Manhattan is looking to demolish an apartment building that was substantially damaged in the 2018 Labor Day flood of Wildcat creek. The city opened bidding last week to demolish 1001 through 1023 Garden Way and revert it to open space on September 6 and will accept bids until the 20th. The 3-building 12-plex is not [...]
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Seven Manhattan High School students have been named semifinalists for the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program. USD 383 Manhattan/Ogden Schools announced Wednesday that Elizabeth Hohn, Elizabeth Kim, Ethan Myer, Alejandro Ortiz, Allen Zhang, Robert Zhang and Stepan Zharkov were named among approximately 16,000 semifinalists nationally. Of those, about 15,000 are expected to advance to the [...]
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With over 1,700 P-O-W and M-I-A military veterans living in the Manhattan area, Fort Riley just up the road and several military memorials on display around town, it is no secret that Manhattan has a significant presence of military personnel and history. VFW Post 1786 commander Dan Watkins explains how Manhattan will officially, after months [...]
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After much work, Manhattan administrative staff is now paging through an ordinance amending zoning and land-use rules as one document to tie up any loose ends. The Unified Development Ordinance, according to staff, is intended to modernize the city’s regulations and bring them in line with current development and design practices. It amalgamates and reorganizes [...]
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A Manhattan man who had been sought in connection to multiple property crimes is in custody. Riley County Police say 26-year-old Collin Wood was arrested just after 6 p.m. Wednesday in the 1200 block of Overlook Drive. He faces 15 total charges including six counts of vehicle burglary, five counts of theft, two counts of [...]
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Officers filed a report for motor vehicle theft in the 3200 block of Claflin Road in Manhattan on September 10, 2019, at approximately 6:30 AM. Officers listed a 24-year-old female and a 36-year-old female as the victims when it was reported an unknown suspect took a 1999 Dodge Intrepid with miscellaneous items inside the vehicle. [...]
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Riley County residents can now send text messages to 911 in the event of an emergency. The Riley County Police Department announced Tuesday it has upgraded its infrastructure to Next Generation 911, an internet-based system. The transition is the beginning step toward enhanced capabilities such as more accurate caller location and a faster, more resilient [...]
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The Riley County Jail saw its inmate medical expenses increase dramatically over this year. Riley County Clerk Rich Vargo mentioned at Monday’s Riley County Commission meeting that inmate medical expenses are over $36,000 so far this year, an increase of more than 1,600 percent. Commissioner John Ford spoke with KMAN Tuesday saying this was due [...]
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WESTMORELAND, Kan. — Road and bridge damage, some of which is due to an August that saw about 10 inches of rain, was one of the main topics of discussion during the Pottawatomie County Commission meeting Monday morning. Public Works Director Peter Clark displayed a map showing sites of storm damage that occurred between April [...]
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The Manhattan Fire Department was called out to a fire alarm Tuesday morning at K-State’s Hale Library. Fire officials were dispatched at 6:30 a.m. to a report of a sprinkler issue in the basement of the library. According to the fire department, a construction worker accidentally hit a sprinkle head. The issue was shut down [...]
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