By Emma Laura

Among the items on a sweeping new master plan for K-State is making Anderson Hall the “front porch” of campus — in part by adding a front porch.

The Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday unanimously approved K-State’s Campus Master Plan for the next five years.

That plan includes restoring Anderson Hall to its former glory, remodeling Ahearn as an event venue, turning part of Kedzie into an enrollment center and razing Shellenberger Hall to build a research building.

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The Manhattan City Commission on Tuesday sent a rezoning request for two properties east of City Park back to the Manhattan Urban Area Planning Board. The applicant, Gavin Schmidt, has been petitioning to rezone 300 North 11th Street and 1020 Leavenworth, for almost a year. Doing so would allow both properties, which currently have deteriorating older homes on them, to potentially be used for single family-attached housing, such as a townhome or duplex.

“If we can allow for more people to live in its urban core, more people get to experience this neighborhood, more people get to interact with these other neighbors, and get to spend a lot of time with them and get the fruits of these awesome areas of town, I feel like this restrictive zoning actually hurts that,” he said. “It’s almost exclusionary to people.”

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The Manhattan City Commission on Tuesday sent a rezoning request for two properties east of City Park back to the Manhattan Urban Area Planning Board. The applicant, Gavin Schmidt, has been petitioning to rezone 300 North 11th Street and 1020 Leavenworth, for almost a year. Doing so would allow both properties, which currently have deteriorating older homes on them, to potentially be used for single family-attached housing, such as a townhome or duplex.

“If we can allow for more people to live in its urban core, more people get to experience this neighborhood, more people get to interact with these other neighbors, and get to spend a lot of time with them and get the fruits of these awesome areas of town, I feel like this restrictive zoning actually hurts that,” he said. “It’s almost exclusionary to people.”

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By Nathan Gaddie and Brandon Peoples

A long-serving Kansas lawmaker says she’s not yet ready to call it quits.

Rep. Sydney Carlin, D-Manhattan, plans to seek re-election in 2026. Carlin, who will turn 81 in November, has served 22 years in the Kansas House, representing District 66.

“I’m working on fundraising and I’m planning to run,” she said Wednesday during an appearance on Within Reason with Mike Matson on KMAN. “I see no reason not to continue. I get notes in the mail thanking me for my service, and I get people everywhere saying, please keep working for us and I’m not exaggerating on that. I feel I would be letting people down if I did not continue.”

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An amended development agreement was approved this week for a workforce housing project on Moro Street after the developer increased the scope of the project.

The city commission in June approved an initial agreement for Frontier Development to receive a property tax abatement for a five-unit townhome project at 716 Moro St.

Company partner Tyler Holloman said after an oversight on parking regulations, he and fellow developer Ben Burton were able to increase the project from five to seven units, taking the project from a single-floor concept to a two-story concept with a smaller footprint.

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Riley County Police officers arrested an Ogden man Wednesday, at 2:11 p.m. for over 30 charges, the man is now held in jail on a $100,000 bond.

Kyle Patrick Tarpey, 20, is charged with aggravated offender registration act violation, 27 counts of offender registration act violation and five counts of perjury. All registration violations involve person-based offenses.

An RCPD spokesperson said the arrest stems from a report filed in August. They would not confirm whether it’s connected to previous cases filed in court for Tarpey in Riley County and Pottawatomie County.

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By Emma Loura and Megan Moser

The USD 383 Manhattan-Ogden school board voted to ask member Katie Allen’s to resign Wednesday night following a social media post she made about the death of conservative political influencer Charlie Kirk.

Allen said she would not resign but would step down as board vice president.

The other six board members admonished Allen for her actions and passed a resolution requesting that she submit her resignation, which passed 5-1. Board member Jayme Morris-Hardeman voted no.

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By Rose Gruenbacher

The head of Riley County Police Department’s corrections division on Monday said much of its overpopulation comes from inmates awaiting court.

RCPD Maj. Mark French spoke during Monday’s meeting of the Riley County Law Enforcement Agency Board meeting, describing some factors contributing to that situation.

French said the jail does not hold minor and misdemeanor offenders in-house and sends those offenders to other facilities, but the jail still faces a numbers issue.

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A week after controversial comments made by board member Katie Allen, regarding the murder of conservative pundit Charlie Kirk, the USD 383 school board Wednesday evening approved a resolution calling for her resignation.

The measure passed on a 5-1 vote, with Jayme Morris-Hardeman the lone member to oppose. Allen abstained from voting, but in her opening statement Wednesday night said she had no intentions of stepping down.

We’ll have more on this story Thursday on KMAN’s Morning News and at TheMercury.com.

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By Rose Gruenbacher

A Riley County District Court case charging a 20-year-old Olathe man with rape and aggravated sexual battery was dismissed by the court Monday.

Kane Harris was set to go through trial last week for charges of rape and aggravated sexual battery that he was alleged to have committed against a woman in September 2022. A jury was selected for the case but had not yet been sworn in when the alleged victim did not arrive for the first day of testimony.

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