The City of Manhattan recently announced that Martin Luther King Jr. Drive will be reduced to one lane starting on Monday, September 23rd for street repair work at the intersection with Fairchild Avenue. The northbound lane will be closed and the southbound lane will remain open with one-lane traffic control signage in place. No timetable [...]

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According to statistics from the Flint Hills Association of Realtors and Wichita State University’s Center for Real Estate, 163 homes sold in Riley, Pottawatomie and Geary counties in August, a 1.9% increase from the 160 homes sold in August 2023. It’s also a jump from the 156 sales in July, though it was a drop [...]

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By Emma Loura Big Lakes Developmental Center officials want to expand their services, but that may have to wait. Big Lakes director Lori Feldkamp on Monday told Riley County commissioners that the organization providing services and support to people with disabilities has reached capacity for all of its services. However, there are some barriers to [...]

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RCPD is investigating a theft that was reported on Saturday evening around 4:30 p.m. at Walmart in Manhattan Officers listed Wal-Mart as the victim after it was reported a known suspect stole over $1,400 worth of merchandise from the store. Anyone with...

By Emma Loura K-State will demolish the International Student Center after the Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday approved the action. The plan is to return the site to green space. K-State’s request to raze the building was on the consent agenda of the Kansas Board of Regents’ meeting Wednesday, so the regents did not [...]

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Will Manhattanites soon be able to walk around with a beer during special events? Manhattan city commissioners at Tuesday’s meeting will discuss possible approaches to adopting a common consumption area (CCA) ordinance. A CCA allows a person to consume and possess an alcoholic beverage within the area and can include city property, sidewalks and streets. [...]

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By Megan Moser The northern part of the K-State campus, known as the Campus Edge, will have a steakhouse, brewery, hotel, condos and park, according to new renderings. Officials presented updated plans for the area last week at the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours event. They said the goal is for the [...]

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By Emma Loura USD 383 has seen more than 200 students transfer within the district this semester. Assistant superintendent Nathan Downs on Wednesday told the Manhattan-Ogden school board there were 154 students who switched elementary schools and 71 who transferred from one middle school to the other. The district did not allow for any out-of-district [...]

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