A winter storm warning is now in effect for the Manhattan area from 6 a.m. Monday through noon Tuesday, as weather forecasters say confidence is growing for heavy snow to start the week. The National Weather Service in Topeka says confidence is high for rain and snow developing Monday morning, changing to all snow by [...]

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The Kansas Legislature convenes for the 2024 session on Monday, with some big ticket issues likely to be front and center once again. On KMAN’s In Focus Friday, we visited with area legislators, including 66th District Rep. Sydney Carlin (D-Manhattan), 67th District Rep. Mike Dodson (R-Manhattan) and State Sen. Usha Reddi (D-Manhattan). Medicaid Expansion At [...]

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Riley County Police have arrested a second suspect in connection to a fraud, theft and forgery investigation in the area. Saturday’s RCPD arrest report lists 38 total counts against 36-year-old Candace Huffman, of Ogden, who was jailed Friday on a host of probable cause offenses. Included within that are six counts of forgery, four counts [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested while in custody Thursday at the Riley County Jail. According to the Riley County Police Department, 30-year-old Austin Rowzer was arrested on a probable cause offense for violation of the offender registration act. The original charge was for failure to register as a drug offender. Rowzer has a past conviction [...]

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Two people were hospitalized Thursday following a two-vehicle crash north of Manhattan. According to the Riley County Police Department, an SUV and a passenger car collided just after 6 p.m. in the 5300 block of Tuttle Creek Blvd, near the dam. Both drivers were transported to Ascension Via Christi for minor injuries. The driver of [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested while in custody Thursday at the Riley County Jail. According to the Riley County Police Department, 30-year-old Austin Rowzer was arrested on a probable cause offense for violation of the offender registration act. The original charge was for failure to register as a drug offender. Rowzer has a past conviction [...]

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Wednesday marked the final meeting for long time Manhattan-Ogden School Board member Darell Edie. First elected to the board in 2011, Edie served three terms and was part of the board that helped craft the process of the voter approved $130 million school bond to upgrade facilities and the construction of Oliver Brown Elementary. Superintendent [...]

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A week after Riley County officials approved an agreement with the City of Manhattan to allocate funds from the city’s Special Alcohol Fund to support Community Corrections, another agreement was signed Thursday to support court services. The city is providing $3,000, allocated in quarterly increments of $750 for alcohol and drug services programs. Any funds [...]

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Kansas State University has named a new provost and executive vice president, following a nationwide search. The university announced Thursday that current Texas Tech University College of Education Dean Jesse Perez Mendez will assume those duties on or before June 1. Mendez will provide strategic oversight of academic planning, resource allocation and innovation in all [...]

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More people are working in Kansas than ever before. That’s according to data provided by the Kansas Department of Labor this week, which showed more stability in the Kansas job market. Nine of the top 10 employment months took place throughout the year, with unemployment at or below 5% for the past 38 consecutive months. [...]

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