Rewriting the rural narrative was the theme of the Focus on Building Rural Communities event, hosted by the Riley County Extension Office at the Sikes Venue in Leonardville Monday. University of Minnesota Extension Educator Benjamin Winchester says rural America isn’t dying, but rather going through a slow transformation. He says rural areas remain durable, noting [...]

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Manhattan city commissioners have been recently discussing bringing a sales tax question that would take the city’s current 1% sales tax to as much as 2% to help replenish the General Fund cash balance on the August ballot. The balance dropped $6 million between January 2023 and January 2024. Mayor Wynn Butler told KMAN that [...]

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International Women’s Day is Friday, and the Manhattan chapter of the American Association of University Women is hosting its annual public forum featuring four women’s journeys from their home countries to Kansas. The internationally recognized day started in Austria in 1911 and was ratified by the UN in 1977. Due to the global nature and [...]

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Kansas State students took home a record number of awards from the Kansas Association of Broadcasters Student Awards this week. Students from Wildcat 91.9 FM, which is celebrating 75 years of operation this year, and Channel 8 KKSU-TV won 40 awards across both audio and visual categories. The next closest school won just 12 awards. [...]

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Riley County Police are investigating a stabbing incident from last Friday that resulted in one arrest. Officers were dispatched to an apartment complex near 9th and Humboldt Street shortly after 6:30 p.m. finding a 34-year-old male victim was suffering from a stab wound. Police later arrested 45-year-old Henry Lee Morgan, of Manhattan. He faces a [...]

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Manhattan City Commissioners provided feedback Tuesday to city staff on potentially using industrial revenue bonds (IRB’s) to fund future rental housing development projects. City staff are refining a draft policy that would give the city some clarity on certain projects targeting specific projects and areas of town for infill and rural housing incentive districts. Commissioners [...]

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Deputy Manhattan City Manager Jason Hilgers will assume the role of interim city manager next month, upon the retirement of long-time City Manager Ron Fehr. City commissioners approved a contract agreement at Tuesday’s legislative meeting that will pay Hilgers his base salary plus 13%, while he maintains his current position and the interim role, which [...]

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A Manhattan man has been arrested in connection with the shooting that took place on Sunday. 45-year-old Brannan Turner was apprehended by the Wichita Police Department yesterday around 10:00 PM according to Riley County Police Department PIO Ashley Tokoi. Wichita PD was able to utilize their license plate reader technology to aid in the arrest [...]

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By Maddy Rohr, K-State Research and Extension news service A Riley County couple is among of six Kansas couple who will be honored later this month as part of the 2023 Kansas Master Farmers and Homemakers. Andrea and Hugo DeJesus, own and operate A&H Farms in Manhattan and operate four farmer markets and a farm [...]

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Authorities are investigating a report of criminal damage to property in the northern edge of Riley County. According to the Riley County Police Department, a 39-year-old man reported Monday that someone damaged his 2003 John Deere tractor by plugging a coolant line to the air cooler with a rifle shell casing. The incident occurred in [...]

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