Manhattan High School has been named to The Washington Post’s America’s Most Challenging High School list for the eighth consecutive year. Only nine Kansas high schools made the High School Challenge List:   Sumner Academy of Arts and Science           index 3.471 Blue Valley                                                     index 2.638 Blue Valley North                                           index 2.577 Blue Valley Southwest                                   index 2.251 Shawnee

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“Deja vu” is the way Manhattan Finance Director Bernie Hayen describes the latest sales tax numbers released Tuesday. The April sales tax receipts indicate $838,056 collected in Manhattan, compared to $845,877 last year at this same time. However the April figures are still above the same time frame two years prior to that. $779,560 was

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Officers with the Riley County Police Department arrested Susan Rodriguez, 26, of Manhattan on April 25, 2016 at approximately 5:55 PM. Rodriguez was arrested while in the 1400 block of Houston Street on the offense of failure to appear listed on a warrant that originated in Geary County, Kansas. This warrant had a bond of

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The Riley County Public Works building will be powered down Thursday. Public Works Director Leon Hobson told county commissioners Monday morning the department is set to install a new standby power equipment and generator will provide back-up power for various county entities. “Power is being shut off to allow the contractor an opportunity to install the

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The 170th installment of the Landon Lecture Series took place Monday morning with vice chairman and chief scientific officer of global research and development for PepsiCo, Dr. Mehmood Khan. Hailing from the Big Apple, Dr. Khan arrived to Manhattan just in time to experience his first tornado warning, and thanked K-State for the warm welcome. During

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The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office released information Monday, regarding a domestic disturbance investigation opened last week. A caller reported gunshots had been fired at a home in the area of 326 E. Webster Street in Louisville, the suspect having fled the scene. The sheriff’s office along with officers from the Wamego Police Department then began

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Manhattan officials are putting a speakers’ bureau together to make presentations on the city’s proposed street maintenance sales tax–and City Public Works Director Rob Ott was serving in that role Monday before intergovernmental leaders. Ott adds the measure will be on the November general election ballot… Ott told the group need versus want is one

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As K-MAN has been reporting, a 20-year-old Salina man was arrested on a warrant for indecent liberties with a child and solicitation to commit aggravated indecent liberties with a child. Haydyn Best’s bond was set at $100,000. Best was arrested on a warrant from Saline county stemming from a 2015 case. ### Alsp as K-MAN

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As several days of severe weather came to a head in the region on Tuesday. KMAN’s Cathy Dawes and Dave Lewis spoke with National Weather Service Meteorologist, Brian Barjenbruch from Topeka, along with Manhattan’s Director of Public Works, Robert Ott and Riley County Emergency Preparedness Director, Pat Collins early Wednesday: ### (report from Tuesday follows)

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Riley County Police arrested a Salina man for fondling a child. Haydyn Best (20) was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department and charged with four counts of indecent liberties with a child and aggravated solicitation of a child. He was confined on a $100 thousand bond. ———————————– Police also arrested a Champan man

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