Property owners in Manhattan are looking at a tax increase after the city commission approved the proposed 2020 budget by 3 to 2 vote Tuesday. Dodson, Reddi and Morse supported, Butler and McKee opposed. In total, the budget amounts about $163 million. Property taxes are projected to increase by $238,448 for Manhattan, which equates to [...]

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Kansas State University has announced its Landon Lecture Series will kick off next month with two well-known speakers. Current U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is scheduled to speak Friday, Sept. 6. Fortune CEO Alan Murray will speak Friday, Sept. 27. Both lectures are being held in McCain Auditorium beginning at 10:30 a.m. Pompeo is a [...]

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Weeks after being reported missing, Riley County Police have arrested a 33-year-old Manhattan man who had active warrants. RCPD says around 12:40 p.m. Tuesday officers were tipped that Jessie Sexton was in the area between Deep Creek Road and Pillsbury near the scenic overlook south of Manhattan. He was arrested about a mile away two [...]

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With the smell of grilled hot dogs and hamburgers floating through the air, the National Night Out event kicked off in Manhattan Tuesday evening. Held at the National Guard Armory, the event is designed to help people in the community who don’t feel comfortable around law enforcement, interact and shed some light on how police [...]

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Today we continue our preview of the upcoming school year in Manhattan/Ogden Schools with our KMAN news series “From the Principal’s Office.” Today’s stop takes us to Marlatt Elementary School. Marlatt Elementary will have a new principal this fall. While she’s new to the job, Sheila Stephens is not new to the school, having previously been [...]

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We continue our preview of the upcoming school year in Manhattan/Ogden Schools with our KMAN news series “From the Principal’s Office.” In this edition we take you to Lee Elementary. A new face will be leading Lee Elementary for the upcoming school year. New Principal Erica Bammes has been working in education for 18 years [...]

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Fly MHK is celebrating it’s 10th anniversary in 2019, and will have some special events to celebrate. Manhattan Convention and Visitors Bureau Director Karen Hibbard was on KMAN’s In Focus Aug. 2. She says the airport is a great asset to the community. Since the airport has director flights to Chicago, Hibbard says one of [...]

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Riley County Police are investigating the theft of two handguns in Manhattan over the weekend. According to the RCPD daily report Monday, officers filed a theft report in the 1100 block of Moro Street Saturday afternoon when a 21-year-old Manhattan man reported an unknown suspect took his Sig Sauer P365 and holster. The estimated total [...]

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WESTMORELAND, Kan. — Pottawatomie County Commissioners spent a good chunk of their meeting Monday reviewing ongoing road and bridge projects during the monthly Public Works update. Public Works Director Peter Clark says crews have been active trying to get in front of some of the areas of county roads impacted by wet weather this spring. [...]

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From Aug. 5 through Aug. 14, leading up to the first day of classes, News Radio KMAN presents “From the Principal’s Office,” a series of 15 interviews with each building leader in USD 383 Manhattan/Ogden Schools. Amanda Arnold Elementary School has the largest student population among USD 383 elementary schools. With close to 600 students, [...]

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