Sunset Cemetery plays host to over 293 deceased Civil War veterans, some of which died in battle, and others that lived on past the war. During Saturday morning’s tour-“The Blue and the Grey: Stories of Civil War Soldiers in Sunset Cemetery”, Riley County Historical Museum Director, Cheryl Collins shared stories of some of those soldiers. The tour began at 10:30 at the front gate of the cemetery. Attendees were able to hear stories about: Lou Gove, Kansas’s Gove County is named after Doctor John Robinson, first Kansas Secretary of State Louis Marchant, served in union army Charles Frederick Little, Doctor…
Author: KMAN Staff
Over one hundred and thirty people, all with an interest in sustainability, gathered in the auditorium of Seaton hall on the campus of Kansas State University today to learn about sustainability, as well as to discuss how to move it forward into the future. According to Myles Alexander, who is the Program Coordinator for the Institute of Civil Discourse and Democracy, there are two main topic the event was focusing on. The first focused on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to meet adopted standards, and the second dealt with community sustainability and resilience. Director of Sustainability at K-State Dr.…
Ervin Santana could be traded before the end of the month, and his superb effort Friday might make some teams interested. Santana allowed two singles in 7 1/3 innings and the Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 1-0 on Friday night to snap a five-game losing streak. Santana didn’t allow a runner to reach second base as he walked just one batter and struck out six Tigers. The third-place Royals are seven games behind the first-place Tigers. The lone run of the game came in the first inning off an RBI single by Billy Butler. Game two of the…
Head Coach Bill Snyder didn’t have to go far to find his next fullback. Manhattan High’s Winston Dimel committed to K-State on Friday, and will likely move from tight end to fullback with the Wildcats. [mp3-jplayer] “I talked to Coach Snyder today,” Dimel said. “He said I would play kind of like (current K-State fullback) Glenn Gronkowski does. A fullback and an H-back.” Being the son of K-State co-offensive coordinator Dana Dimel, Winston is no stranger to the K-State program. His position coach at K-State would be his father who also serves as the running backs coach for the Wildcats.…
[mp3-jplayer]
Hoping to provide “context” to the Travyon Martin controversy, President Obama made a surprise appearance in the White House briefing room Friday. He said black Americans feel pain after the verdict because of a “history that doesn’t go away.”
Detroit has filed for Chapter 9 Federal Bankruptcy Protection, making it the largest US city to make such a filing. The move comes after years of financial struggles.
After 33 months as Commander of the Dragon Brigade (4IBCT), Colonel Joseph Wawro stepped down from his post and passed the colors to Colonel Peter Minalga, on Friday at Fort Riley. COL Wawro’s time at Fort Riley included a nine month deployment to RC-E in Afghanistan. His next stop is the nation’s capital where he’ll serve as an Army Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute of Near East Policy. He’ll be joined by his wife, LTC Christiane Ploch, who will be in charge of senior leader development. Colonel Minalga comes to Fort Riley from Washington, D.C. where he worked for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff…
GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) A first court appearance is scheduled for a well-known freelance photographer who was charged with misdemeanor trespassing after he flew a paraglider over a Kansas feedlot while shooting pictures. George Steinmetz, of Glenn Ridge, N.J., and his assistant, Wei Zhang, of Beijing, China, are set for a first appearance hearing Aug. 29 in Finney County. Steinmetz was on assignment for National Geographic magazine when he flew above Brookover Feed Yard last June 28. The feedlot owners say he did not seek permission for the flight. A National Geographic spokeswoman says the magazine hired a Garden City…
MINNEAPOLIS, Kan. (AP) Residents of a central Kansas town are watching with sadness as a 125-year-old building is demolished. Workers on Thursday began demolishing the former Parker House Hotel in Minneapolis. The building partially collapsed last month, forcing the evacuation of the downtown area. The building’s owners had said they wanted to save it but the Minneapolis City Council voted to pay $76,800 to demolish the structure because of concerns that it could collapse. The Salina Journal reports the building was erected in 1888 as the Corn State Bank and became the Parker House in 1899. For years it was…