The Alzheimer’s Association held its seventh annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Saturday in Manhattan. Over 300 participants were on hand, including members of the K-State Baseball team and the Sigma Kappa-Theta Tau sorority. Mary Patt Eyestone says that the fundraising walk is the highest per capita walk in the state of Kansas. Eyestone said [...]

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Kansas State University will host Nobel Iaureate John C. Mather from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center for the 2023 Chester Peterson Jr. Public Lecture in Physics. Mather is a senior astrophysicist at the Goddard Space Flight Center and a professor of physics at the University of Maryland. He has been the leader of the James [...]

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The K-State College of Business held the C. Clyde Fun Run and Midge’s Mile Walk on September 30 at Frank Anneberg Park. The run/walk was held to raise money for Shepherd’s Crossing, a local philanthropic organization. C. Clyde Run organizer and Assistant to the Dean of the College of Business at K-State, Melanie Horton, explains [...]

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A Charleston woman was arrested early Friday morning in Manhattan. 45-year-old Amanda McMillon of Charleston, Illinois was booked into Riley County Jail on four counts for violating the offender registration act. McMillon remains jailed on a $5,000 bond.

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The internet icon and legendary actor provided a lecture at K-State Wednesday at McCain Auditorium. Takei as a child was held in two different Japanese-American concentration camps in the 40s. His family, and thousands more, were taken into custody just two months after Pearl Harbor was bombed. He recently published a book detailing his experiences, [...]

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One of Manhattan’s two Burger King restaurants has closed its doors. A sign posted on the storefront at 1328 Laramie Street reads the location is no longer open for business, inviting customers to visit their sister location on McCall Road. According to QSR Magazine, the restaurant’s franchisee, Utah-based Meridian Restaurants Unlimited, sold a majority of [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested Wednesday in connection to alleged child sex crimes. The Riley County Police Department says 38-year-old Mitchell Simmons is charged on probable cause offenses of sexual exploitation of a child and breach of privacy. Simmons was issued no bond and remains confined in the Riley County Jail. Due to the nature of [...]

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Some folks in Aggieville got more than they bargained for Wednesday night after a man became belligerent and pulled down his pants in public. Riley County Police say 41-year-old Benjamin Lewis was arrested on charges of nudity in a public place and disorderly conduct just after 11 p.m. Thursday in the 1100 block of Moro. [...]

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Konza Student Table celebrates its third anniversary Wednesday. The weekly food distribution program for Kansas State University students, came about through a coordinated effort of local entities, including the Food and Farm Council of Manhattan and Riley County, St. Isidore’s Catholic Student Center and K-State’s Housing and Dining Services. Food and Farm Council Coordinator Vickie [...]

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For the first time in nine years, Kansas State University is up in enrollment. Data released by the Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday showed K-State’s headcount enrollment at all campuses at 19,745, a modest gain of 23 students from the fall 2022 semester. Overall it represents about a tenth of a percentage point gain, [...]

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