It’s not very often the local intergovernmental group that meets on the fourth Mondays of most months takes action, but the group seems to be close to doing so–with Manhattan City manager Ron Fehr offering to craft a resolution for the next meeting. The resolution would support more funding for education, specifically in the area of impact aid […]

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The Riley County Police Department issued a citation for the offense of discharge of a weapon in the city limits to Taylor Pearson, 25, of Manhattan, on Friday at approximately 6:10 p.m. Police responded to the accidental discharge and were told that the firearm went off while Pearson was cleaning it. No injuries were reported. Officers […]

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Riley County Police arrested a Manhattan man saturday night for battery. Corman Smith (29) was taken into custody shortly after eight p.m. and charged with using a weapon to cause bodily harm. He was also charged with domestic battery. Smith was conf...

Maybe this is of no surprise, but being the Commander of the U.S. Strategic Command is a gig that demands abundant brain power. Navy Adm. Cecil Haney made that clear Friday on the campus of Kansas State University as a part of KSU’s Landon Lecture Series inside McCain Auditorium. “Strategic deterrence is a complex subject […]

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Bluestem Electric Cooperative (Bluestem) and the Pottawatomie County Economic Development Corporation (PCEDC) announces the purchase of approximately twelve acres of land by Bluestem in the Wamego Industrial Park east of Wamego.  The land purchase was precipitated by a nearly two year study and review in which the Bluestem Board of Trustees assessed the cooperative’s facility […]

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Manhattan Firefighters responded to a structure fire at 2:43 a.m. Friday at 3809 Kates Court. Upon arrival, crews found a single story residential structure with smoke showing from the garage. The fire was contained within ten minutes. A total of 19 firefighters responded on six fire apparatus with the last units clearing at around 4:41 a.m. There […]

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The Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce is officially joining a coalition of other chambers of commerce who plan on pushing state leaders to expand Medicaid in Kansas in January. A Thursday morning press conference in downtown Manhattan featured speakers from Via Christi, Stormont Vail and state advocacy groups. While many people feel the Affordable Care […]

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The USD 383 board of education held their second October meeting on Wednesday night at the Robinson Education Center. Vice President Pat Hudgins presided over the board in the absence of president Marcia Rozell. Board members approved multiple purchases including 100 new iPads and two iPad carts for Northfield and Lee elementary schools, and the […]

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Kansas ACLU Executive Director Dr. Micah Kubic visits with K-MAN’s Cathy Dawes–he is speaking in the Leadership studies Town Hall Room at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

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A 61-year-old Kansas Department of Corrections inmate serving time on Geary County aggravated robbery and aggravated burglary convictions will spend at least one more year in jail. Archie Watkins Jr. had been up for a public comment session in August, with a September parole hearing. According to a current status update from the Department of […]

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