The Manhattan High girls basketball team bounced back after a loss to Emporia last Friday night with a 44-30 win over Andale in the first round of the Mid America Classic in McPherson. The Lady Indians (9-2) led 12-11 after the first quarter. They would outscore Andale (3-7) 16-7 in the second quarter to take a ten point lead at halftime. MHS would outscore Andale 16-12 in the second half. The MHS defense forced 14 turnovers and held Andale to just 20% shooting in the game. Manhattan didn’t fare much better offensively shooting 30% in the game including knocking down…
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School districts across the country have been changing their mascots in the name of political correctness, a newfound organization is urging Manhattan High School to follow suit. On Wednesday evening, ReImage MHS held their inaugural meeting at the First United Methodist Church Harris Activity Center with a crowd of thirty activitists in attendance. Prior to 1940, Manhattan was represented by a variety of mascots including the Blues and Junior Wildcats. The district wanted to memorialize former coach Frank Prentup of Native American heritage. The decision to honor the University of Colorado Athletic Hall of Fame coach by his ethnicity has…
Two people have been arrested in connection with a death reported by Junction City Police Monday. Gabrielle “Gabby” Williams, 19, and Joseph “DoDa” Craig, 24, both of Junction City were taken into custody. The name of the victim has also been released–David Phillips, 24, of Manhattan, whose body was located in an apartment in the 800 block of West 12th in Junction City. As earlier reported, the victim was found dead from gunshot wounds to the head. Williams and Craig were arrested Wednesday afternoon at about four. Craig was arrested on charges of Felony Murder, Aggravated Kidnapping, Aggravated Robbery, Aggravated…
Authorities say the armed group occupying the national wildlife preserve in Oregon was given “ample opportunity” to leave peacefully.
Presidential candiate Sen. Bernie Sanders met with President Barack Obama in what the candidate called a ‘positive and constructive’ meeting where the two discused foreign policy and the current campaign trail.
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) A Hutchinson man has pleaded no contest to charges resulting from a standoff with law enforcement officers last August. Joseph Roman entered the plea Tuesday to 15 counts of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer with a deadly weapon. Another charge against Roman’s father was dropped as part of the plea agreement. The Hutchinson News reports the standoff began after Roman argued with his father and went into a garage. Roman pointed a shotgun at officers when they arrived and then closed the garage door. During a four-hour standoff, Roman shot a hole through the garage…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Lottery is seeking permission from legislators to sell tickets from vending machines. A hearing on the bill scheduled for Wednesday before the House Commerce, Labor and Economic Development Committee was postponed indefinitely while the bill is refined. Lottery officials believe eliminating the state’s ban on electronic ticket-dispensing machines would boost sales and provide additional revenues for the state. The bill also would repeal a ban on lottery advertising at college sporting events, though ads still would be barred at high school events. The Kansas Constitution once banned all lotteries, but voters approved an amendment in…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) The University of Kansas has unblocked limited information about two fraternities that were placed on probation for hazing. But the Lawrence Journal-World reports that most of the information it sought when it initially requested documents from the school in October remains redacted. The paper raised concerns in December about the redactions with an open records appeal. The university responded by provided a slightly less-redacted version of one of the five documents initially given to the newspaper. But the newspaper reported that all information remains hidden about the nature and severity of hazing behaviors by the Delta Tau…
In this edition of In Focus, Cathy Dawes speaks with Riley County USD 378 Grade School Principal Teresa Grant and Blue Valley Randolph USD 384 Supt. Brady Burton; Christina Nolte, Director of Development with Homecare and Hospice and Bud Cox with “Cox Cares”; and Stephen Higgs, Biosecurity Research Institute Director regarding zika (zee’kuh) outbreak
A verbal altercation which turned physical resulted in a police response in the are of Mission Circle in Manhattan on January 26, 2016 at approximately 6:00 PM. Officers were told that this altercation involved a subject brandishing a firearm prior to leaving the scene with another individual in a green pontiac. Police responding to the scene observed this green pontiac and attempted to perform a traffic stop at which time a short vehicle pursuit occurred. This pursuit began near the intersection of Tuttle Creek Blvd. and Allen Road and continued south through the residential section east of Tuttle Creek Blvd.…