By Zach DeLoach City commissioners on Tuesday supported a housing rehabilitation program that would reimburse local nonprofits for performing structural repairs on qualifying homes to build up and maintain Manhattan’s workforce housing stock. Commissioners in October said they were interested in funding a program like that, and community development director Stephanie Peterson on Tuesday presented [...]

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An injury accident occurred at the intersection of Southwind Road and S. Seth Child Road on February 11, 2025, at approximately 12:01 PM. According to the police report, Courtney Downs of Manhattan failed to yield the right of way at a traffic light, causing her vehicle to collide with a car driven by Dauane Briggs [...]

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A winter storm is set to move through the region tonight and continue into Wednesday, bringing moderate to heavy snow. Snow will begin in north-central Kansas this evening and spread across the area overnight. By Wednesday morning, the storm will intensify, with snowfall lasting until the late afternoon. Total snow accumulation is expected to range [...]

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By Rose Gruenbacher A Manhattan man pleaded guilty to charges involving fentanyl on Monday in Riley County District Court and was convicted. Veron Davis, 25, of Manhattan, entered a plea deal coordinated by Davis’ attorney, Jonathan Phelps, and the state’s representative on Monday morning in front of Judge Grant Bannister. Assistant County Attorney John Griffin [...]

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A theft by deception was reported on February 10, 2025, at 3:06 PM in the 2300 block of Tuttle Creek Blvd, Manhattan. Dara’s Fast Lane was targeted when an unknown individual called the store, claiming to be a U.S. Marshal. The caller convinced the store clerk to send a sum of money, resulting in a [...]

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On February 10, 2025, at approximately 2:19 PM, officers responded to a report of a stolen vehicle trailer in the 1100 block of Thurston Street in Manhattan. The victim, a 77-year-old male, reported that his red, flatbed, single-axle, 10-foot trailer had been taken by an unknown individual. The total loss associated with the theft is [...]

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Area road crews started the process of pre-treating roads ahead of the predicted winter storm overnight tonight and into Wednesday. The City of Manhattan said on X that they do have an overnight crew on call, but will not deploy them until we start to get accumulating snow. They asked that residents keep vehicles off [...]

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