A new need-based grant program is providing eligible Kansas State University students with an award, covering in-state tuition remaining after other grants and scholarships are applied to a student’s account. The Land Grant Promise, as its called is open to degree-seeking undergraduates enrolled full-time that have completed the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) [...]
As most residents know, Kimball Avenue has been closed north of K-State’s campus since last year. One cause for these closures is the current construction within the planned Edge Collaboration District, in the North Campus Corridor. K-State President Dr. Richard Linton explains the eventual changes that this project will bring to that area once completed. [...]
Pottawatomie County commissioners received a less than favorable status update Monday to its ongoing radio systems upgrade, that could see delays well into next year. Motorola representative Richard Nita told commissioners about supply chain delays for the shipment of generators, which had previously been noted to be around 52-weeks. He says their distributor now expects those [...]
A Manhattan man charged with killing two people in late 2020 has entered a plea agreement with Riley County prosecutors and will avoid a jury trial. Online court documents say 21-year-old Montrell Vassar entered a no contest plea Friday to two counts of first-degree murder as well as a single count of possession of stolen [...]
Riley County Police are investigating after a series of altercations in the Aggieville area over the weekend. According to Monday’s RCPD Activity Report, officers arrested 23-year-old Brently Crider, of Manhattan in connection for aggravated assault and criminal possession of a weapon. Crider is alleged to have been in a scuffle around 2 a.m. Sunday with an [...]
Enrollment numbers for the fall semester at Kansas State University won’t be known until mid-September, but there is some optimism that the university could be close to turning a corner on declining enrollment. President Richard Linton says while it’s too early to project where K-State will be at in terms of enrollment, there are some [...]
Officials with the Kansas Department of Transportation say a $3.4 million milling and overlay project will begin Tuesday, weather permitting, on K-99 in Wabaunsee County, just south of Wamego. Work will cover about 22 miles from the Wabaunsee/Pottawatomie County line south to the K-99/K-4 junction. KDOT says the City of Alma and the ongoing K-99 [...]
Meadowlark’s 14th Annual Speedy P D Race had a large turnout Saturday. Nine-year-old Manhattan Catholic School student, Shaun Fuemmeler, shares why he ran and what he knows about Parkinson’s disease. His mom, Laura Fuemmeler of Manhattan, also ran. She shares how Parkinson’s has touched their lives. Don Ricklui also completed the race Saturday morning. Ricklui shared [...]
Debate continues in the public sphere over whether the action will do enough to stimulate the economy. Critics say it doesn’t do enough to solve the high cost of going to college. Kansas State University President Dr. Richard Linton says working with the state and federal government on scholarship opportunities becomes part of the portfolio [...]
A Manhattan woman is jailed on charges she endangered the lives children on two separate occasions. Riley County Police say 26-year-old Maria Bryan was arrested Thursday on a warrant for aggravated battery and three counts of endangering a child in connection to a March 22 incident where she allegedly caused bodily harm to and places [...]
