Indians win Salina swim meet
It was four events and four wins for Manhattan High swimmer Mariah Scipio. The sophomore won the 50 free and the 500 free, along with a pair of relays to help her team win the meet at Salina South on...
View ArticleMan arrested for aggravated robbery
Riley County officers arrested a Manhattan man for aggravated robbery early Friday morning in the 1000 block of Moro Street, after another man reported that his credit card had been stolen. Officer...
View ArticleKSU students receive awards for presentations
Thirty-three undergraduate and graduate students have earned honors for their research posters and presentations at the 18th annual K-State Research Forum. The forum took place on March 27, and...
View ArticleGrad student receives research award
Kansas State University doctoral student Clint Frye is receiving national recognition for his success as a student and his research developing new semiconductors. Frye, doctoral student in chemical...
View ArticleLocal resident organizes MIT conference
Science and Engineering and Technology Policy graduate student, Samuel Brinton is the co-chair of the American Nuclear Society 2013 Student Conference being held April 4-6 in Cambridge, Mass. “Our...
View ArticleOfficials praise decision to move agriculture dept.
The Kansas Department of Agriculture’s decision to move most of its offices to Manhattan received support from state legislators, K-State officials and from places as distant as New Mexico Thursday....
View ArticleLawyer appointed for man involved in fatal I-70 crash
Court officials appointed a public defender to the driver who allegedly caused a deadly crash on Interstate 70 on Wednesday during the man’s first appearance in Geary County Court Friday morning. Gary...
View ArticlePercentage of advance voters increasing steadily
Voters in Tuesday’s municipal and school board election continued a decade-long trend toward casting ballots prior to election day. Of the 6,930 ballots cast in Riley County, 1,615 — 24.7 percent —...
View ArticleRiley County Attorney’s Office Calendar
Monday, April 8, 2013 9:00 – JJC 9:00 Casas-Estrada, Saul Status (13 CR 165 Theft of Services) BKD III 9:00 Henry, William Appear (13 CR 167 Poss, Poss DP, Batt) JJC III 9:00 Henry, William Status (13...
View ArticleMHS wrestling coach wins best assistant
Chad Lindsley, Manhattan High assistant wrestling coach, was recently named a National Wrestling Coaches Association Assistant Coach of the Year. The National Wrestling Coaches Association, established...
View ArticleArea woman to show research at Washburn
Washburn University student Lauren Henry, of Randolph, will present a research poster, “Sarcasm: Who uses it? Who likes it? Who hates it?” at The Washburn Apeiron: A Forum of Student Research,...
View ArticleLocal makes Nebraska college dean’s list
Timothy Levei Merry of Manhattan made the dean’s list at Southeast Community College in Nebraska for the quarter recently completed on the Beatrice, Lincoln and Milford campuses. Merry is in the Auto...
View ArticleLocal man co-chairs nuclear conference
Manhattan native and MIT Nuclear Science and Engineering and Technology Policy graduate student Samuel Brinton was the co-chair of the American Nuclear Society 2013 Student Conference being held...
View ArticleUSD 383 names teachers of the year
USD 383 named Jessica Nelson from Northview Elementary School and Marie Green from Anthony Middle School as the 2013-14 USD 383 Teachers of the Year. Jessica Nelson is a special education teacher at...
View ArticleAdmitted “adrenaline junkie” lives off completing dangerous motorcycle stunts
Not every artist uses a paintbrush and a canvas to create beautiful work. Travis Upchurch, 29, just needs his yellow and blue Suzuki GSX-R600 and a parking lot. Upchurch is what might be termed a...
View ArticleTips for early watering of your garden
Soil temperatures and water are necessary for our gardens to take off in the spring. If either is not right then the desired outcome will be reduced. Take your soil’s temperature around 11 a.m. to...
View ArticleA folk voice made of gold
Sometimes I wonder where I’ve been all my life. Like a few months ago when I was working around the house and listening, as I often do, to one of my favorite music stations on Internet radio....
View ArticleAbundance of irises, construction threat inspire vigilante planter
Andy Deckert isn’t a gardener by trade. He’s not even a gardener by life-long hobby. But over the past decade, he’s become something of a guerrilla greenskeeper in the neighborhoods near his Manhattan...
View ArticleWestern lawmen face unexpected heist off the clock
Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch are itinerant lawmen who have spent 20 years taming lawless towns throughout the West. In “Ironhorse,” by Robert Knott, they come up against an outlaw gang more formidable...
View ArticleReaders find out kindness comes in all ages, shapes and sizes in ‘Wonder’
Ignorance is not bliss. It is the leading cause of a disease that should not exist. It could have destroyed 10-year-old August “Auggie” Pullman had it not been for his bravery, gentle nature,...
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