Register now for the Kandango bike tour!
Register now for the fifth annual Kandango bicycle tour coming up this Thursday through Sunday located at the Blue Earth Plaza. Kandango is a 4-day bike ride in and around the beautiful wheat fields,...
View ArticlePlatt Street closed today
Starting Wednesday, Platt Street to McCollum Street will be closed while work on the intersection of Denison Avenue and Platt Street continues. Access to the engineering parking lot at the northeast...
View ArticleWildcats reel in third bass fishing national championship in five years
Travis Blenn, senior in park management and conservation, and Kyle Alsop, a December 2016 graduate in mechanical engineering, brought home first place June 2 at the YETI FLW College Fishing National...
View ArticleTalk20MHK event at Manhattan Public Library
The public is invited to attend the first-ever Talk20MHK event on Thursday, June 22 from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM in the Manhattan Public Library Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. Eight...
View ArticleFlint Hills Summer Roundup: A Benefit Concert with Good Music and Old Friends
The Flint Hills Summer Roundup is happening on Saturday, June 24, 7 p.m. at Albert Taylor Hall on the campus of Emporia State University. The Diamond W Wranglers Band, (formerly the Prairie Rose...
View ArticleRiley County Arrests June 8
The following summary of calls for service/reports filed by the Riley County Police Department is a portion of those received by police. Some names, addresses, and case details are withheld to follow...
View ArticleBaby Gibbon Born at Manhattan’s Sunset Zoo
Manhattan’s Sunset Zoo welcomed a new addition this week – a baby white-handed gibbon. Born Memorial Weekend at the AZA-accredited institution, the baby is mother Leslie’s (21) and father Dempsey’s...
View ArticleTasty tacos, flatbread pizza and more on the menu for June 9 Food Truck...
Let El Fogon Hispanic Grill and Mr K’s food trucks make lunch fun again during Food Truck Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 9 at the K-State Office Park. El Fogon will serve their tasty tacos, pulled...
View ArticleFriends of McCain Holiday Home Tour set for Dec. 3
Mark your calendar now for some holiday cheer as the Friends of McCain Auditorium have announced the McCain Holiday Home Tour for 2017. The popular biennial fundraiser for McCain Auditorium will be 11...
View ArticleKansas State awards semester honors to more than 3,700 students
More than 3,700 Kansas State University students have earned semester honors for their academic performance during the spring 2017 semester. Students with at least 12 graded hours and whose grade...
View ArticleVictory with Honors, on the 100th Anniversary of the Big Red One
Since the liberation of the city of Cantigny, France to the liberation of Mosul – the second largest city in Iraq – the First Infantry Division (1ID) has led and continues to lead the nation to...
View ArticleBuck the dog may soon be transferred from his shelter
On Wednesday the City of Manhattan announced that Buck, the German short-haired pointer, may soon be transferred to a rescue. Buck was brought to the T. Russell Reitz Animal Shelter in late April after...
View ArticleRiley County Arrests June 9
The following summary of calls for service/reports filed by the Riley County Police Department is a portion of those received by police. Some names, addresses, and case details are withheld to follow...
View ArticleSymphony in the Flint Hills returns Saturday
Get out and celebrate the history, ecology and culture of the last stand of native Tallgrass Prairie this weekend at the annual Symphony in the Flint Hills. This year’s theme “Chisholm Trail”...
View ArticleFort Riley to save money through new energy contract, partnership
An energy savings performance contract “ground breaking” ceremony takes place at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Fort Riley’s garrison headquarters. The ceremony will highlight the award of the energy savings...
View ArticleCampus parking lot, Lovers Lane closures beginning June 12
Several construction projects will begin June 12 on K-State’s Manhattan campus. • Lovers Lane will be closed to all traffic from 6 a.m. Monday, June 12, to 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 13, so workers can...
View ArticleManhattan Garden Tour this Sunday
The 29th annual Manhattan Garden Tour is coming up this Sunday from 1 to 5 pm. Visit six residential gardens as well as the Gardens at Kansas State University. Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 the...
View ArticleCommunity celebrates K-State Office Park Phase II groundbreaking
To mark the next stage in development of Kansas State University’s north campus research and academic corridor, the Kansas State University Foundation broke ground and began excavation for Phase II of...
View ArticleFort Riley soldier drowns while swimming with family at Milford Lake
photo Geary Co. Sheriff Authorities say a Fort Riley soldier drowned Sunday while swimming with his family at Milford Lake. Geary County Sheriff Tony Wolf confirmed the victim was Xavier Joseph Harden,...
View ArticleRiley County Arrests June 12
The following summary of calls for service/reports filed by the Riley County Police Department is a portion of those received by police. Some names, addresses, and case details are withheld to follow...
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