Manhattan city commissioners reached a consensus on lowering the proposed 2027 mill levy and renewing a sales tax for street maintenance during Tuesday’s work session. The new budget proposal would increase the average homeowner’s property taxes by 3.5%. A majority of the commission directed city administration to reduce the mill levy from 54.506 to 52.8, [...]

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Prosecutors have dropped the case against a former K-State men’s basketball assistant in Riley County District Court. Mark Randall Vital Jr., 29, was charged with one count of disorderly conduct. He previously pleaded not guilty to the charge, which originally included domestic battery. Riley County attorney Barry Wilkerson filed an order with the court on [...]

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Prosecutors have dropped the case against a former K-State men’s basketball assistant in Riley County District Court. Mark Randall Vital Jr., 29, was charged with one count of disorderly conduct. He previously pleaded not guilty to the charge, which originally included domestic battery. Riley County attorney Barry Wilkerson filed an order with the court on [...]

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A chain of collegiate-themed hotels has bought Bluemont Hotel and plans to convert it by next year. The real estate brokerage firm involved announced the acquisition and conversion of the hotel into Graduate by Hilton Manhattan, aiming for its new look to be unveiled in early 2027. The hotel’s new owners are TCOR Hotel Partners. [...]

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A chain of collegiate-themed hotels has bought Bluemont Hotel and plans to convert it by next year. The real estate brokerage firm involved announced the acquisition and conversion of the hotel into Graduate by Hilton Manhattan, aiming for its new look to be unveiled in early 2027. The hotel’s new owners are TCOR Hotel Partners. [...]

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By Nathan Gaddie The Kansas 4-H Foundation Board of Trustees announced Monday it is considering selling Rock Springs Ranch. The camp and conference center, 15 miles south of Junction City, has hosted Kansas 4-H since 1946. Board leaders are considering changes to who owns and operates the site. “This is an important process, and there [...]

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Riley County commissioners on Monday unanimously approved the health department’s $27,500 grant application with Memorial Hospital Association. The grant funding would be used to support comprehensive prevention and education services. If the departme...

A teenage boy from Manhattan received convictions on multiple charges, including two counts of attempted murder, Saturday afternoon after his trial ran past its scheduled completion and jury deliberations carried into the weekend. A jury found Dontaivious Amaru Temple, 19, guilty of two counts of first-degree attempted murder, criminal discharge of a firearm, aggravated robbery, [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested Saturday on two outstanding Johnson County District Court warrants. According to the Riley County Police Department, Adrian Jerome Coffee, 32, was arrested around 6 p.m. in the 2500 block of Farm Bureau Road. The warrants stem from original charges of robbery, harassment by phone and possession of drug paraphernalia. Coffee [...]

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Two people were injured Friday morning in a two-vehicle crash on Fort Riley Boulevard in Manhattan. According to the Riley County Police Department, officers responded around 7:30 a.m. to the 6300 block of Fort Riley Boulevard. Police said a 2023 GMC Sierra driven by 40-year-old Andrew Biery of Manhattan collided with a 2023 Chrysler Voyager [...]

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