A Manhattan man pleaded no contest to three counts in Riley County Court, Tuesday. Alongside his legal counsel, Ryan Routson entered his pleas to Judge David Stutzman. The case began when Routson failed to observe a stop sign at the intersection of Tuttle Creek Blvd and Tuttle Terrace in May of 2014, colliding with a
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The Smoky Hills Audubon Society will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016, at Kansas Wesleyan University. The evening will begin at 7 p.m. and include a social time, followed by a presentation at 7:30 p.m. Guest speaker Chod Hedinger will share his photography and prairie experiences in a presentation called “Konza Prairie.”
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A K-State alum and author received the Jan Garton Prairie Heritage Book Award. Ian Michael Spurgeon was given the award by Junction City Vice-Mayor, Jim Sands during a recent book talk. The talk focused on Spurgeon’s book Soldiers in the Army of Freedom: The 1st Kansas Colored, The Civil War’s First African American Combat Unit. The
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A Kansas State University assistant professor has earned a Grammy award for Best Choral Performance on an album with the Kansas City and Phoenix Chorales. Bryan Pinkall, assistant professor of music in the School of Music, Theater, and Dance, and the Kansas City Chorale has been a member of the Kansas city Chorale since 2012, and sings an
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Riley County treasurer Shilo Heger has told KMAN she will be seeking to retain her seat this November. Heger took over for Eileen King, who retired during her term in June 2014. Before being voted in as King’s successor with 100 percent of the Riley County Republican Party precinct committee’s vote, Heger was King’s deputy
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A local author’s latest book tells the tale of his mother’s search for her biological mother. KelLee Parr’s mother was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and adopted by a couple from rural Kansas. Later on in her life, Parr helped his mother find her origins. “My Little Valentine” is not a traditional Valentine tale, but
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Two separate accidents in Geary county sent three people to the hospital on Friday evening. Shortly after 7 p.m. deputies responded to K-18 Highway mile marker 166 for a single vehicle non-injury accident. Kevin Langdon, of Talmage, was driving a 2006 Buick Lucerne eastbound when a cow entered the roadway. Langdon was unable to avoid
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A Manhattan woman was seriously injured in a three-vehicle accident Saturday morning on Tuttle Creek Boulevard. According to a report from the Kansas Highway Patrol, Jenna Michelle Lindsten, 30, was driving a 2014 Chevrolet Captiva Sport at 11 a.m. eastbound on Marlatt Avenue as she approached the Tuttle Creek Boulevard intersection. As she entered the intersection,
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A Manhattan man was arrested just after midnight Sunday morning in the 500 block of Colorado St for drug charges. Leon Friedrich Houk, 31, was arrested for unlawful possession of illegal drugs and driving with a suspended liciense. At the time of this report Houk is confined in the Riley County Jail with a $6,000
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There are many opinions about war. Most of them are heard from 24-hour cable news pundits and through the campaigns of politicians — especially with a presidential election underway this November. Saturday morning, opinions on war were heard from those who’d seen it firsthand. And they didn’t see just any war. They saw World War
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