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Letting EA Sports College Football 25 predict the 2024 Kansas football season outcome
EA Sports’ College Football 25 might be the most anticipated sports video game in history. Fans waited for over a decade for an NCAA game to come out, and it has lived up to expectations. If you have a console and the game, the likelihood is that you’ve been...
Meet the Manhattan City Manager finalists
Members of the public will have the opportunity to meet the four finalists for the position of Manhattan City Manager from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Monday, July 22 at Flint Hills Discovery Center. According to a social media announcement by the City of Manhattan during this reception, the public will have an opportunity to meet each finalist in an informal setting, ask questions, and share their feedback in writing or electronically.
KU freshman Rakease Passmore feels he's making a smooth transition to life at KU
When Rakease Passmore moved into McCarthy Hall at KU, it wasn't the first time he moved away from him. After his sophomore year of high school, Passmore moved to Combine Academy from his hometown of Palatka in north central Florida. The change of school saw Passmore move up to Lincolnton, North Carolina, which is just an hour outside of Charlotte.
Manhattan Mayhem Volleyball Club wins 15U National Championship
MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) - The 15U Mayhem Girls Volleyball team won a Junior National Championship in Las Vegas earlier this month. The Manhattan Mayhem Volleyball Club’s 15U team participated in The 14-17 Junior National Championships for the third consecutive year. This year was their first time bringing home a National Championship.
Sky Ryders Drum Corps are back in Hutchinson
By Kate Irelan Most people know what a half-time show at a high school football game is like. The student band does an incredible job performing, entertaining, and energizing the crowd. Take that experience and amp it up to a Super Bowl level of six […]
The Junction City 515 Report
It is hard to not wax poetic as I draft this 5-15 report. I sit in the brief chasm between 9 and a half years of a 34+ year veteran of city administration and Monday morning where the interim city manager arrives in-person. I figured that the City would be sailing smoothly over just four days upon Allen Dinkel’s retirement.
Saline County Jail Bookings, July 20
REQUESTED CHARGE(S): Outside warrant/NCIC hit, Use/poss drug paraphernalian/human body and Poss of opiate, narcotic, or certain stimulant. REQUESTED CHARGE(S): In transit from Sheffield, Alamaba. NAME: Matlock, Joshua Aaron. REQUESTED CHARGE(S): Probation Violation. NAME: Nolte, Jan-Hendrik. REQUESTED CHARGE(S): Driving under influence of alcohol or drugs Unknown severity. NAME: Skelton, Katy Danielle.
Rodeo time in Junction City
( Photos by Anthony Gorges ) The Junction City Rodeo opened Friday night. There were events ranging from bull riding to the calf scramble. The rodeo continues Saturday evening at 7:30 at the arena on South Spring Valley Road. There is a Special Needs Rodeo from 10 a.m. until noon Saturday.
Mega-RIAs Will Grow to Rival Wirehouses in Next Decade: Mariner's Bicknell
Your article was successfully shared with the contacts you provided. The number of RIAs has grown rapidly in the past several years, but none has become as vast as a sprawling wirehouse. Not yet. Marty Bicknell offers an authoritative prediction. “In five to 10 years, there will be a handful...
NCAA Basketball Recruiting: Analyzing the 11 teams in play for 4-star C Eric Reibe
Like many other teams in NCAA basketball, Kansas Jayhawks have largely shifted their focus toward the transfer portal instead of incoming recruits. However, their impact on recruiting should never be underestimated. After this season, the Jayhawks will see the departure of 2x consensus All-American Hunter Dickinson, making a viable path for Reibe to make an instant impact for the Jayhawks in 2025-26.
Lawrence Arts Center’s Red Dancer sculpture has gone on vacation
The Lawrence Arts Center’s iconic Red Dancer sculpture stirred up the staff and community members with her sudden disappearance, but fortunately she has simply gone on vacation from her home in front of the building. The sculpture, donated by Jan Gaumnitz, has sat in the same location in front...
Former Jayhawk guard Nic Timberlake signs professional contract
LAWRENCE, Kan. (WIBW) - The transfer from Towson and playing one year for Kansas, Timberlake will head to Portugal. According to KU Sports’ Henry Greenstein, Timberlake’s agent confirmed the news. Timberlake struggled during his time in Lawrence but came on late with the injury to Kevin McCullar Jr....
Chinese retailer Miniso opens new Oak Park Mall store
An international lifestyle retailer has officially debuted in Johnson County. Chinese retailer Miniso opened its new Overland Park store earlier this summer inside Oak Park Mall. Miniso is at 11149 W. 95th St. The store occupies a space on the first floor of the mall, off West 95th Street and...
Nusser wins feature on Friday at Fairgrounds
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — "That was fun." "Yeah, it was." Those were the sentiments of one of the USAC Silver Crown drivers to a crew member coming out from the infield of the half-mile oval at the Kansas State Fairgrounds Friday night as they practiced for the 100-lap feature that will highlight Saturday night's program.
CEO of reStart Plans to Renovate Hotel into Homeless Center
The non-profit organization, reStart, is in the process of repurposing a La Quinta hotel in Lenexa, KS into a homeless center. reStart assists individuals at risk of and experiencing homelessness through prevention, straight outreach, and by providing temporary and permanent housing. reStart also provides clinical and unemployment services to unhoused individuals with their goal being to provide an exit from homelessness. reStart CEO, Stephanie Boyer, believes Johnson County has been making strides to help the unhoused in the community.
Family had to surrender sweet huskies. Now ‘built-in’ best friends need home together
When a family welcomed a new baby, they had to surrender two “happy and sweet” huskies to a New York shelter. Now, the “built-in” best friends are looking for a new home, Anita’s Stevens Swan Humane Society said in a July 17 Facebook post. “We...
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