Local drivers may notice a new “Find Your Manhappiness” sign with the wrong indicated exit along K-18, when heading East from Ogden to Manhattan. The sign says Exit 301 which is the exit for the Ft. Riley Marshall Airfield, instead of 303 which is the Manhattan exit. The sign is from the Visit Manhattan branch [...]
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The Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday requested a budget increase from the city commission for 2025. The chamber asked for $1.65 million, which is up from last year’s request of $1.38 million, from the city’s transient guest tax funds on behalf of the convention and visitors bureau. That total is 60% of the [...]
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The next phase of the Manhattan levee project will get underway in a few months. Project manager and city stormwater compliance engineer Bill Heatherman on Tuesday told city commissioners Phase 1 is “95% complete” and that the next step will involve creating a 50-foot gap in the levee where the Union Pacific Railroad structure goes [...]
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An Ogden man remains confined in Riley County Jail following their arrests on Tuesday afternoon by Riley County Police. 35-year-old TJ Grant of Ogden was arrested just before 4:30 pm at the Riley County Police Department. He is charged with four counts of forgery, two counts for making or altering a written instrument and two [...]
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Manhattan City Commissioners did not select a new city manager at Tuesday’s special meeting. The group spent an extra 30 minutes ahead of the their regularly scheduled meeting in executive session to discuss the finalists, who interviewed early last week. Springfield, Missouri, TV station KY3 reported last night that Jason Gage had pulled himself from [...]
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UPDATE: Rosalie is safe after being found about an hour after the notice was issued. The Junction City Police Department is searching for a 6-year-old missing juvenile named Rosalie. She is 3’5″, 75lb, White Female with brown hair. She was last seen in around 11:00 am July 30th in the 1400 block of North [...]
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A Fort Riley man was arrested after turning himself into police on Monday on domestic battery charges. 25-year-old Noah Parmigiani was arrested just after 9:45 am on probable cause charges of aggravated domestic battery by choking a family member or significant other in a rude manner, one count of knowingly cause great bodily harm by [...]
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The search continues this morning for a man who allegedly stole a trailer in Pottawatomie County. Sheriff’s deputies are searching for a male who used a 1997-2004 Ford F-150 extended cab truck that was used to steal a trailer back on Jul. 18 in Wamego. The trailer has since been recovered but a Stihl (Stil) [...]
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By Emma Loura/Manhattan Mercury Riley County residents who need sewage system repairs but can’t pay for them are about to get some help. Planning director Amanda Webb on Monday told county commissioners the Kansas Department of Health and Environment had granted the county a $50,000 grant to help fix faulty sewage systems for people with [...]
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A man was injured on Saturday after a crash into a home in Manhattan. Officers responded just after 1 a.m. to the 1100 block of Yuma after a car lost control and ran through a home before entering another residence ultimately running into a 23-year-old male who was stuck under the vehicle. The victim was [...]
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