City commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved the first reading of an ordinance establishing a new reinvestment housing incentive district (RHID) in a northwest Manhattan neighborhood. The LK Townhomes project, led by Frontier Development, will build 26 duplex units on a stretch of Little Kitten Avenue, representing an approximately $9 million investment. It’s the first of [...]

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The Manhattan City Commission has approved a sale and purchase agreement with online retail giant Amazon for a future warehouse to be built in the city’s business park, near the airport. Amazon is acquiring the roughly 15-acre tract to develop a 70,000-square-foot warehouse for “last mile” delivery services. Daryn Soldan, director of economic development at [...]

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A Manhattan woman and two others were injured in a Monday morning crash near Milford State Park. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a northbound Chevy Suburban attempted a U-turn on US-77, just north of the K-57 junction, but did so in front of a northbound Ford Flex, resulting in the crash. Authorities say 36-year-old [...]

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A Manhattan businesswoman is seeking one of three seats on the city commission, citing a desire to serve the underserved. Amber Starling has been an active and vocal participant in city meetings for the past year. “I walk the walk,” she said. “I’m a living-wage employer who built my business from scratch, and I’ve contributed [...]

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A Junction City man is behind bars after police allege he attempted to break into multiple vehicles. The Junction City Police Department arrested 21-year-old Clayton Mayfield on Thursday after reports of a suspicious person wearing all black was attempting to burglarize vehicles on Michaels Way on the west edge of town. During their investigation, officers [...]

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A local real estate agent has announced his candidacy for the Manhattan City Commission. Scott Seel, who ran unsuccessfully for the Riley County Commission in 2012, said public service has remained on his mind for several years. “I have always been the person who, I don’t feel that it has to be me,” he said. [...]

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Manhattan city officials are pumping the brakes on a $13.3 million cemetery improvement project, signaling a desire to scale back spending. During a work session Tuesday, commissioners expressed concerns about the overall cost, particularly for a new Sunrise Cemetery shop and office, estimated at $4.5 million. “We just don’t have the dollars,” said Mayor Karen [...]

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Andrew Von Lintel filed with the Riley County Clerk’s office on Monday. The 42-year-old said he has concerns with the city’s rising debt and a growing annual budget. “It seems like in recent years we’ve been increasing both a lot,” he said. “I noticed that the state of Kansas has a debt limit on Manhattan, [...]

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Housing projects, street maintenance and cemetery improvements will be discussed at Tuesday’s city commission work session. In April, the city opened the first round of workforce housing sales tax funding applications and have since received two applications for potential housing projects, both along Moro Street. The first is from local developers Zach and Michelle Burton, [...]

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City officials this week rejected the nomination of a former mayor and city commissioner to serve on the Manhattan Urban Area Planning Board. Commissioner Peter Oppelt moved Tuesday to pull Linda Morse’s appointment, citing the need to encourage others in the community to serve. “How can we do that if we continue to appoint the [...]

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