The Little Apple has always been known for its Wildcats. But now, Manhattan’s Sunset Zoo has announced there will be a few more big cats in town for the public to visit. Beginning Dec. 12, community members will once again see tigers on exhibit at the zoo, according to a press release from Sunset Zoo assistant director Ella Casey. In November, a pair of 8-year-old Malayan tigers, Malik and Hakim, arrived at Sunset Zoo from fellow Association of Zoos and Aquariums accredited institution, Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens. The brothers are currently behind-the-scenes as they complete the standard quarantine process. “To…
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A Manhattan man was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department Monday. Erick Washington, 28, was arrested at 10 a.m. on two warrants for probation violation with original offenses of aggravated assault and aggravated escape from custody. He was given a bond of $25,000 and at the time of this report was confined at the Riley County Jail. Police arrested Herschel Harrison, 32, of Manhattan, for probation violation on Monday while in the 100 block of Courthouse Plaza. This arrest took place at approximately 5 p.m. and was given a bond of $10,000. The arrest was for was for…
LEAVENWORTH — The Leavenworth County Historical Society has launched a $1 million campaign to retrieve glass-plate photo negatives taken more than century ago during Leavenworth’s pioneer days. The 40,000 photo negatives, some of which show steamboats and cavalry soldiers, were obtained in 1968 by David Phillips, a Chicago man who got them from a Leavenworth photographer. The Kansas City Star reports that the Leavenworth County Historical Society now wants the photo negatives back. So far, the historical society has recovered 25,000 of the glass plate negatives that Phillips sold to a California museum. The historical society says the million dollars would be…
Pottawatomie County Commissioner Dee McKee and Public Works Director Peter Clark Dee McKee and Peter Clark continued Huston Gibson, Asst. Prof. Landscape Architecture, and Elissa Mullinix, K-State Global Campus Program Coordinator on Masters’ in Community Development Mike Tomat and Blake Kaus with Christmas Auction hosted by Guardian Angels
LAWRENCE — The superintendent of Lawrence public schools has announced his resignation. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Rick Doll, Lawrence’s superintendent of public schools since 2009, announced his resignation Monday. Doll, who served as Rock Creek USD 323’s superintendent several years ago, says he’s resigning to take a job as an associate professor and executive director of the Kansas Educational Leadership Institute at Kansas State University. His resignation is effective June 30, 2016, the end of the current school year. The Lawrence school board is expected to begin the process of replacing Doll immediately.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP)– Breanna Stewart scored 25 points and top-ranked UConn routed Kansas State 97-57 on Monday night, the 30th anniversary of Geno Auriemma’s first game as head coach of the Huskies. Gabby Williams added 16 points and 12 rebounds, helping give Auriemma his 919th win. Stewart became the ninth player in school history to reach 2,000 points with a 3-pointer from the right corner in the third quarter. She now has 2,009 for her career, moving past Renee Montgomery (1,990) and Bria Hartley (1,994). Kaylee Page and Kindred Wesemann each had 11 to lead Kansas State (3-1). UConn, which…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas State thought its toughest test of the young basketball season would come against Missouri on Monday night in Kansas City. The Wildcats are still waiting for that test. In unexpectedly lopsided fashion, K-State routed its former Big 12 rival 66-42 at Sprint Center to reach the CBE Classic championship game. “We really did a nice job on defense,” K-State coach Bruce Weber said. “I was worried about their quickness, but our guys played with a lot of pride and made things tough on them all night.” Freshman Dean Wade continued the excellent start to his…
Two men were charged Monday with murder in the fatal shooting of a pastor’s pregnant wife during an apparent break in of their Indianapolis home.
A new study of traffic bottlenecks points to a trend that traffic flow over the Thanksgiving holiday is soon to be the daily congestion on the nation’s highways.
Riley County Commissioners prepared for Thanksgiving by announcing usual holiday closures during their regular public meeting on Monday morning. Between discussing usual items on their agenda, however, Commissioner Ron Wells called small business owner Jan Miller to the podium. Before doing so, Wells read aloud a “Small Business Saturday” Proclamation, officially recognizing the runner-up to Black Friday by the county. “Business of Riley County are vital to our community’s economic health,” Wells said, “locally owned businesses contribute to our unique and vibrant community character.” According to the US Small Business Administration, small businesses create 65% of net new local jobs, and…