Corps recommends $18 million levee addition
Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers presented an $18 million proposal for raising the height of the levee that protects the downtown area of the city Wednesday, saying it would raise...
View ArticleJackie Robinson film is OK, but it’s not a baseball movie
The first thing one needs to know about the new movie “42” is that it is not a baseball movie. It is a movie about social history. There is relatively little baseball action in it. Don’t buy a ticket...
View ArticleHealth fair participants deserve thanks
To the Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to thank the staff of the Riley County Health Department, volunteers and sponsors who took part in the Riley County Health Fair. This was a...
View ArticleRepublicans responsible for defeat of gun bill
To the Editor: Today’s gun safety vote in the U.S. Senate reinforces the position of the GOP as the “Guns-Over-People” party. How any caring person could vote against this so call “background check”...
View ArticleChartrand soccer tourney opens tonight
Thirty-four years ago, the Kansas State club soccer lost one of its faithful. Ed Chartrand, or “Fast Eddy” as he was dubbed by teammates, died from a sudden, unexpected illness the day before his...
View ArticleSnyder looking for improvement
Two weeks into spring practices, Kansas State coach Bill Snyder finds himself looking for more. In the week since he first spoke of the progress made so far leading up to the April 27 spring game,...
View ArticleBrian Johnson
Brian Keith Johnson, 49, of Manhattan died Tuesday at Mercy Regional Health Center. ...
View ArticleRuth Cramer
Ruth M. Cramer, 98, of Manhattan died Tuesday at the Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan. ...
View ArticleThree from KSU rank in Goldwaters
Three Kansas State University students are recognized in the 2013 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship competition. Jenny Barriga, junior in chemistry and biochemistry, Dodge City, has been awarded the Barry...
View ArticleManhattan, Riley County officials consider cooperation, consolidation
City and county commissioners agreed Thursday that it is time to lay a course of action for intergovernmental cooperation and consolidation. “[W]e never develop a plan,” said Riley County Commissioner...
View Article‘Match Day’ aims to help charity donations go farther
The Greater Manhattan Community Foundation is giving donors the chance to make their donations go farther — and giving organizations the ability to gain up to $10,000 for their endowments with Grow...
View ArticleMan breaks out of Pott Jail
Authorities are on the search for an inmate who escaped from the Pottawatomie County Jail in Westmoreland Friday morning. Officials said Jon Adrian Getzlaff, 24, Wamego, escaped from the jail’s...
View ArticleMHS grad leaves before lockdown
One Manhattan native managed Friday morning to get out of Cambridge, Mass., just before the lockdown prompted by the chase for a Boston Marathon bombing suspect. Rebecca Margolies, a 21-year-old...
View ArticleHouse fire causes $155,000 in damage
Manhattan fire crews responded to an early morning blaze in the 900 block of Mission Avenue on Friday that reportedly caused about $155,000 in damage to the wood-framed residence. Firefighters were...
View ArticleLiberal arts is a field of study that produces thinkers
“The average graduate leaves with $22,000 in debt and a diploma which may or may not translate into a real-world job. This system would benefit from a discussion of return on investment.” -Rep. Nick...
View ArticleThe cost of a parking permit
It’s not clear that doubling the cost of student parking permits at Manhattan High School, as was advocated Wednesday night by some board members, will raise enough revenue to bark at. Nor is it clear...
View ArticleEnd of an era for the Zucker/Proft parody
It hasn’t been all that long since one could walk into almost any college classroom before the session began, get the students’ attention, say “Neidermeyer?” aloud, and expect half the people in the...
View ArticleSpilker signs with Butler Co.
It may not have been the senior season she was hoping for, but Elayna Spilker got a happy ending anyway. The senior signed a letter of intent last week to play basketball at Butler Community College,...
View ArticleBenjamin Baxter
Benjamin Alfred Baxter, 86, of Clay Center died Sunday at the Golden Living Center in Wakefield. ...
View ArticleRichard Cross
Richard Alan Cross, 92, of rural Geary County died Tuesday at Chapman Valley Manor in Chapman. ...
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