Heide Cramer
A funeral service for Adelheide “Heide” Ramona Cramer will be Saturday, April 6 , at 1 p.m. at Irvin-Parkview Funeral Home, 1317 Poyntz Ave., Manhattan. ...
View ArticleControlled burns coming at Tallgrass prairie
Officials at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve outside Strong City announced Thursday that the prescribed fire season has begun and will continue through April 19. Prescribed fire is used by preserve...
View ArticleThree take oath on USD 383 school board
The three newly elected USD 383 board members were sworn in during the school board meeting Wednesday. Pat Hudgins, Marcia Rozell and Aaron Estabrook were elected to the USD 383 Board of Education on...
View ArticleNo county cash coming soon, if ever, for Fieldhouse Project
The Riley County Commission decided not to give the Manhattan Fieldhouse Project $10,000 that group requested to help fund a feasibility study here Thursday. Fieldhouse Advisory Group Chair Gail Urban...
View Article‘The Sound of Music’ comes to Wamego’s Columbian Theatre
The Flint Hills will be alive with music when the Historic Columbian Theatre presents “The Sound of Music” this weekend. From its first appearance on Broadway in 1959 to the classic musical movie...
View ArticleMan dead following I-70 chase
A Manhattan man is dead after the vehicle he was riding in crashed trying to avoid another car reportedly traveling down the wrong side of Interstate 70 during a police pursuit late Wednesday evening....
View ArticleOfficials use controlled burns to keep artillery fields clear
A group of Fort Riley firefighters and biologists stand in an artillery field. The field is barren except for gold grasses towering over shorter green blades just budding out of the earth. One of the...
View ArticleMany contributed to success of Rotary Peace Forum
To the Editor: The Manhattan Konza Rotary Club and the Manhattan Noon Rotary Club would like to thank the community for its support and interest in the recent Peace Forum held at the Leadership Studies...
View ArticleIn lieu of gestures, solve the problems
Sometimes even unremarkable things presidents do make news for the simple reason that presidents do them. That’s the case with President Barack Obama’s announcement that he will return 5 percent of his...
View ArticleTolerance and balance return to City Commission
To the Editor: I would like to congratulate the voters of Manhattan who turned out Tuesday to realign our City Commission. For far too long the two curmudgeons, AKA Wynn Butler and John Matta, have...
View ArticleThanks to moderates, happy days are here again
To the Editor: Happy days are here again, the sky above is blue and clear again, happy days are here again! ...
View ArticleThanks for everything; please recycle yard signs
To the Editor: Thank you, everyone, for everything. Please recycle the cardboard yard signs. ...
View ArticleRural shuts out Indians
When the Washburn Rural and Manhattan High girls’ soccer teams get together on the pitch, the typical result is a hotly contested game. In that regard, Thursday’s 5-0 loss to the Junior Blues was a...
View ArticleBrooks to host team camps
Manhattan High boys’ basketball coach Tim Brooks will host a pair of camps in the coming months for area youth. Brooks will host his 10th annual youth camp on May 28-31. There will be two sessions,...
View ArticleMcGruder competes in 3-point contest
Kansas State guard Rodney McGruder competed in the 3-point contest as part of the Reese’s College All-Star game at the site of the Final Four Thursday night in Atlanta. McGruder finished the first...
View ArticleChambers is Senior CLASS All-American
K-State senior Brittany Chambers garnered another national honor for her trophy case on Friday, as she was named to the Senior CLASS All-America second team in an announcement by the organization....
View ArticleHole-in-one at Manhattan Country Club
David Woods scored a hole-in-one on March 14 on the 17th hole of the Manhattan Country Club. Woods hit the ball in from 145 yards out with his pitching wedge. It was witnessed by his brother Scott...
View ArticleNew citizens group will continue to inform public
To the Editor: On March 12, a group of concerned citizens formed an organization to inform the public on the issues affecting the Manhattan City Commission race. They did so because they knew that,...
View ArticleHuelskamp has never evolved
Congressman Tim Huelskamp’s opinion piece, “The War on Marriage and Motherhood,” in the Washington Times on April 1 is an excellent case in point of how the Tea Party or at least Rep. Huelskamp is a...
View ArticleU.S. takes good care of ex-presidents
Ever wonder what our living ex-presidents are worth? We don’t mean what’s their net worth; it’s fair to say they’re doing better than getting by. We’re wondering what they cost taxpayers and whether...
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