The cold didn’t bother City Commissioners, as they gathered for their weekly meeting on Tuesday night. Three items made the general agenda for the week with the primary focus being Fieldhouse Development’s request for the rezoning of four residential areas in Manhattan. The development group has hopes of constructing new apartments on several recently razed […]
U.S. Congressman Tim Huelskamp opened up Tuesday afternoon’s town hall meeting in the Manhattan Public Library touting how this one — his first of 2016 — adds to the 332 he’s done as representative of Kansas’ “Big First” district. And he had an audience. Citizens packed the library’s upstairs auditorium and there was a mix of […]
We’ve been hearing a lot lately about the state legislature’s property tax lid provision, which prohibits local municipalities from increasing property taxes above the rate of inflation without a public vote. And now it appears the Riley County Law Enforcement Agency will also be impacted. Law Board member Wynn Butler cautioned this will have to […]
TOPEKA — The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has rescinded the boil water advisory for the City of Leonardville located in Riley County. The advisory was issued due to a water main break. Inadequate pressure may result in a loss of chlorine residuals and bacterial contamination. Public water suppliers in Kansas take all measures necessary to […]
Matthew Woods, 25, of Overland Park, Kansas was arrested while in the 4600 block of Eureka Drive on January 15, 2016 at approximately 2:45 PM. Woods was arrested on a warrant for unlawful use of telecommunication device (X2) and unlawful distribution of a controlled substance (X2). These offenses were listed on a warrant from Johnson […]
A Riley County double murder case that had been filed with the U-S Supreme Court last September has been denied certiorari. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt anounced in September he had filed a 94 page petition with the national court regarding Kansas v. Luis Aguirre in the 2009 muders of Tanya and Juan Maldonado. For […]
A Manhattan woman was injured in a two vehicle accident on I-70 in Shawnee County Monday afternoon. Katie Joe Jarvis, 26, was taken to Stormont Vail in Topeka following the accident, on I-70 eastbound, one mile east of Valencia road. The Kansas Highway Patrol reports Jarvis was driving a 2005 Nissan Sentra eastbound and after […]
Live music, speakers and art filled the Manhattan Town Center Monday for the 32nd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. Along with speeches and music, there were also booths representing various non-profit organizations offer volunteer opportunities. Lynda Bachelor, one of the coordinators of the celebration and a soon-to-be-retired administrator at the Staley School of […]
The City of Leonardville has gone on a boil water advisory Sunday evening. The City water supply has experienced a loss of pressure in the water system due to a water main break. Leonardville City Clerk Deandra Anderson announced the advisory shortly ...
The Manhattan City Commission met with City staff Friday to discuss goals for this year. “The department heads gave an overview of what their main priorities and goals are for this calendar year,” said Ron Fehr, Manhattan city manager. Staff also discussed a questionnaire that Commissioners took before the meeting regarding their priorities. “The City […]
