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Manhattan commissioners weigh dissolving joint urban planning board, replace with city-only board
Manhattan city commissioners appear poised to dissolve the Manhattan Urban Area Planning Board and replacing it with a city-appointed planning board that could also serve as the city’s board of zoning appeals. The proposal, presented by Manhattan planning and development director Stephanie Peterson and Riley County planning director Amanda Webb, would dissolve the joint board [...]
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Manhattan man pleads guilty to child sexual exploitation
A Manhattan man was convicted Tuesday of two counts of sexual exploitation of a child after he entered a plea deal with county prosecutors for reduced charges. Joshua Glenn Taylor, 48, pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing electronic files depicting children engaging in sexually explicit conduct. In return for his plea, a judge dropped [...]
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Two dead after vehicle crosses median on I-70
Two people were killed Tuesday morning in a head-on crash on I-70 near Chapman in Dickinson County. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, the crash occurred shortly after 11 a.m. near mile marker 285, just east of Paint Road. A 2025 Ford Explorer driven by 42-year-old Michela Brown, of Abilene, was traveling eastbound when it [...]
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Riley County considers $100 gift card exception for protective homes
Riley County officials are revising the county’s gift card policy to allow community corrections to provide $100 gift cards to protective homes caring for children removed from their families. Brittany Phillips, the county’s budget and finance officer, presented the proposed policy update Monday to Riley County commissioners. The initial proposal would have limited each gift [...]
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