Housing projects, street maintenance and cemetery improvements will be discussed at Tuesday’s city commission work session. In April, the city opened the first round of workforce housing sales tax funding applications and have since received two applications for potential housing projects, both along Moro Street. The first is from local developers Zach and Michelle Burton, [...]

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Two Manhattan residents remain in custody, after being arrested on charges of possessing and distributing methamphetamine. According to the Riley County Police Department, 36-year-old Cody Dodge and 30-year-old Brittanie Vaughn, were arrested Thursday evening and early Friday morning after officers executed a search warrant in the 2100 block of Elm Lane. Both have been charged [...]

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After 43 years at 905 Yuma Street, and a $3.1 million community campaign, the organization has moved into remodeled space at the former Furniture Warehouse, 2326 Skyvue Lane. “We’re ready to kick things off and to welcome guests into the space,” said executive director Karla Hagemeister. The Breadbasket hosted an open house Wednesday to unveil [...]

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City officials this week rejected the nomination of a former mayor and city commissioner to serve on the Manhattan Urban Area Planning Board. Commissioner Peter Oppelt moved Tuesday to pull Linda Morse’s appointment, citing the need to encourage others in the community to serve. “How can we do that if we continue to appoint the [...]

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Three people, including a Manhattan teenager were injured Wednesday in a crash on US 77 in Geary County. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 16-year-old Salman Shinwari was northbound on the highway, just after 2 p.m. near the intersection of West Lyons Creek Road, when his vehicle crossed the center line and struck a southbound passenger [...]

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A Manhattan woman was arrested Tuesday, after allegedly firing a handgun during a road rage incident. 59-year-old Tracey Meredith is charged with aggravated assault after Riley County Police Officers filed a report near the intersection of 68th Ave. and Deer Trail Road, west of the Manhattan Regional Airport. An unidentified 61-year-old man was listed as [...]

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City commissioners have advanced an ordinance to rezone K-State’s Unger Complex from a business commercial district to high-density residential, following a contentious meeting Tuesday evening with neighboring residents. The decision paves the way for the building to be converted into apartments for middle- to moderate-income people. K-State intends to sell the property at 2323 Anderson [...]

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Members of the Catholic Church are keeping a close eye this week on activity at the Sistine Chapel, as the process begins to select a new pope. A total of 133 cardinal electors from around the world are gathered in the Vatican City for an election that could last hours, days, or perhaps even months, [...]

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The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in solving a hit-and-run accident that occurred last week. The sheriff’s office says that a blue Suzuki GSX-8R motorcycle struck a mailbox in the 4000 block of Nature Avenue in rural Manhattan on April 30 and then drove away. A photo of the suspect [...]

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Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a trailer theft that occurred last month. According to a press release, an older, white, enclosed single-axel Pace Journey trailer was stolen sometime between April 28th and April 30th from the 7000 block of Junietta Road in rural Manhattan. The trailer belonded to Schultz Construction and was marked as [...]

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