The Class of 2023 was celebrated with commencement activities across Manhattan this past weekend. At Kansas State University, more than 2,100 bachelor’s degrees were awarded along with more than 500 master’s and over 90 doctorate degrees. Among the notable speakers Saturday was K-State alum and retiring USD 383 Superintendent Marvin Wade, providing advice to College of [...]
A Manhattan man was killed Friday following a crash just south of the four-mile corner near Riley. The Kansas Highway Patrol says a Ford F-150, driven by 66-year-old Donald O’Riley, of Hopkins, Missouri, was northbound on Tuttle Creek Blvd., shortly before 4 p.m., attempting a left-hand turn onto West 92nd Ave. While waiting to turn, [...]
Riley County Police are investigating after a car, stolen from Manhattan, was found totaled in Georgia. Officers filed a theft report Thursday morning at Enterprise Leasing, after the company told police an unknown man stole a BMW X2, valued at approximately $39,000. The car was found Thursday afternoon by authorities in Lawrenceville, Georgia, a suburban [...]
It's Friday, you know what that means! A...ton of new music! (That isn't exactly what we wanted to say, but you get the point.) We've got Never Enough from Parker McCollum out today, plus singles from Luke Combs with Riley Green and Ed Sheeran! Also, Jelly Roll and Lainey Wilson, Dolly's new rock song and so [...]
Thursday night it was Lainey Wilson's world and we were just existing in it. Lainey Wilson Courtesy ACM Awards The Bell Bottom Country singer won a total of four Academy of Country Music awards, including Female Artist of the Year. Wilson beat out Miranda Lambert, Kelsea Ballerini, Ashley McBryde and Carly Pearce for [...]
It is commencement weekend in Manhattan. Kansas State University will host the Graduate School ceremonies at 1 p.m. and the College of Veterinary Medicine ceremonies at 3:30 p.m. today at Bramlage Coliseum. Saturday’s commencement schedule at Bramlage includes the College of Arts and Sciences at 8:30 a.m., the College of Education at 11 a.m., the [...]
Kansas State University has named Chris Culbertson dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, effective May 14. Culbertson has served as interim dean for the past year as well as professor of chemistry and associate dean of research and graduate studies in the college. He was appointed by Provost Charles Taber. As the new [...]
K-State alum Eldon Gideon has given a gift to name the deanship in the Kansas State University College of Agriculture, the fourth such named deanship at the university. The Eldon Gideon Deanship will be transformational for the college and future agriculture students, according to K-State officials, who say the funds will empower the dean to [...]
Riley County Commissioners have green lit a $14.3 million project to include construction of a new public safety headquarters. Commissioners were presented three options that included a full new building, an EMS only facility and a third option that would renovate the current EMS facility into a separate Emergency Operations Center, but only after the [...]
Riley County Police are seeking the public’s help after a criminal damage to property and trespassing report was filed early Thursday morning in the 2500 block of Farm Bureau Road. Police say a 36-year-old male victim reported an unknown male and female suspect damaged his front door and a fish tank with accessories. The incident [...]
