The Greater Manhattan Community Foundation has been awarded an implementation grant through the Kansas Health Foundation’s Healthy Communities Initiative worth up to $75,000 over the next three years. Manhattan is one of 12 grantees in the state to receive this funding, which will help support the Flint Hills Wellness Coalition. The FHWC goal is to create a publicly appointed food policy council to address nutrition related issues in our community. One area that has already garnered interest among stakeholders and the community is healthy vending in Riley County. “We were pleased to have been selected as one of the twelve…
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Riley County Police arrested a Manhattan woman for two warrants out of Geary County for revocation of probation, and failure to appear in court on Wednesday. 26-year-old Allyson Greenstreet was arrested in western Manhattan Wednesday morning. Greenstreet’s bond has been set at $6,500. Riley county Police arrested a woman from Solomon on Wednesday morning near the 2-thousand block of Tuttle Creek Boulevard. 38-year-old Jennifer Larson was arrested for felony theft, interference with a law enforcement officer, and drug possession. Larson’s bond has been set at $6,000. A man has reported a theft to the Riley…
Kansas State University will be hosting the 2013 Beef Conference called Strategic Cow Herd Management: Surviving and Rebuilding after Persistent Drought on Aug 6. in Frick Auditorium. The conference will include a keynote address by Dave Lalman an extension beef cattle specialist with Oklahoma State University. The conference will also include topics such as impending regulations of livestock antibiotics, income tax implications following livestock liquidation and confinement feeding of cows. The fee to attend the conference is $60 per person or $100 for two or more individuals from the same operation. If traveling to Manhattan is an issue, the conference…
The building that houses insect research at Kansas State University has a big problem with bugs. Officials say swarms of termites have infested Waters Hall, a historic building that is home to the Entomology Department. The university is working carefully to fight the termites while protecting the insects used by the department for study and research. If you find yourself in a situation where termites become a problem for you, then the easiest thing to do would be to call up someone like pest control Des Moines to help sort out your situation. With liquid chemicals ruled out, Kansas State…
Minnesota and Rhode Island became the twelfth and thirteenth states to legalize same sex marriage on Thursday. Dozens of couples gathered in Minnesota to tie the knot at the stroke of midnight.
The head of the National Security Agency defended the government’s much-criticized surveillance program at a computer hackers’ conference Wednesday, but also had a challenge for them: If you don’t like it, lend your talent to build a better one.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Alex Gordon hit a two-out triple in the seventh inning and then scored the go-ahead run for Kansas City on an error by Minnesota, and the Royals won their eighth straight game with a 4-3 victory over the Twins on Wednesday night. The Royals are above .500 at the end of July for the first time since 2003. At 53-51, they are two games over the break-even mark for the first time since May 17. They remained seven games behind Detroit in the AL Central race and 4.5 games back of second-place Cleveland, the current holder of the…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Kansas City Royals have acquired outfielder Justin Maxwell from the Houston Astros for minor league pitcher Kyle Smith in an attempt to upgrade their depth for the stretch run. Maxwell made his major league debut in 2007 for the Nationals. He has spent the past two seasons with the Astros. He’s hitting just .241 with two homers and eight RBIs in 40 games this season, but that includes a .302 average against left-handed pitchers. The Royals already were trying to upgrade in right field, where David Lough has played well after Jeff Francoeur was waived…
A bill that would lower the cost of student loans has passed the House and is heading to President Barack Obama for his signature. Undergraduates this fall would borrow at a 3.9 percent interest rate for subsidized and unsubsidized loans.
The head of the National Security Agency defended the government’s much-criticized surveillance program at a computer hackers’ conference Wednesday, but also had a challenge for them: If you don’t like it, lend your talent to build a better one.