MANHATTAN — Long-term ecological research at Kansas State University’s Konza Prairie Biological Station will continue for another six years with a $6.76 million grant renewal from the National Science Foundation. Konza Prairie, an 8,600-acre native tallgrass prairie research station, is jointly owned by Kansas State University and The Nature Conservancy and managed by the university’s Division of Biology in the College of Arts & Sciences. The NSF Long-Term Ecological Research, or LTER, program is an interdisciplinary research and education program focused on the tallgrass prairie, one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world, according to John Blair, the research program’s director and…
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Junction City Mayor Mike Ryan and Commissioners want residents and City employees to have a voice in the City Commission’s selection of the next City Manager. On November 13, as part of a candidate interview process, two finalists for the City Manager position will be asked to make short presentations and respond to audience questions at separate, hour-long public forums. The forums are scheduled for 3:00 and 4:15 p.m. on the second floor of the Opera House at 135 W. 7th Street. At the end of each forum, those attending may offer observations about the candidate’s performance by completing comment cards. …
(Photo Courtesy Kansas State Athletics) By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications AMES, Iowa – The No. 22 K-State volleyball team dropped its first true road match of the season as the Wildcats fell at Iowa State, 3-0 (25-23, 25-23, 25-22), on Wednesday in Hilton Coliseum. The Wildcats (20-4, 7-3 Big 12) had won seven consecutive true road matches to start the year, but they ran up against Iowa State (12-9, 4-6 Big 12) in Ames, where K-State has not won in its last seven matches. K-State out-hit Iowa State, .217-.192, but 17 attack errors and six service errors—and no aces—prevented…
A Manhattan man is being treated at a Kansas City Hospital following a collision involving a motorcycle and three vehicles near the intersection of Claflin Road and University Drive shortly after 2:30 Wednesday afternoon. Benjamin Giguere, 23, was taken to the University of Kansas Hospital following the accident, involving his 2014 Kawasaki motorcycle. Police say the cycle was traveling west on Claflin Road when Giguere lost control, then struck a 2001 Buick Century driven by Katherine Kramer, 21, of Manhattan. The motorcycle also struck a 2011 Chevy Cruze driven by Christine Lenz, 21, of Manhattan and a 2000 Chevy Silverado driven by Cameron Uphoff, 21,…
Berkeley, California voters became the first in the country to approve taxing sodas to curb consumption, after costly campaigns by the soda industry helped defeat similar taxes in more than 30 other cities and states in recent years.
The mother of a Philadelphia woman who was found with her alleged kidnapper in Maryland thanked law enforcement at a press conference Wednesday.
Over the past several years, different pieces of equipment have been put together to keep the Manhattan Ogden USD 383 Cox Cable Channel 20 going. But now, many of those pieces of equipment have started to fail. During Wednesday evening’s school board meeting, Director of Communications and School Safety, Michele Jones presented a request to update the current TV equipment. According to Jones, the channel is over 15 years old and some of the original equipment is still in place. The channel is free from Cox Communications. Currently, the equipment only allows the district to display Powerpoint and the board meetings.…
President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, in Washington. Obama is holding an afternoon news conference Wednesday to share his take on the midterm election results after his party lost control of the Senate, and lost more turf in the GOP-controlled House while putting a series of Democratic-leaning states under control of new Republican governors.
Ray Rice arrives with his wife Janay Palmer for an appeal hearing of his indefinite suspension from the NFL, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, in New York.
K-State moves to #7 in the Playoff Poll. Charles Davis of Fox joins the show in hour 1. Jerry Palm has an interesting poll projection for K-State. Cole Manbeck joins the show in hour 2. Also Around College Football and You Can’t Be Serious.