There will be three new faces on the Manhattan City Commission in the new year. Susan Adamchak, Karen McCulloh and Peter Oppelt all won election to the commission Tuesday night. Incumbent John Matta won re-election. Adamchak was the top vote getter Tuesday night. McCulloh is no stranger to the city commission. She finished in second [...]

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At least two newcomers and one incumbent have won election to the Manhattan-Ogden School board. With all precincts reporting in Riley and Pottawatomie County, Kristin Brighton has secured a second four year term, finishing first with 4,079 votes. In second place was Katie Allen, who finished with 3,760 votes. Allen, who formerly chaired the Riley [...]

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One person was injured in a Monday crash near Manhattan Regional Airport. The Riley County Police Department says 57-year-old Albert Huerta, of Manhattan was transported to Ascension Via Christi after crashing his motorcycle with an SUV near Skyway Drive and Murray Road at around 7 a.m. The extent of his injuries weren’t immediately available The [...]

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday that Rural Development is awarding over $4.2 million in grants to help agricultural producers and rural small business owners make energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy investments to lower their energy costs. Locally, that includes a grant totaling more than $85,000 awarded to Britts Farm to purchase and [...]

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Today marks Election Day in Kansas. Advance voting ended at noon Monday, with 2,183 Riley County residents casting their ballots early. That’s down about 1,000 from the last city/school board election in 2021, which saw 3,185 residents vote in advance. Advance ballots by mail will be accepted through Friday as long as they are postmarked [...]

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Riley County Police responded to a pair of injury crashes Friday in northern Riley County. Police say the first occurred near Tuttle Creek Blvd. and West Randolph Street in Randolph Friday morning when a Dodge Durango turned in front of a Dodge pickup. Injured in the crash were 69-year-old Lenita Glanzer, of Randolph and 60-year-old [...]

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More than $36,000 has been raised by candidates seeking election to the Manhattan City Commission. (Full reports are attached in alphabetical order, at the bottom of this story, including a list of contributions to each campaign.) Campaigns were required to file their second round reports on Oct. 30. Eight of the nine candidates submitted reports [...]

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A Riley County jury has concluded that a 29-year-old Manhattan man intentionally killed his estranged wife while she slept in her home in late September 2021. Kamahl Bobian was convicted Friday on charges of first-degree murder, aggravated burglary and two counts of violating a protective order. Jurors deliberated for about two hours, following a week [...]

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Closing arguments will be heard Friday morning in the Kamahl Bobian murder trial in Riley County District Court. Bobian took the stand Thursday in his own defense, a day after jurors were shown a video that revealed him confessing to murdering his wife on September 25, 2021. Bobian didn’t dispute that he stabbed 27-year-old Shanell [...]

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