The Manhattan City Commission will not meet for their bimonthly legislative session due to icy conditions on roads affecting Riley, Geary and Pottawatomie Counties that resulted in numerous accidents and road closures. Commissioners were set to consider a request by the Manhattan Area Housing Partnership’s request to purchase 19 lots in Lee Mill Village. The [...]

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JUNCTION CITY — A Hays teenager was killed Tuesday afternoon on an icy stretch Interstate 70 west of Junction City. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 19-year-old Ashlen Leigh Lemon, of Hays was westbound on I-70 when she lost control of her vehicle and slid into the median. Her vehicle then struck a guardrail. Lemon was [...]

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MANHATTAN — Travel deteriorated throughout the day Tuesday as freezing rain turned roads into an ice rink in the Manhattan area. Numerous slide-offs were reported in Riley, Pottawatomie and Geary counties as travel became near impossible for the afternoon and evening commute. I-70 was closed at various points from Riley County to Dickinson County with [...]

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MANHATTAN — Riley County Police responded to an unattended death in the 100 block of Manhattan Town Center Plaza Tuesday morning. The incident was reported just after 10:30 a.m. Officers listed a 46-year-old male as the victim. It’s not bel...

Update 3:40 p.m. Hwy 177 is open, but traffic is down to 1 lane. Ice is making the route difficult. Tuttle Creek Blvd is back open. Hwy 24 in Pott. County from Onaga to Schoeman is back open. Original story: Slick roads are expected to stick around for the night as a winter weather advisory [...]

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