The City of Manhattan is warning residents to plan accordingly for an upcoming road closure. The roundabout at Gary Avenue and Candlewood Drive will be closed for street repairs starting Monday, July 2. Work will run throughout the month of July, but is expected to be completed by August 1. Residents will be allowed access [...]
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Officers filed a report for aggravated domestic battery and domestic battery in Manhattan on June 24, 2018. Officers listed a 27 year old female and a 30 year old male as the suspects and the victims. Due to the nature of the crime reported (domestic) no additional information will be released. Officers filed a report [...]
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Riley County Commissioners approved the 2019 budget for publication on Thursday morning. The county mill levy will increase 2.09 mills compared to last year. A mill is $1 in tax for every $1,000 in assessed, taxable property value. Commissioners have cited higher than expected ambulance service costs and new emergency radio infrastructure as the reasons [...]
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TOPEKA — The Kansas Board of Regents has approved tuition and fee increases for all six public universities, citing a need to keep pace with rising costs and declining state support. K-State is increasing its tuition by 1.1 percent after it announced in May a budget cut of $15 million for FY2019. Full-time resident undergraduate [...]
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The Junction City Police Department says the investigation into the identity of a deceased woman found between two buildings in Junction City on May 28 continues. Wednesday, JCPD Public Information Officer Capt. Trish Giordano said the identity is still unknown, but added one has been ruled out. “We have received several calls inquiring whether this individual [...]
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The Manhattan City Commission approved an economic development package for a local company, voted to rezoned a plot on Laramie Street, and discussed new city and commercial planning regulations as well as a new policy on special events with alcohol at their meeting in City Hall on Tuesday. The commission approved the economic development package [...]
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The 2018 winter wheat harvest is underway and some local producers have been seeing better than expected results. “It’s been going real good,” said Dan Higgins, manager of the Farmway Co-op in Leonardville. “I think everybody is kind of surprised that the wheat is a little better than they actually thought it was going to [...]
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The Riley County Law Board approved the 2019 Riley County Police Department budget at their meeting in Manhattan City Hall on Monday. The board voted 6 to 1 to approve the $797,000 increase from 2018 to a total budget of about $21.5 million for the year 2019. Riley County Commissioner Ben Wilson was the sole [...]
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The Kansas Supreme Court will conduct a special evening session Sept. 24 at Manhattan High School in Manhattan as part of its ongoing outreach to familiarize Kansans with the high court, its work, and the overall role of the Kansas judiciary. According to a press release from the Office of Judicial Administration, the court will [...]
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Country Stampede is set to start Thursday, June 21, and Tuttle Creek Lake officials are offering tips to help event attendees find their way. There are multiple construction projects obstructing popular routes to the state park. Through traffic to the event grounds from the west entrance off of Highway 24 is blocked by work on [...]
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