Discussions surrounding taxes were front and center at a Saturday morning legislative coffee hosted at Manhattan’s Sunset Zoo. With the session reaching the halfway point, the tax bill has become the number one issue to be resolved before legislators depart Topeka in May. Sen. Usha Reddi serves on the Senate Tax Committee and says she [...]

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Nearly 8,000 Evergy customers in Manhattan lost power around 8:15 Sunday morning. About ten minutes later, the Manhattan Fire Department responded to a reported fire at an Evergy substation. Deputy Chief Ryan Almes confirms they responded to the substation, located at Walters Drive and Tuttle Creek Boulevard, “but didn’t find anything.” Evergy reported 15 outages [...]

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The 47th annual Flint Hills Home Show was held at the Army National Guard in Manhattan on Saturday. Brad Hartenstein is the executive officer for the Flint Hills Area Builders Association and spoke about the event’s purpose. Over 95 local businesses were present at Saturday’s event. Hartenstein said that the event usually sees high turnout [...]

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Local residents came out in big numbers on Saturday to support the annual book sale put on by the Manhattan Public Library. It was the highest turnout the library has had in the last five years according to employees and volunteers who organized the sale.  Community Engagement Coordinator Brea Braun said there were also big spenders [...]

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An Ogden male was arrested on child sex crimes on Friday. Police arrested a 16-year-old male at approximately 6:45 pm in the 400 block of SE Eighth Avenue in Ogden on a criminal warrant. The male was charged with four counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, two counts each of indecent solicitation with [...]

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Students at St. George Elementary were briefly placed on lockdown Friday as authorities investigated a report of shots fired near the school. According to the St. George Police Department, dispatchers received a 911 call shortly before 3 p.m. in the city limits. St. George Police and the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office responded to the school, [...]

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United States Congressman Tracey Mann visited Riley County on Thursday for a Town Hall meeting at the Leonardville Community Center. Mann, representing the first district of Kansas, spoke to the public about several issues related to national security both internationally and at our southern border. He believes Congress should be sending more economic aid to support Israel… [...]

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Kansas State University contributed $2.3 billion in economic impact to the state, according to the university’s latest Economic and Community Impact report. K-State President Richard Linton shared details of the report Wednesday at the Kansas State Capitol, as part of K-State Impact Day. The university is requesting the state provide $25 million in matching funds [...]

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Police have identified a Junction man charged in the drive-by shooting death of a 26-year-old Wichita woman. Sedgwick County jail records show 38-year-old Dennis Leroy Alcox is charged with first-degree murder, criminal possession of a weapon and contempt of court. Wichita Police located the body of Audreanna Hidalgo early Thursday morning in a southeast Wichita [...]

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Spring begins March 19, but spring construction season is already getting an early start around Manhattan. This week, the second phase of a Kansas Department of Transportation pavement improvement project south of Manhattan got underway. During this phase, traffic will be head-to-head on the northbound/westbound lanes of K-18/K-177, while the southbound/eastbound lanes are reconstructed. The [...]

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