Fort Riley child dies
A 2-year-old Fort Riley child has died from injuries suffered on Milford lake this past weekend. Geary County Sheriff Tony Wolf said Robert Duff Jr. fell off a boat his parents had rented during an...
View ArticleMan arrested in gun theft
Police have arrested a 26-year-old man in connection with the theft of several guns from a Manhattan apartment. Patrol officers arrested Ernest Hamstra, 26, 1613 Fairchild Ave., for burglary to a...
View ArticleBurglary at Anneberg Park
A utility vehicle was reported as stolen Monday from a maintenance shed at Anneberg Park. Officer Matthew Droge said a 2005 green John Deere Gator with a camouflaged seat cover was taken after an...
View Article2 area volunteers head to Oklahoma
Two area Red Cross volunteers were traveling to Moore, Okla., on Tuesday to help provide resources to the suburb of Oklahoma City that was devastated by a tornado Monday afternoon. The volunteers, Bob...
View ArticleArchitecture professor creates fresh ideas for communities
One man’s idea is proving to be a winner. Credit Todd Gabbard for thinking “what if ...” and following up on a real-life opportunity for students in Kansas State University’s College of Architecture,...
View ArticleApril property sales outpace those for same month last year
Property sales in Pottawatomie County continued at a brisk pace last month, eclipsing April sales for the previous three years by a considerable margin. There were 60 property sales in the county...
View ArticleBoard approves $18 million budget for police department
Law Board members wrapped up budget talks Monday by officially approving an $18.07 million budget for 2014 that will give full-time employees of the Riley County Police Department a 1.5 percent cost of...
View ArticleDo local schools have safe rooms?
Q: Do any Manhattan schools have storm shelters or safe rooms? If not, why not? ...
View ArticleMaking sure all are present, accounted for
A military team is at work this week verifying the accuracy of records and identifications of bodies buried in the Fort Riley Cemetery. The team from the Army’s Installation Management Command began...
View ArticleBoys in Riley suspected of posting images of girls
Five boys enrolled in USD 378 schools are suspected of posting pornographic images of at least 10 area girls online. Officer Matthew Droge, public information officer for the Riley County Police...
View ArticleFaculty reps present grievances to Schulz
A group of K-State faculty members delivered to President Kirk Schulz Tuesday morning a resolution signed by 511 faculty and unclassified employees that calls for increased pay. Schulz said he...
View ArticleNew ‘Star Trek’ film is solid entertainment
Having seen and enjoyed the perfectly-cast 2009 “Star Trek,” I shared the enthusiasm of the throngs entering movie theaters last weekend to see director J.J. Abrams’s new movie, “Star Trek: Into...
View ArticlePizza place prides itself on standing out from the crowd
Around nine years ago, Ryan Murphy had the radical idea to turn a Kansas farming staple —- wheat —- into a pizza crust. “There were few pizza places that had done that,” Murphy said. “There was a niche...
View ArticleRetire that bottled sauce and get creative with side salads
Memorial Day is just around the corner and with the extended winter foiling a few spring plans, families are more than ready to spark up the grill and start cooking. That being said, I think we become...
View ArticleMercy Regional moves to correct budget shortfall
Officials at Mercy Regional Health Center announced Tuesday a series of measures they hope will stabilize their fiscal situation in the face of declining in-patient activity. The steps are being taken...
View ArticleBrooks signs with Underwood, SFA
Manhattan High grad Connor Brooks knows all about the kind of coach he signed to play for when he signed with Stephen F. Austin this week. After two years of junior-college basketball at Northern...
View ArticleUSD 378 bond issue reflects flawed priorities
To the Editor: Much has been said by the USD 378 school board about the “safety and security” of the students in the district. The proposed bond issue would spend vast amounts of money building storm...
View ArticleA ‘great victory’ for Wichita
Wednesday was a banner day for Wichita and for all of Kansas, courtesy of news that the U.S. Air Force had chosen McConnell Air Force Base as its primary active duty base for a fleet of new KC-46A...
View ArticleK-State faculty receive recognition for dedication to students, research
Kansas State University’s colleges are honoring faculty members for excellence in teaching, research, service and advising. The honorees and their awards include: • College of Agriculture: Jennifer...
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