Manhattan Firefighters are on the scene of the Dusty Bookshelf in Aggieville where a fire was reported shortly before 4:30 a.m. Motorists are urged to avoid the area of North Manhattan and Anderson Avenue until further notice. KMAN has been and will be on the scene and will provide more details as they become available.
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Take a moment and visualize the chaos of hundreds more grade school children roaming the hallways of USD 383’s buildings. That vision is expected to be a reality in five years’ time. Manhattan-Ogden officials and administrators heard the results of a long range facilities study at a work session before Wednesday night’s board meeting. RSP [...]
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Officers with the Riley County Police Department filed a report for criminal damage to property in the 1000 block of Garden Way yesterday afternoon. Officers listed Kimberly Rosemond, 28, of Manhattan, as the victim when she reported that an unknown suspect keyed her silver Chevrolet SUV. The total loss associated with this case is approximately $1,000.00. Police [...]
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An ammonia leak is causing some concerns at K-State’s Polytechnic campus in Salina. K-State Vice President of Communications and Marketing Jeff Morris now tells KMAN the ammonia leak was reported at Schwans near the campus. Morris adds with the number of emergency vehicles campus officials wanted people to be aware. The K-State alert issued at 7:41 a.m. Wednesday [...]
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Sales tax receipts for the city of Manhattan were up a little this past December, according to numbers released Tuesday afternoon. $1,062,389 was reported in the February report, which actually reflects a couple months prior. The amount collected compares to $1,010,818 from the year before and is also more than the previous two years. Manhattan Finance Director Bernie [...]
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As the Manhattan City Commission continues to battle the current stormwater drainage infrastructure, they may be calling on property owners to help fund improvements in the coming years. At Tuesday evening’s work session, city engineer Brian Johnson updated commissioners on a proposed plan to restructure stormwater rates. Last fall, city commissioners heard about $61 million [...]
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Officers with the Riley County Police Department filed a report for vehicle burglary in the 400 block of S. 4th St. on February 27, 2017 at approximately 1:45 PM. Officers listed Miles Sprague, 47, of Manhattan, as the victim when he reported that an unknown suspect entered his his vehicle and took approximately $300.00 [...]
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K-State athletic director John Currie has been hired by the University of Tennessee to the same position, multiple reports indicated Tuesday morning. Currie, 45, graduated with a master’s degree in sports management from Tennessee in 2003. He previously worked in the Vols athletic department as assistant athletic director under former Tennessee athletic director Mike Hamilton. Kansas [...]
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More changes to the traffic control at the West Anderson project are expected this week. New striping will be installed beginning Tuesday, Feb. 28, and the public will begin fully using the temporary roads in place at the intersection of Anderson Avenue, Kimball Avenue and Scenic Drive later this week. Stop signs will be in [...]
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A Manhattan man was sentenced to 18 years in the Department of Corrections for failing to provide complete information when he submitted to the Kansas Offender Registration Act. Jase Stanton, 29, was in the Riley County District Courthouse Monday afternoon. He was also scheduled to be sentenced for aggravated criminal sodomy. In June 2015, Riley County police [...]
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