The Manhattan City Commission approved the first reading of an ordinance Tuesday amending a section of code establishing regulations and penalties for violations within the downtown parking garage. Parking Services Manager Adrienne Tucker says the clarification will give law enforcement more authority to cite folks who loiter in the garage. The commission will revisit discussions [...]

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Riley County USD 378 School Board members met for an hour behind closed doors Tuesday night, but took no action regarding the status of its superintendent, who remains on administrative leave. Coming out of executive session, Board President Samantha Brown moved to authorize Hoover Law Firm of Junction City, to carry out negotiations with Cliff [...]

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Pottawatomie County commissioners moved Monday to send out bids for dust control on some of the county’s more well-traveled dirt gravel roads. Public Works Engineering Aide Janell Ralph says the county has three interested bidders for the annual sprays this year. A number of rural routes have had more traffic amid the closure of the [...]

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Manhattan Public Works crews continue to patch potholes across the city, following January’s frigid and wet conditions. City Engineer Brian Johnson says work is continuing on a stretch of Fort Riley Blvd. near Westwood Road, where traffic backed up for Tuesday morning’s commute. City Manager Ron Fehr joined KMAN’s In Focus Tuesday and says the [...]

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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly will deliver this year’s Landon Lecture at Kansas State University. The lecture will take place at 11:30 a.m. Feb. 16 in Forum Hall at the K-State Student Union. Kelly’s lecture will center around the health of the state of Kansas, its residents and its politics. The lecture is free and open [...]

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The Senate has come out with a $118 billion compromise that pairs tens of billions of dollars in wartime aid for Ukraine with new border laws aimed at shrinking the historic number of people coming to the U.S. border with Mexico seeking asylum. The legislation faced almost immediate criticism from Republicans in both chambers, including [...]

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Two people were injured in a weekend crash on the north side of Manhattan. RCPD says the injury crash occurred Friday evening near the intersection of Marlatt and North Seth Child Road, involving a minivan driven by 20-year-old Gabriel Ramos-Calleja, of Manhattan and a passenger car driven by 47-year-old Whitney Francis, also of Manhattan. Francis [...]

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Crews will be replacing utility poles this week along US 24, in the vicinity of the McCall Road intersection. The City of Manhattan says work will result in lane restrictions on the well-traveled corridor starting at 9 a.m. Tuesday and continuing through Thursday. The outside lanes will be closed in both directions approaching the intersection. [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested Saturday on a number of charges, including assault and battery. The Riley County Police Department says 27-year-old Michael Lee Williamsen is charged with single counts of aggravated assault, criminal threat, domestic battery and attempted possession of a firearm while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. He’s also charged with [...]

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Potential parking fees for the downtown garage will be considered at the next Manhattan City Commission meeting. The first reading of an ordinance is scheduled to take place Tuesday, with city officials discussing the potential purchase of license plate reader equipment for the garage, which is attached to the Hilton Garden Inn and Manhattan Conference [...]

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