Riley County commissioners certified canvass results from Tuesday’s cities and schools general election and approved nearly 8,000 ballots Monday morning. County Clerk Rich Vargo told commissioners there were 151 provisional ballots with 117 accepted. Vargo said those not counted were rejected due to lack of voter registration or lack of an I.D. “That’s pretty standard [...]

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Manhattan Regional Airport officials are worried about proposed federal subsidies for Salina Regional Airport. According to Manhattan Regional Airport Director Jesse Romo, Salina is asking the U.S. Department of Transportation for a federal subsidy to fly 50-seat regional jets to Chicago through SkyWest Airlines. The subsidized one-way ticket price would be $88. In comparison, the [...]

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TOPEKA — Chief Justice Lawton R. Nuss announced today the Supreme Court has reappointed Judge Meryl D. Wilson to a two-year term as chief judge of the 21st Judicial District, effective January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2019. Wilson has served as district judge in the 21st Judicial District since April 1997 and chief judge since 2012. [...]

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The latest cost of living index complied by the American Chamber of Commerce Researchers Association says Manhattan tied for the third most expensive city to live in the state out of the eight cities that participated. Topeka had the highest cost of living with an index score of 96, followed by Dodge City at 95.3. [...]

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Manhattan citizens have been puzzled since the RCPD announced Monday 21-year-old Dauntarius Williams wouldn’t be charged for any crimes after defacing his own car with racist graffiti near the campus of Kansas State University. The incident, which came to light in a big way on Nov. 1 after photos of the vehicle circulated on social [...]

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An Emmett woman faces a variety of drug-related charges following her arrest by Riley County Police Wednesday afternoon.  Christina Wahquahboshkuk, 42, was taken into custody in the 300 block of Colorado Street at approximately 3:50 PM. Wahquahboshkuk was arrested on charges of possession of marijuana, ignition interlock device, use or possession of paraphernalia and possession of opiates, opium, [...]

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All students, faculty and staff are encouraged to join together for the K-State Unity Walk to Anderson Hall lawn from 1-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14. The walk is a symbolic introduction to KSUnite, a community wide program for diversity, inclusion and equity from 1:30-2:30 p.m. on the Anderson Hall lawn. The Kansas State University administration has [...]

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Meadowlark Hills is expanding their operations in Riley County with the purchase of two HomePlus home health care facilities. The homes, located at 120 N. Scenic Drive in Manhattan and at 7621 Falcon Road near Riley, marks the group’s first instance of a physical purchase of property outside of Manhattan. “We’re always looking for ways [...]

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The Manhattan Fire Department responded to a fire Tuesday evening at 508 Stone Pointe Drive. Shortly after 5 pm, MFD Firefighters arrived on scene and found a single story duplex with smoke showing from the garage. Crews were able to get the fire under control within 10 mins. A total of 19 firefighters responded on [...]

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Riley County: Manhattan City Commission: (three winners) Usha Reddi – 2,744 Wynn Butler – 2,000 Jerred McKee – 1,691 Brian Thomason – 1,432 Kaleb James – 913 ________________________________________________________________________________________ Manhattan/Ogden USD 383 (three winners) Karla Hagemeister – 2,067 Katrina Lewison – 3,136 Jurdene Coleman – 2,149 Jennifer Prewitt – 1,817 __________________________________________________________________________________________ Ballot questions-Recreation and Sales Tax [...]

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