On February 13, 2025, Kody Nations, 31, of Ogden, was arrested in the 1000 block of S. Seth Child Road around 1:45 PM. The arrest was made based on a Riley County District Court warrant, with charges including burglary, theft of property or services, criminal damage to property, and criminal trespass. Nations is currently confined [...]
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By Emma Loura The Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday approved the next step in and addition to the Bioprocessing and Industrial Value Added Products Innovation Center at K-State, a project estimated to cost between $26.5 million and $30 million. Regents approved a program statement for the facility, which belongs to the Department of Grain [...]
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By Emma Loura K-State is getting closer to its goal for retaining freshmen. Officials on Wednesday told the Kansas Board of Regents the university’s first-time freshman retention rate was up to 85.5% as of fall 2023. K-State’s goal for 2025 is 90% first-time freshman retention. Its four-year graduation rate was 53.9%, surpassing the 2025 target [...]
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By Emma Loura The Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce asked Riley County officials to slow down in its Reinvestment Housing Incentive District policy Thursday. RHID is a program that reimburses developers for property tax increases, enabling them to build housing. “Slow down, either table it or delay it so you have the opportunity to hear [...]
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By Emma Loura Officials want K-State to be more walkable. That was a major theme of a presentation on the university’s master plan earlier this week. K-State officials said Tuesday they’re looking at closing some roads, such as parts of Martin Luther King Drive and College Heights Road, which would connect Anderson Hall and Ahearn [...]
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By Staff Reports Monday marked the end of an era for one local Cub Scout organization in Manhattan. Cub Scout Pack 75, has been part of the lives of many young boys — and in recent years, young girls — for 75 years. The pack was started the year Lee Elementary School opened and held [...]
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A couple of weak storm systems will bring minor travel impacts to the area this weekend. On Friday morning, there is a low chance for a mix of light sleet, snow, and freezing rain, particularly north of Interstate 70, with a light glaze of ice possible. A second system will move in late Friday night, [...]
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Kansas Reflector TOPEKA — Academic leaders of the University of Kansas and Kansas State University said Tuesday legislation retroactively abolishing property rights inherent in tenure would run off distinguished educators, undercut faculty recruiting, destroy research programs, trigger an exodus of students and deliver a devastating blow to the state’s economy. KSU President Richard Linton and [...]
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This morning’s winter weather sent a Salina woman to the hospital after she lost control of her vehicle on I-70 in Geary County. The Kansas Highway Patrol says that 46-year-old Lisa Good was eastbound on the interstate when a truck passed her 2023 Lexus ES, causing Good to have to move further to the right. [...]
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By Emma Loura Officials shared that and other planned changes at an event Tuesday to discuss the university’s master plan and seek feedback on it. Attendees left their thoughts with an online form or sticky notes. K-State recently demolished the Ahearn Natatorium and attached gymnasium but kept the 1950 field house building, which for many [...]
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