During their Wednesday work session, Manhattan City Commissioners discussed a possible contract with Baker Tilly and Virchow Krause accounting and consulting firm to review the city’s development processes and economic policies and develop implementation plans for housing initiatives. Deputy City Manager Jason Hilgers said the firm’s outside perspective and experience across the country would greatly [...]

Riley County Commissioners are supportive of creating a task force to determine the future of the Riley County Fairgrounds. The KSU Foundation has proposed using their future livestock arena near the Stanley Stout Center as a centerpiece for what could become the new home of the Riley County Fair as well as the Kaw Valley [...]

Riley County home owners should be receiving their 2023 Change of Value Notices in the mail this week. County Appraiser Anna Burson noted that many residents will see significant increases in their home’s valuation. Burson says the Appraiser’s Office does not determine how much residents will pay in property taxes. The Change of Valuation Notice [...]

Three incidents involving thefts of catalytic converters were reported over the weekend to the Riley County Police Department. According to Monday’s activity report, the first incident occurred Friday afternoon in the 400 block of North 16th Street. The estimated total loss was around $830. A second theft was reported Friday evening at Manhattan Town Center, [...]

An 18-year-old Manhattan man is jailed for attempted arson. According to the Riley County Police Department, Joseph Bauer Jr. is accused of throwing a piece of clothing onto a stove and turning it on, in an attempt to set it on fire. The item was removed by a separate party before it became inflamed. Bauer [...]

Riley County officials are planning an informational meeting early next month to discuss the future of the Keats Sewer Benefit District. Commissioners created the district in 2018 after more than 51 percent of affected property owners signed a petition. “After several years of analyzing options, costs, and funding mechanisms, the County sought to move forward [...]

A former Manhattan restaurant owner has been sentenced to 24 and a half years in prison on two counts of rape. Robert Iacobellis appeared in court Friday as Judge Kendra Lewison sealed his fate, granting a motion to depart to the grid, sentencing him to 147 months on both counts, to be served consecutively, for [...]

A Manhattan woman is back in custody following a probation violation. The Riley County Police Department says 23-year-old Therriana Pittman was arrested Thursday night at the Short Stop convenience store on Tuttle Creek Blvd. The probation violation stems from a Valentine’s Day arrest where police seized over 300 suspected fentanyl pills and marijuana from her [...]

One person was life-flighted from an injury crash Friday morning at Seth Child Road over Anderson Avenue. According to RCPD, two vehicles were involved in an apparent head on collision in the northbound lanes of Seth Child Road on the bridge. Traffic was slowed in the area, with officials closing Seth Child between Amherst and [...]

Former Kansas State University milling specialist Mark Fowler died at his Manhattan home Monday. He was 52. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at College Avenue United Methodist Church. Fowler, who grew up on a family farm near Emporia, joined the U.S. Wheat Industry in 2017 and was Vice President of Global Technical [...]