Habitat for Humanity for the Northern Flint Hills announced earlier this week that they have partnered with 3Rivers to support aging homeowners in Riley and Pottawatomie Counties through the Habitat for Humanity Aging in Place Program. Executive director Josh Brewer expressed excitement over the partnership in a discussion with KMAN earlier this week. “We’ve had [...]

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A Denver man who had been previously arrested this week is back behind bars following his arrest for aggravated assault. Lingle, who had already been arrested on Thursday morning for making threats towards an individual, was arrested again by RCPD on Friday afternoon just after 2 p.m. in the 600 block of S. Delaware Avenue. [...]

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The director of the local Habitat for Humanity organization is frustrated by the city’s handling of a funding change that led to the pause of a home repair program. Habitat for Humanity of the Northern Flint Hills announced this week that it is pausing its Home Repair program in Manhattan. The home repair program helps [...]

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By Megan Moser/Manhattan Mercury A local landlord says Manhattan mayor Susan Adamchak attacked his wife during an argument about a lease agreement. Roger Seymour, whose company owns and rents properties in Manhattan, spoke during public comment at the Manhattan City Commission meeting this week. He said he was discussing a lease agreement with a family [...]

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The Geary County USD 475 Board of Education agreed to terms with Dominique West to be the new assistant principal at Ware Elementary for the 2024-25 school year on Thursday. West will take over at Ware after teaching third grade at Washington Elementar...

Riley County Police arrested a Colorado man for making threats on Thursday. The arrest occurred just after 9:30 a.m. in the 600 block of South Delaware Avenue after a 42-year-old man reported 40-year-old David Lingle of Denver, Colorado for making multiple threats to him. Officers later arrested Lingle on the aforementioned charges. He was booked [...]

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A former Manhattan firefighter was killed while fighting a house fire in Wichita last week. Ty Voth, 27, was killed while battling a house fire in the 9800 block of S. Laura Street near Haysville, a suburb south of Wichita last Thursday. Voth, who spent the last five years as a firefighter in Wichita, began [...]

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By Emma Loura/Manhattan Mercury The USD 383 Manhattan-Ogden school board on Wednesday set public hearings for its 2024-25 budget before board members can approve it. There will be two hearings prior to the Sept. 4 school board meeting, with the hearing about the decision to exceed the revenue-neutral rate set for 6:20 p.m. and the [...]

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Former Manhattan Mayor Wynn Butler agreed to a diversion agreement with the City of Manhattan earlier this week in Manhattan Municipal Court following his arrest for DUI in May. Butler agreed to the diversion agreement before Municipal Court Judge James Kepple on Tuesday morning along with his attorney Joshua Douglass. In the agreement acquired through [...]

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By Emma Loura/Manhattan Mercury The Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce is making efforts in workforce development, and one initiative aims to reach kids early. It’s called Classroom-to-Career Partnership. “This was a program designed so kids can start thinking about careers at an early age, specifically in our region,” Allison Muth, the talent strategies manager for [...]

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