Commissioner’s discussed a new foyer design for the Peace Memorial Auditorium. Budget and plans for the project were discussed, with donations from the city, county, and private donors raising over $400,000. Commissioners approved the initial design of the foyer and gave authorization to elicit bids on the project. Manhattan Senior Planner, Chad Bunger, presented an [...]
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A former K-State student cited in a federal court lawsuit filed against the university who allegedly raped two different women in 2014 and 2015 will be arraigned on Jan. 3 at 9 a.m. in Riley County District Court. The arraignment for Jared Gihring was originally scheduled for Monday, but his defense was granted a continuance. [...]
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Riley County Police Officers responded to an injury accident that occurred at the intersection of Tuttle Creek Blvd. and Seth Child Rd. on Monday afternoon. 74-year-old Allen Frazier of Manhattan was driving a Lincoln passenger car east on Tuttle Creek Blvd. when he struck a Ford SUV on Seth Child Rd driven by 31-year-old Kyle [...]
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Riley County commissioners agreed to hold off on advisory board appointments and reappointments Monday. The commission will wait till after it swears in Marvin Rodriguez on Jan. 9. Rodriguez, a Republican, defeated District 2 commissioner Robert Boyd in the August primary. “It’s different, this year, of course,” county clerk Rich Vargo said. “Because not all [...]
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Riley County Law Board members Monday approved extension of the agreement with RCPD Director Brad Schoen, with a salary, compensation, and benefits raised to $141,343.46 compared to the previous 136,695.80, which is a 3.4 percent increase. The action was taken after several executive sessions lasting nearly an hour and a half. Also during Monday’s Law [...]
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The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has issued a boil water advisory for the public water supply at Stagg Hill Golf Club, Inc. located in Riley County. KDHE officials issued the advisory because of a loss of chlorine residual. Failure to maintain required chlorine residual levels may put the system at risk for [...]
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Officers with the Riley County Police Department filed a report for theft in the 800 block of Commons Pl Friday afternoon. Gamestop was listed as a victim, when a suspect left the store with a Playstation 4, a Playstation 4 controller, an Xbox One, and two PS4 games. Officers issued a Notice to Appear for [...]
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Manhattan has a new Community Development Director but it’s a familiar name for the city of Manhattan. Eric Cattell has been named Director of Community Development for the City of Manhattan, effective today. Cattell has been the assistant director for planning for the city for the last 18 years. As director, Cattell will be responsible [...]
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A Louisiana man’s Saturday morning took a turn for the worse in Wabaunsee county over the weekend. 30-year-old Brandon Perque of Marrero, Louisiana, was eastbound on Interstate 70 at mile marker 327 when he lost control of his car while passing a semi-truck. Perque’s 2015 Subaru spun out in the eastbound lane then was struck head-on by [...]
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It’s going to be a dangerously frosty weekend in the Flint Hills. The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a wind chill advisory for the KMAN-listening area in effect until noon Sunday. NWS says freezing drizzle north of I-70 will gradually diminish Friday night. An Arctic airmass will begin to surge southeast through the [...]
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