Fort Riley warns of loud noise stemming from a training exercise on select days between June 7 and June 19. Residents are told to expect small arm fire, artillery as well as demolitions. The exercise known as Gauntlet is part of the 1st Infantry Division commander’s Combat Training Center certification program. More than 18,000 soldiers [...]
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Cowboy poets will face a distinguished panel of judges as they compete for the coveted trophy buckle at the finals of the 2018 Kansas Cowboy Poetry Contest tonight at the Flint Hills Discovery Center. There is no charge for admission and the public is invited to attend. “We invite folks to come out and enjoy [...]
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The 1st Infantry Division will bid farewell to their old commanding general and welcome their new leader at a change of command ceremony at Fort Riley’s Cavalry Parade Field on June 8. Maj. Gen. John S. Kolasheski will take over command of the “The Big Red One”. He most recently served as deputy chief of [...]
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Officers filed a report for theft by deception in the 3700 block of Peach Tree Cir. in Manhattan on June 6, 2018 at approximately 5:30 PM. Officers listed Rebecca Topham, 44, of Manhattan as the victim when she reported an unknown suspect scammed her out of money by impersonating the IRS. The estimated total loss [...]
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Amanda Arnold Elementary School named Kathy Stitt as their new principal. Stitt had been the principal of Bluemont Elementary since 2007. She previously taught at Amanda Arnold Elementary, Marlatt Elementary and Sheridan Elementary in Junction City. “I am truly honored to become the next principal at Amanda Arnold Elementary School,” Stitt said. “It is an [...]
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The Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 Board of Education approved a resolution to authorize bond election for the district. During a meeting last week the board looked over the different bond packages and all agreed on the 129 million dollar package, which was the one approved during their meeting last night. The bond will be used to [...]
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The Manhattan City Commission met at City Hall Tuesday night and accepted a large land donation from the Kansas Department of Transportation. KDOT first offered Manhattan a 99-acre property known as the VMI tract — located north of K-18 and east of the Scenic Meadows subdivision — with the condition the city does not develop the [...]
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Charles Taber, the vice provost for graduate and professional education and dean of the Graduate School at Stony Brook University, New York, has been named the new provost and executive vice president of Kansas State University. According to a press release from KSU Wednesday morning, Taber will assume his new duties on Aug. 15. “Charles [...]
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A Texas man has been sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for causing the 2016 crash deaths of a Junction City mother and her two children on Interstate 70. The Wichita Eagle reports that 45-year-old Steven Johnson, of Houston, was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty in March to one count of second-degree murder [...]
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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue was in Manhattan Wednesday for a full day of tours and discussion panels. He began the day at River Creek Farms east of Manhattan with Kansas Senators Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran, then co-hosted an open Q&A panel at K-State’s Stanley Stout Center with Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer. Finally, Perdue [...]
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