MHS tennis takes home meet
On a cold, breezy day at City Park, the Manhattan High boys’ tennis team won its only home quad of the year on Monday afternoon. Rescheduled from April 9 after a rainout, the Indians pulled out the...
View ArticleChambers goes 22nd to LA Sparks
Brittany Chambers has only been to Los Angeles once before — an overnight trip home after Kansas State’s game at UC Santa Barbara back in December. All that’s about to change now, though, as the senior...
View Article4-Hers’ garage sale will help pay for Washington trip
To The Editor: Citizen Washington Focus is a program offered to youth in the 4-H program. This June, 18 4-Hers and five chaperons will travel by bus to Washington, D.C., and stay at the National 4-H...
View ArticleIf we were taxed as others are, U.S. would be stronger
To the Editor: Monday was tax day. Many on the right yell that we are so overtaxed they want to take their guns to Washington. ...
View ArticleSuicide stigma adds to grief
I appreciate Dr. Palmer Meek’s recent effort to clarify the tragic death of Scott Marshall. I will always recall with great sadness the heartbreaking loss of a young man so filled with promise and...
View ArticleMHS teacher glad her sister is OK
Manhattan High business teacher Paige McCarthy had the Boston Marathon showing on a projector in her classroom while her students worked. Her sister, Tracy Epps, who lives in Tennessee, was running in...
View ArticleTopeka Symphony to present ‘Best of Broadway’
TOPEKA — The Topeka Symphony will present a “Best of Broadway” Pops concert on Saturday in White Concert Hall on the Washburn University campus. The 7:30 p.m. program will be conducted by guest...
View ArticleFormer resident felt ‘scared but safe’
Wendy Summerhill Johnson, a former Manhattanite who ran the Boston Marathon Monday, got a text message from her mother afterward: “Thank goodness you’re fast.” Johnson, 45, ran the race in 3:23,...
View ArticleVacant lot sales may indicate rise in residential construction is coming
Residential construction in Pott County should be picking up soon, if the recent sales of vacant lots is a valid indicator. Twenty-three vacant lots were sold in February and another 15 in March,...
View ArticleBoard to vote on stadium contractor
The USD 383 school board will vote for a new site work company for the Bishop Stadium artificial turf project during its meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Robinson Education Center. At its March 27...
View ArticleNew HS principal at Riley County
Antoinette Root has been named Riley County High School principal by USD 378 Supt. Brad Starnes. Root’s selection was announced Tuesday. She will come to the school from 10 years as the transition...
View ArticleWhat’s going in at St. Joseph’s?
Q: What’s going to happen where the St. Joseph’s nursing home used to be? ...
View ArticleRCPD to see 1.5% pay hike
Riley County Law Board members agreed on an $18 million 2014 budget Monday that includes a 1.5 percent cost-of-living adjustment for full-time salaries, as well as room for a new custodial position....
View ArticleK-State students at marathon describe scene following bombs
The tragic events of Monday’s Boston Marathon hit close to home for several people with Manhattan ties, including four K-State students. Just after 2 p.m. Central Time on Monday, two bombs exploded...
View ArticleIndians cruise to sweep of Blue Jays
On a cold, blustery day at Norvell Field Tuesday evening, pitching and defense proved to be the difference for the Manhattan High baseball team. While Junction City struggled in the field and on the...
View ArticleBrian Johnson
Brian K. Johnson, 49, of Manhattan died Tuesday at Mercy Regional Health Center. Services are pending with Irvin-Parkview Funeral Home. ...
View ArticleKarl Lindenmuth
Karl Eugene Lindenmuth, 76, of rural Wamego died Monday at Select Specialty Hospital in Topeka. ...
View ArticleRobert Wild
Robert “Bob” Wild, 75, of Manhattan died Tuesday at the Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan. ...
View ArticleDarrell Gregory
Darrell C. Gregory 76, died Monday at Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan. ...
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