The snow storms helped set the stage for spring
Behind the snows and the cold clouds and penetrating winds and icy mud tracks, rapidly and stealthily sneaking up on us is spring. In less than three weeks it will be here officially. Already this...
View ArticleGreat attractions are close to Big 12 basketball tourney
The Wildcats will be playing in the Big 12 men’s basketball tournament Wednesday through Saturday at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. There are 7,952 square miles in the Kansas City metropolitan...
View ArticleLove can just find me
Love is a strange emotion. What’s even more strange is that I’m writing about love now; Valentine’s Day was almost a month ago. But I think love falls under the umbrella of Murphy’s Law: If it’s going...
View ArticleOfficials say check smoke detectors
Manhattan Fire Department officials released a statement Friday telling citizens to check their smoke detectors when they change their clocks Sunday. Officials said that the Manhattan Fire Department...
View ArticleCheyenne history is told in a new way in ‘Northern Cheyenne Exodus’
Kansans will find “The Northern Cheyenne Exodus In History and Memory” an outstanding book and an excellent account of one of the most significant events in the state’s history. It documents the flight...
View ArticleThe Book of Revelations, still controversial hundreds of years later
In the past 100-years achievements in science dwarf the entirety of accumulated knowledge during the previous thousands of years of human existence. Relativity, quantum mechanics, galaxies, nuclear...
View ArticleVehicle thefts in Pottawatomie County
The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office is investigating three vehicle thefts and stolen vehicle parts from the southwest portion of Pottawatomie County near Highway 24. They are asking anyone with...
View ArticleWoman allegedly hits officer with hat
A 23-year-old Manhattan woman was arrested for allegedly hitting a Kansas State University police officer in the back of the head with a hat on Saturday. Police officers arrested Jymie Graham, 2500...
View ArticleResisting arrest reported
Officers arrested a South Dakota man for allegedly drinking underage and running from police when approached Saturday. Nicholas Thranum Bares, 20, Del Rapids, S.D., was arrested for obstruction of the...
View ArticleWoman arrested for aggravated battery
Riley County officers arrested a Garden City woman Saturday after she allegedly struck a bartender at Drinx in the head with a beer bottle. Jasmine Ramirez, 24, was arrested for aggravated battery and...
View Article2012 and 2013 Fake days comparatively illegal
Key emergency personnel told county commissioners Monday that this weekend’s Fake Patty’s Day was comparable to 2012. Riley County Police Department authorities said 115 persons were taken into custody...
View ArticleWould-be board members discuss armed guards, tech
Four candidates for three open seats on the board weighed in on several issues at the League of Women Voters forum Sunday. The four are Marcia Rozell, Mitch Beims, Aaron Estabrook and Pat Hudgins....
View ArticleCommission hopefuls talk about economic assistance, day care
Five city commission candidates answered questions on a number of topics Sunday afternoon during the League of Women Voters forum at the Manhattan Fire Department Headquarters. They spoke about the...
View ArticleHow five fans brought the title hardware home from Stillwater
You’re probably familiar with the story of how K-State won a conference championship trophy this season in basketball. What you may not know is exactly how they brought the trophy home to Manhattan for...
View ArticleColorful mosaic pieces show ex-soldier’s creative side
In Tony Nichols’ own words, he’s never known for having the right tool for the right job. He eschews glass-cutters for simple pliers and uses gadgets from around the kitchen to create large stained...
View ArticleElect all women, and Estabrook
On April 2, we citizens of Manhattan have a prime opportunity to vote onto the City Commission and School Board some of the best candidates our town has to offer. To make it easy to remember, this is...
View ArticleKSU on top again
Congratulations go as well to the Kansas State University men’s basketball team. The Wildcats, whose season is far from over, have done something its predecessors have been unable to do since 1977: win...
View ArticleCongratulations, Wamego girls!
Congratulations to the Wamego girls’ basketball team, which on Saturday won its first state championship. The 4A title game, appropriately, was against McPherson, the defending state champions, and...
View Article‘Marriage of Figaro’ good choice for K-State production
To go along with last fall’s “Music Man,” the powers that be in K-State’s new School of Music, Theater, and Dance decided to stage “The Marriage of Figaro” as the spring’s major multi-disciplinarian...
View Article‘Marriage of Figaro’ good choice for K-State production
To go along with last fall’s “Music Man,” the powers that be in K-State’s new School of Music, Theater, and Dance decided to stage “The Marriage of Figaro” as the spring’s major multi-disciplinarian...
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