This year’s Baking competition at the Riley County Fair was cinnamon rolls, and the judges enjoyed their sweet assignment on Sunday. Riley County Commissioner John Ford joined Founder/Publisher Tyler Jackson of Manhattan City Lifestyle Magazine to judge the competition. The two enjoyed every entry, awarding a purple ribbon (excellent quality) to each. Manhattan’s Audrey Henderson shared why she enjoyed practicing for the competition. The eleven entrants were mostly adults, but one stood out in every category, earning the Champion award. 9-year-old Henderson reacted to her win, and gave advice on how to make the best rolls. Henderson’s mom, who…
Author: Rhonda Zellweger
Rhonda Zellweger
Rhonda is a retired public employee from Syracuse, New York; mom to two grown daughters; and a lifelong community volunteer. She was traveling in her camper after retirement when she discovered Kansas, then fell hard for the Flint Hills community. She bought a house in Manhattan, parked her camper, and KMAN taught the old dog new tricks. Being a reporter has only deepened her love of her new hometown. But, she thinks SU Basketball is the best. Go, ORANGE! contact her at: rhonda@1350kman.com
A Manhattan 9-year-old entered a rocket as his STEM Project at the Riley County Fair, Friday afternoon. Gantt Chase from the CiCo Shamrocks 4-H Club already has a background in rocketry. Participants submitted their projects, along with evidence that it is operational, directly to a judge. The judges critiqued the projects as they were submitted, giving compliments on design and advice on improvements. Chase also had the opportunity to interact with a professional engineer. The Riley County Fair wraps up Monday at CiCo Park.
Two former Wamego teachers appeared in Pottawatomie District Court Tuesday morning. 51-year-old Allen and 55-year-old Deborah Sylvester appeared in front of Judge Erich Campbell. Each are charged with unlawful sexual relations involving a student who was 17, later turned 18, during the 2020-21 school year. On May 31st, the married couple resigned their positions as teachers. Allen was a middle school Science teacher, and Deborah taught Math at the high school in USD 320. Honorable Campbell ordered a no-contact order between both defendants and the alleged victim. A no-contact order was already in place for Allen for his case in…
A man convicted of attempting to kill RCPD officers in 2018 has found himself back in jail, this time in Sherman County. 42-year-old Mark Harrison, formerly of Manhattan, is charged with three counts of conspiring to distribute marijuana inside the Winfield Correctional Facility. In lieu of his guilty plea to those charges, the court dismissed charges of conspiring to distribute contraband, forgery and two counts of fraud – by mail and by phone. Harrison was sentenced to 50 months in prison in July 2019 after pleading no contest in Riley County District Court to attempted voluntary manslaughter and was found…