It doesn’t happen very often, but a Manhattan man originally sentenced for felony battery of a county employee was resentenced in Riley County District Court earlier this week on a misdemeanor battery charge. As KMAN reported earlier this month, the Kansas Supreme Court affirmed a Kansas Court of Appeals decision in the case, involving the [...]

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Jonathan Miles, 24, of Overland Park, was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department yesterday at approximately 1:00 PM. Miles was arrested on a Manhattan Municipal Court warrant for failure to appear. Miles’ bond was set at $5,000.00, causing him to remain confined at the time of this report. Officers filed a report for [...]

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The City of Manhattan may update an ordinance that regulates the amount of grease and food waste flowing into it’s wastewater systems. At Tuesday night’s city commission work session, assistant city planner Randy DeWitt updated commissioners on the Grease Management Permit Program Ordinance that has now been in effect for five years. While coming up with [...]

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Imagine pedestrian bridges, food trucks, walking and bicycle trails, and even concerts down by the Manhattan Riverfront… those are just some of the proposed designs and plans created by Kansas State University students with landscape and architecture. Schematics and drawings were shared with Manhattan intergovernmental leaders Monday. Assistant Professor Alpa Nawre tells KMAN the students [...]

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Manhattan Broadcasting was recognized Saturday evening at the 2017 annual employer awards ceremony, hosted by the Kansas Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve. ESGR is an organization that handles the legal rights regarding employment of part-time service members and recognizes outstanding companies for their support of service members in a National Guard or Reserve component [...]

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Repairs to the water system at University Park in northern Riley County will disrupt services Tuesday. Gary Rosewicz, the assistant director of public works for Riley County, told county commissioners Monday morning the system would be shut off at 9 a.m. Tuesday. “We have six inoperative water valves up there that we’re going to be [...]

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A Manhattan man was found dead with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound Friday night. According to a press release from the Riley County Police Department, 61-year-old Paul Wash was deceased by the time officers arrived in the 700 block of Osage just before 9 p.m. Authorities say Walsh’s family has been notified. Police do not suspect [...]

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An Ogden man was arrested for rape charges late Friday afternoon. 35-year-old Rondal Michael Genzel was arrested by the Riley County Police Department in Ogden. According to his arrest report, the victim was younger than 14.  Genzel is confined in the Riley County Jail on a $100,000 bond. A Manhattan man was arrested in a separate [...]

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The Kansas State University Foundation’s board of trustees and K-State President Richard Myers announced the Innovation and Inspiration Campaign has surpassed its $1 billion goal ahead of schedule, and that a new goal has been set: $1.4 billion by 2020. Myers said that the decision to extend the campaign was based on the extraordinary success [...]

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K-State students who lost their lives in World War I were honored Friday afternoon with a re-dedication ceremony of Memorial Stadium. Now, it is officially World War I Memorial Stadium. “If we were to hold one second of silence for each death caused by the first World War,” Jed Dunham told the crowd. “It would require [...]

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