Officials with Riley County EMS are adjusting to their newly opened headquarters facility at 1115 Charles Little Road. The new 15,000 square foot facility officially opened in June. Among the significant upgrades has been the department’s ability to modernize supply chain and medication management. “We used to do that with systems and processes that were [...]

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By Rose Gruenbacher Chiropractor Clark Petersen’s trial began Wednesday morning in Riley County District Court, with opening statements from both sides and testimony from the state’s first witness. Assistant Riley County attorney Michael Blackburn told the jury Petersen, a former Manhattan chiropractor with his own practice, violated the trust and vulnerability of 19 women who [...]

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The Manhattan City Commission on Tuesday directed city staff to cap the mill levy increase for the 2026 budget at 1.75 mills, trimming back the previously proposed cap of 2 mills at last month’s budget work session. That would take the mill levy to 54.859 and could mean as much as an 8.5% average increase [...]

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K-State has sold 5.17 acres of land, including the Unger Complex building, to the KSU Foundation. At a special meeting on July 30, the Kansas Board of Regents approved this purchase. The 5.17 acres and building cost $2,669,221. The KSU Foundation intends to sell the property to a developer, to convert the building into apartments. [...]

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A Manhattan man and Junction City woman were arrested Tuesday for multiple charges, including interference with law enforcement and unlawful discharge of a firearm. The arrests stem from an investigation into a report of shots fired on Sunday morning. Yabdiel Manuel Fargas Rodriguez, 22, and Jazmine Laureta Smith, 20, were arrested by Riley County Police Officers in [...]

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A Manhattan man is jailed on a host of charges after Riley County Police say he interfered with police trying to execute a felony arrest warrant. 22-year-old Yabdiel Rodriguez faces two counts of interference, for trying to flee from being arrested Wednesday afternoon. He was also charged with two counts of interference with law enforcement [...]

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By Tim Everson After 33 years, it will be happy trails for Kansas State director of bands Dr. Frank Tracz, who announced that he will be retiring at the end of this season, wrapping up more than three decades of leading the Pride of Wildcat Land. The K-State marching band announced the news on social [...]

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By Rose Gruenbacher The township of Ogden’s former treasurer will serve four years of probation, after pleading guilty previously to misappropriation of public funds and submitting false expenses. Jimmy Bond, 71, was sentenced to 31 months with the Kansas Department of Corrections for the misuse of between $25,000 and $100,000 public funds and 13 months with [...]

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Plans are in motion to construct a new shelter on Bluemont Hill near the scenic overlook. The Manhattan Parks and Recreation Advisory Board moved Monday to recommend the city partner with the Manhattan Kiwanis Club on the project. It’s now up to the city commission to decide the shelter’s fate. “We felt that a shelter [...]

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Plans are in motion to construct a new shelter on Bluemont Hill near the scenic overlook. The Manhattan Parks and Recreation Advisory Board moved Monday to recommend the city partner with the Manhattan Kiwanis Club on the project. It’s now up to the city commission to decide the shelter’s fate. “We felt that a shelter [...]

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