Students to showcase Kansas research at forum
Graduate and undergraduate students at Kansas State University will present their research to campus and the community at the 18th annual K-State Research Forum. The forum will include oral...
View ArticleK-State physicist returns from South America
A Kansas State University physicist recently said “bon voyage” to the traditional classroom environment in favor of one on the high seas. Christopher Sorensen, Cortelyou-Rust university distinguished...
View ArticleWhy is it Us vs. To Be Determined?
Q: I see that K-State is supposed to play the winner of a “play-in” game in the first round of the NCAA basketball tournament. How come K-State, which is a No. 4 seed, plays the winner of a play-in...
View ArticleFamily struggles with loss of six-month-old
Funeral arrangements are being made for a 6-month-old boy who died Monday after succumbing to injuries sustained three days earlier, allegedly at the hands of his mother’s live-in boyfriend. While the...
View ArticleCeremony marks division’s return home
FORT RILEY — The Army’s oldest division headquarters is officially home after a year in Afghanistan. The 1st Infantry Division marked its return to American soil Tuesday with an uncasing ceremony at...
View ArticleRiley named 2nd healthiest county
Riley County ranks as the second healthiest county in Kansas in rankings released Wednesday by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute....
View ArticleHouse approves budget cuts
The Kansas House gave final approval Wednesday to the chamber’s version of a $14 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year, including cuts to higher education. Wednesday’s 68-55 vote sends the bill...
View ArticleFamily struggles with loss of six-month-old
Funeral arrangements are being made for a 6-month-old boy who died Monday after succumbing to injuries sustained three days earlier, allegedly at the hands of his mother’s live-in boyfriend. While the...
View ArticleK-State salvages series with Gophers
The Kansas State baseball team has been lacking clutch plays recently, but that trend was bucked Wednesday afternoon at Tointon Family Stadium. The Wildcats outlasted Minnesota 4-3, a day after the...
View ArticleCats want another Elite Eight run
Rodney McGruder, Jordan Henriquez and Martavious Irving won’t ever forget the Elite Eight run they were a part of as freshmen at Kansas State. It was a special time for the Wildcats and the trio of...
View ArticleGeorge Halazon
George C. Halazon, 93, died Thursday at the Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan. ...
View ArticleFarrar looks to break into aerospace
As Manhattan looks to position itself as a center of animal health, one local company is trying to gain a foothold in an industry not typically associated with this part of the state: aerospace. Farrar...
View ArticleFamily-friendly weekend activities, plus Biker Ball
End your spring break with these great family-friendly activities. Join the Sunset Zoo at the Manhattan Public Library for the monthly Zoofari Tails at 10 a.m. Friday. Zoo staff will present...
View ArticleVargo, Volanti to deal with health dept. issues while it’s sans director
Any personnel issues that arise in the county health department while a search continues for a new director will be resolved outside the department itself, county commissioners determined Thursday....
View ArticleOfficials remind landowners to stay safe
With the spring burn season approaching, the Riley County Emergency Management team wants to remind property owners to get a burn permit before starting controlled burns on their land. Riley County...
View ArticleK-State research published in ‘Nature’ journal
A Kansas State University research team has found that despite humans increasing nitrogen production through industrialization, nitrogen availability in many ecosystems has remained steady for the past...
View ArticleStrawn’s ‘litmus test’ lives; reject him and his ‘cohorts’
To The Editor: Mr. Bob Strawn’s letter in the March 13 Mercury attacking my statement that he believes in a litmus test for candidates was very enlightening in terms of how he would serve us as a city...
View ArticleKU, frats and Flint Rhem
A KU student filed a suit against his own fraternity the other day seeking damages for injuries he suffered during a frat party. The 20-year-old plaintiff’s presentation of the facts is that he and...
View ArticleChambers has 42 points in WNIT win
Don’t tell Brittany Chambers the sun is setting on her college career. The Kansas State senior wouldn’t hear of it Thursday night, as she scored a school-record 42 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to...
View ArticleJellison: Wildcats got here together
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Bruce Weber doesn’t address it often, but when asked about it Thursday at the Sprint Center, the Kansas State coach answered. It was just a year ago when former K-State coach Frank...
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