Riley County Police Department Director Dennis Butler says his department plans to bring to justice the suspect in a hoax hostage situation at Lee Elementary School earlier this month. “We have not forgotten about it. We’re going to continue investigating it until we can’t follow up any more leads. I want the public to know [...]

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For the first time in 2020, local businesses will take center stage. Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce Director of Membership Sharla Meisenheimer announced on Thursday’s edition of In Focus, that the Chamber would be hosting their first Business Awards Luncheon in August of 2020. The event was first proposed by Chamber president and CEO Jason [...]

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North Manhattan Avenue reopened yesterday after heavy rain and the need to install drainage delayed the completion of the second phase of a three part road project. Phase two of the project involved adding two lanes, improving storm sewers and drainage, adjusting the Bakers Way intersection and moving utilities. The phase also includes work on [...]

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Officers filed a report for criminal damage to property in the 300 block of North 5th St. in Manhttan on November 21, 2019 at approximately 7:50 AM. Officers listed a 33-year-old male as the victim when he reported an unknown person damaged his blue Dodge Ram 1500. The estimated total loss associated with this case [...]

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Expanding Riley County Police Department operations into the Pottawatomie-County portion of Manhattan and an expanding RCPD budget were at the center of a discussion between government officials at a joint city-county meeting Wednesday. Currently, there is an agreement stating Riley County will pay 20 percent of the RCPD budget while Manhattan will pay the other [...]

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The USD 383 Manhattan/Ogden school board has approved the naming of its planned new elementary school in Blue Township. It will be called Oliver Brown Elementary, the namesake of the landmark Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education Supreme Court case which led to the desegregation of schools nationally. Assistant Superintendent Eric Reid says public suggestions [...]

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At least one person was injured Wednesday night following a crash north of Manhattan. It happened shortly before 6 p.m. at the intersection of Tuttle Creek Blvd. and Hwy 13. A passenger car struck an SUV, sending at least one person to the hospital by Riley County EMS. Scanner traffic indicated the driver of the [...]

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Hundreds of people flocked to the South Manhattan Ave. crossing Wednesday morning for a chance to witness history up close. Union Pacific’s steam locomotive 4014 is trekking across the country to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad. Ed Dickens is the senior manager of Union Pacific’s Heritage Operations and helped lead restoration on [...]

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Hundreds of people flocked to the South Manhattan Ave. crossing Wednesday morning for a chance to witness history up close. Union Pacific’s steam locomotive 4014 is trekking across the country to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad. Ed Dickens is the senior manager of Union Pacific’s Heritage Operations and helped lead restoration on [...]

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Manhattan took the first step toward approving the Warner Memorial Park master plan, which currently envisions a future where Warner Park Road is re-opened for vehicles. The City Commission approved first reading of the plan Tuesday by 4 to 1 vote, which would plan to open the road up to the location of the existing [...]

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