appearance, the goal for the Manhattan High girls’ basketball team this entire season was to get back and do more when it got there. With a 53-35 win over Derby...
View ArticleVolleyball kids clinic
The KSU volleyball team will hold a Junior Wildcat volleyball clinic on Saturday, March 9 at Ahearn Fieldhouse. The event will be for grades K-5 from 9 a.m. to noon at a cost of $45. Those interested...
View ArticleMimes to perform at McCain
The celebrated Switzerland-based theater company Mummenschanz is returning to Manhattan with its 40th anniversary show at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 12, in McCain Auditorium. The ordinary becomes...
View ArticleStudent a finalist for Truman Scholarship
Kansas State University student Kassie Curran, a senior in food science and industry from Farlington, has advanced to the final round of the 2013 Harry S. Truman Scholarship competition. Curran will...
View ArticleDave Trumble
Dave Trumble, 57, of Green died Wednesday at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. ...
View ArticlePatricia Nelson
Patricia “Patti” J. Nelson, 52, of Wamego died Thursday at her residence. ...
View ArticleMan arrested on drug charges
A Manhattan man was arrested for multiple drug charges Thursday as part of the Riley County Police Department’s ongoing investigation into illegal substances in the county, officials said. Jason...
View ArticleKenneth Kirkendall
Kenneth E. Kirkendall, 84, of Manhattan died Thursday at the Westy Community Care Home in Westmoreland. ...
View ArticleWhy doesn’t the fire dept. respond to rural fires?
Q. When did the Manhattan Fire Department quit responding to calls in the rest of Riley County? When someone has a car accident outside of town, they send a fire truck. When they have a fire and live...
View ArticleK-State touts high retention
Kansas State University officials released data Friday indicating about a 95 percent retention rate for fall semester students returning for the spring semester. They also indicated the data...
View ArticleUnion closes book on Varney’s deal
Varney’s Bookstore is out as the bookstore operator at the K-State Union. Follett Higher Education Group Inc., which manages more than 930 bookstores nationwide, will become the bookstore operator at...
View ArticleSix candidates having interviewed, the next step is selecting one
Michael Dorst has been an assistant principal at Manhattan High School for five years. Even so several co-workers treated him like a stranger Thursday, exchanging formal introductions and asking...
View ArticleDerby defeats MHS boys in sub-state final
DERBY – The Derby Panthers outscored the Manhattan High boys’ basketball team by seven in the third quarter to take the lead for good while going on to win 66-57 in the sub-state final Friday night....
View ArticleSloppy start proves costly for Red Raiders
TOPEKA — Facing undefeated Highland Park, Wamego boys’ coach Troy Hemphill knew his team could ill afford to play sloppy in the opening quarter of Saturday’s sub-state final at Hayden High School in...
View ArticleWamego girls going to state
TOPEKA — Wamego coach Jim Page was ready for his Red Raider girls’ team to show a mean streak. In Saturday’s sub-state final at Hayden High School, that’s exactly what he got, as Wamego won 53-38...
View ArticleRiley County girls make state tourney
RILEY — The Riley County girls’ basketball held off a strong second-half surge from Silver Lake to defeat the Eagles 52-41 on Saturday night for a trip to the Class 3A state tournament in Hutchinson...
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