Nearly two years after state and local officials announced a $650 million commercial-scale biomanufacturing plant was coming to Manhattan, the project has yet to see even a shovel move dirt at the northeast corner of Highway 24 and Excel Road. Scorpius Biomanufacturing, a subsidiary of Nighthawk Biosciences, announced the project in April 2022 at the [...]

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Riley County Police jailed 42-year-old David Lee Huffman of Ogden, in lieu of $40,000 on Thursday morning. Huffman is accused in two incidents. In the first complaint (23-006922), he is charged with single counts each of: Theft by Deception (value between $1,500 and $25,000), Forgery, Identity Theft (while defrauding to receive benefits under $100,000), Making [...]

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Former Manhattan City Commissioner Roger Maughmer died Friday at Ascension Via Christi Hospital, following complications from pneumonia. He was 78. Maughmer served six years on the city commission from 1989 to 1995, serving as mayor during the 1993 flood and was a longtime member of the Manhattan Optimist Club. A native of Cheyenne, Wyoming, Maughmer [...]

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All this week we are taking a look back at some of the top news events in the Manhattan area for 2023. Today we take a look back at the fourth quarter of the year from October through December with KMAN News Director Brandon Peoples…. The final quarter of the year brought about a lot [...]

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All this week we are taking a look back at some of the top news events in the Manhattan area for 2023. Today we take a look back at the third quarter of the year from July through September with KMAN News Director Brandon Peoples…. July opened with a bang in Wamego as the community [...]

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The Aggieville Brewing Company has officially announced their Grand Opening in Manhattan. Owner-operators, and Manhattan natives, Ryan and Amber Emley invite the community to celebrate with them next week. Their team is working diligently to craft the perfect beer and food menu using quality ingredients. They’re excited to finally be able to share their new [...]

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E-scooters will no longer be a mode of transportation in Manhattan in the new year. City officials announced this week that effective Sunday, the LINK/Superpedestrian e-scooters will no longer be available throughout the community or on the Kansas State University campus. The company that oversees those e-scooters, Superpedestrian, will cease operations after the new year, [...]

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All this week we are taking a look back at some of the top news events in the Manhattan area for 2023. Today we take a look back at the second quarter of the year from April through June with KMAN News Director Brandon Peoples…. Spring was an important time for Kansas State University, which [...]

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The Kansas State Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy is redoubling their efforts to spread awareness on what the first amendment is and how freedom of speech effects the lives of members of the Manhattan community and beyond. Professor Craig Brown from the A.Q. Miller School of Media and Communication discusses the importance of a [...]

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Local authorities are seeking the public’s help as it actively investigates multiple cases of fraud in the Manhattan area. The Riley County Police Department shared on social media that it was attempting to identify two individuals captured in surveillance photos. The images show two African American men reportedly associated with a rented gray 2023 Dodge [...]

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