The Manhattan Fire Department is looking to make some major and much needed upgrades to its main facility within the next year. On Wednesday, deputy fire chief Ryan Almes told KMAN that the main building has not been updated since the 1980s, and while the department had been able to use the building well and [...]
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Below is a letter from our Senior Marketing Consultant, Amber Potter, looking back on the past 41 years and thanking him for his longtime support of Manhattan Broadcasting. Quitting Business Sale… At least that’s what Steve at Furniture Warehouse decided to call it. I hardly call it quitting after 41 years. Quitting has such a [...]
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The Riley County commission on Thursday agreed to rezone a property north of Manhattan to allow a landscaping business to move onto it. Done Right Landscaping LLC will take over the plot at 6621 Tuttle Creek Boulevard after commissioners approved the request to rezone it from single-unit residential to a planned-unit development. Justin Brock, the [...]
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by Emma Loura A group of volunteers on Tuesday afternoon collected litter into trash bags along Linear Trail and the Kansas River. Friends of the Kaw, a nonprofit organization, organizes monthly cleanups during spring, summer and fall in communities between Kansas City and Junction City where the river flows. Tuesday’s event targeted the Manhattan area, [...]
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The vice president of a local construction company is pushing back against a city official’s claim that material shortages caused a road project’s delayed completion date. Travis Shilling, vice president of Shilling Construction Company Inc., said Tuesday the complexity of the work on Anderson/Bluemont Avenue between 11th Street and Harris Drive was the reason it [...]
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It’s been three months since a nationwide ransomware attack disrupted systems at the Ascension Hospital Network, and things at Ascension Via Christi hospital in Manhattan are back to normal. Bob Copple, president of Ascension Via Christi Manhattan, said his location managed the aftermath of the attack smoothly because it didn’t experience issues as severe as [...]
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Officers filed a report of a motor vehicle theft in the 1200 block of Bertrand St. on Tuesday at around 5 p.m. RCPD listed a 21-year-old male as the victim when it was reported his black and yellow Honda motorcycle was taken by an unknown suspect in the overnight hours. The total loss associated with [...]
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A Conway Springs man is in trouble with the law following his arrest for failing to appear in Riley County District Court. 27-year-old Trevor Smith was arrested just after 4:30 p.m. Monday afternoon on a Riley County District Court warrant for failing to appear. The charge comes from original charge for distributing narcotics, marijuana, cannabinoids [...]
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True Colors, a nonprofit that supports LBGTQ+ youth, is in trouble, its leaders say. Katie Baker, executive director of True Colors Flint Hills, said in an announcement last week that the organization has seen declining donations over the past year, and unless something changes will have to close its doors next month. She said True [...]
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An Ogden man is being held on a large bond following his arrest for battery and criminal destruction to property. 28-year-old Shiheem Reid was arrested just before 1:15 p.m. in the 3000 block of Kimball on Monday where he was charged with single counts of battery, aggravated battery, domestic battery, criminal destruction to property and [...]
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