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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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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A rollover accident in Riley county sent two people to the hospital early Friday evening. The crash occured shortly after 5 p.m. on Interstate 70 when a 2002 Ford Explorer driving westbound swerved onto the right sholder, overcorrected, and then overturned into the median. The SUV came to a rest in the eastbound lanes of I-70. The driver
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Riley County EMS and the Manhattan Fire Department responded to a house fire in the 600 block of Yuma Street in Manhattan Friday around 11 a.m. When KMAN arrived at the scene the fire had been contained. RCPD Public Information Officer Matthew Droge told media that emergency officials first responded to a medical call when
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Officers with the Riley County Police Department filed a report for and are investigating a vehicle burglary and criminal use of a financial card upon discovering an unknown subject entered an unsecured vehicle in the 900 block of Bluemont. Police were told that a Macbook Pro, wallet, phone, Wacom Tablet, chargers, financial cards and cash were removed
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Riley County Police ended a bicycle theft spree after making an arrest on Thursday morning around 11:30 a.m. Prior to the arrest the RCPD alerted the community to a rash of bicycle thefts in Manhattan via Twitter and Facebook. With assistance from the community officers were able to identify a suspect and make an arrest. Several bike
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