The city of Manhattan will be loaning the K-State Foundation $800,000 in economic development funds for a new building being constructed on Kimball Avenue. At Tuesday night’s city commission meeting, commissioners authorized the city to enter into an agreement with the K-State Foundation that would loan the entity money with one recently added stipulation — tenants [...]

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Riley County Police Officers filed a report for burglary in the 2500 block of Farm Bureau Road Monday at approximately 4:05 PM. Officers listed 30 year old David Hernandez Guzman of Manhattan, as the victim when he reported an unknown suspect entered a shed on his property and took an air compressor, 5 nail guns, [...]

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A Topeka man was sentenced Monday to 47 months in federal prison for the sex trafficking of a 17-year-old girl, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said. Reginald Eugene Newman, 30, Topeka, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking. In his plea, he admitted that on March 21, 2015, he and his wife, [...]

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Manhattan firefighters responded to a fire early Monday morning in the 2155 Patricia Place. The deck of a mobile home was on fire when firefighters responded shortly after 6 a.m. The fire extended inside and a near-by motorcycle was also catching fire. Manhattan Fire Deputy Chief Ryan Almes tells KMAN the fire was extinguished about [...]

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Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 is pleased to announce that the 2017-2018 USD 383 Teachers of the Year are Angela Bucher from Bluemont Elementary School and Joel Gittle from Manhattan High School.   Angela Bucher is a Kindergarten teacher at Bluemont Elementary School. She received her BS degree in Elementary Education from Kansas State University in 2006 [...]

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The Geary County Rural Fire Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying the person or persons responsible for several suspicious fires in eastern and southeastern Geary County. Director Garry Berges says several fires on remote gravel roads have occurred since January 31st of this year. The most recent fire occurred during the evening [...]

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Manhattan officials returned on Wednesday night from the National League of Cities conference held in Washington D.C. Manhattan mayor Usha Reddi said that the four-person contingent, which also involved city commissioner Karen McCulloh, city manager Ron Wells, and Asst. City Manager Kiel Mangus, attended several sessions concerning affairs in Manhattan and other similar cities. “[We] talked [...]

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An Ogden man was sentenced to more than two years in connection with a residential burglary in Pottawatomie County.  David Huffman, 35, was sentenced Thursday in Pottawatomie County District Court to 27 months, with the sentence to run consecutive to a Riley County sentence he’s already serving time on. Huffman was arrested last May on the Pottawatomie County [...]

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An injury accident occurred in the 600 block of Scenic Dr yesterday at approximately 8:50 AM. When officers arrived, they found that a green GMC Terrain, driven by 36-year-old Lindsey Leborgne of Junction City,  left the roadway and went airborne, striking a gold Toyota Camry, being driven by 73-year-old Mary Hughes of Manhattan, before landing on [...]

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Manhattan Boxer, Jake Johnson will be competing this Saturday in San Antonio, Texas in a National Amputee Boxing Association event. This will be Johnson’s first boxing match. The 36-year-old has been training for one and half years in the sport, hoping for the opportunity to compete. He is a member of the KSU Boxing Club and [...]

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