The Manhattan City Commission unanimously supported an amended tax increment financing plan on first reading Tuesday for the Midtown Aggieville development project. The decision clears the way to help fund a hotel and a private parking garage for the initially proposed multimillion dollar project that Back 9 Development is planning in Aggieville. Commissioner Wynn Butler [...]

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Country Stampede has found a new home, in the Kansas City area. The 28th annual music festival will take place at Azura Amphitheater in Bonner Springs from June 27 to June 29, 2024. JC Entertainment, the ownership group for Country Stampede, issued a statement Monday saying the move to the Kansas City area will provide [...]

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Kansas State University will host fall commencement activities this weekend in Manhattan and Salina, recognizing summer and fall semester students eligible for degrees. Ceremonies begin at 1 p.m. Friday at Bramlage Coliseum, kicking off with the Graduate School graduations – and, for the first time ever, graduates will be clad in purple caps and gowns. [...]

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We’re staying. Those words adorn a banner that drapes over the mezzanine inside The Dusty Bookshelf. Owners of the long-standing Aggieville bookstore will not close in the spring as previously thought, after their lease was recently renewed for another year. The company celebrated the announcement in a social media post Thursday. Owner Diane Meredith says [...]

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Deputy Riley County Counselor Shelly Woodard presented a resolution Monday for Riley County to seek property by means of eminent domain for a non-discharging wastewater lagoon project in the Keats Sewer District. Deadlines for USDA funding are approaching, and Woodard says tests on the site are needed. The court will determine if the county has [...]

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Thieves have struck again at some Manhattan Town Center retailers amid the busy holiday shopping season. The Riley County Police Department noted Monday that Ulta Beauty was victimized again on Saturday evening, for the third time in a week, as three unknown suspects stole multiple items from the store, totaling approximately $2,000. The store has [...]

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The St. Thomas More Catholic Church Ladies held their 33rd annual Cookie Carousel on Saturday. The event, which happened in the main gymnasium at the church and saw several pounds of cookies and other treats sold. Joan Krush spoke about the event. Kroosh says that the money gained from the event will mainly go towards [...]

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Authorities are investigating a past theft of five Black Angus cattle. In a social media post Saturday night, the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office says it was notified Nov. 17 and says the cattle were reportedly stolen from an 80-head pasture in the 17000 block of Onaga Road in Onaga. The cattle are branded on their [...]

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Two Manhattan-Ogden teachers were announced last week as the district’s nominees for 2025 Kansas Teacher of the Year. Mac Phrommany teaches American Literature and is the debate and forensics coach at Manhattan High School. He’s also a recipient of the National Speech and Debate Association Honor Society Diamond Coaching Award and has taught at MHS [...]

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