Manhattan’s Park and Recreation department is set to release data from surveys handed out to residents in the past few months. At Monday’s advisory board meeting, Assistant City Manager Jared Wasinger presented the preliminary information from surveys sent to residents in April, starting with how their information is being received by residents, primarily online. Preliminary [...]
Manhattan City Commissioners are scheduled for a work session Tuesday night to discuss the city’s five-year strategic plan and 2024 general fund budget. The General Fund is scheduled to increase by more than $5.8 million to $45.2 million in 2024. It includes over $3.3 million for personnel and over $2.5 million for operations. The projected [...]
Finance and Budget Officer Brittany Philips presented Monday to the Riley County Commission the bids for the temporary note approved to pay for sewer projects. The funds are for the University Park Sewer District and the Lake Park Sewer District. They are intended to pay a portion of preliminary costs of engineering, design, and construction [...]
Kansas State University students, faculty and staff who utilize the Flint Hills ATA Bus fixed route system will no longer ride for free starting Aug. 14. Flint Hills ATA says starting Aug. 14 riders will be required to pay bus fares when using the fixed route system or any other ATA services outside of campus, [...]
No significant injuries were reported following a Friday night crash, west of Downtown Manhattan. According to RCPD, a report for aggravated battery was filed near the intersection of North 8th Street and Poyntz Ave. after reponding officers found an overturned Chevy Silverado. The truck, driven by 42-year-old James Smith, of Manhattan, was reportedly chasing a [...]
High school football is right around the corner! Once again, B104.7 will be covering our area teams each Friday throughout the season, including a Manhattan High game this year! Due to K-State football playing on a Friday night on Oct. 6, the Manhattan High/Junction City game that normally would air on Newsradio KMAN will, instead, [...]
Manhattan High School held its open house on Saturday to show off the new additions that have been added to the high school’s West Campus. The addition was passed via a bond referendum in November 2018. USD 383 Superintendent Eric Reid thanked the contractors, school board members and residents who helped make the addition possible. [...]
A Manhattan man has been arrested for suspected stalking and violating a protection order. 39-year-old Donald Juarez was arrested just after midnight on Saturday at the 100 block of North 11th street in Manhattan. Juarez is charged with two counts of stalking after being served a protection order and two counts of violating a protection [...]
Rock Creek’s Trap Team returned to Kansas in early July from the trap shooting National Championship with a second place trophy in hand. Former Varsity Squad Leader Seth Figge said it was exciting to see their hard work pay off. “It really gave a point to the whole season and all the time we put [...]
Two people have been arrested for an alleged burglary of a Manhattan home. The Riley County Police Department says officers filed a complaint Thursday afternoon in the 5300 block of William Wood Road, listing an 88-year-old man as the victim. An estimated total loss was not immediately available. Police say 33-year-old Sarah Drake, of Wichita, [...]
