Preparations at the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) continue to move forward with promising success after the facility entered the science preparatory phase approximately a month ago. “Currently, we don’t have any pathogens or active research occurring, but scientists are able to go into their laboratory spaces and see what’s there,” said NBAF Deputy [...]
The City of Manhattan is inching closer to naming its next Director of the Parks and Recreation Department. The four finalists will be on hand at a Monday public reception following an all-day visit with department heads and city staff. Manhattan partnered with Strategic Government Resources on a national search, which produced 43 candidates from [...]
An arrest has been made following a February hit-and-run crash that left a pedestrian with serious injuries. The Riley County Police Department says 34-year-old Kristopher Mackey has been charged with failure to stop at an accident resulting in great bodily harm and two counts of interference with law enforcement officers. He remains jailed in lieu [...]
Manhattan High School will have a new assistant principal this fall. Lisa Julian was appointed by the USD 383 school board Wednesday and will succeed Larry Myers, who is retiring this summer. Her start date is July 1. Julian currently serves as a Gifted Facilitator and Night School Coordinator at Manhattan High School. She previously [...]
The Manhattan-Ogden School District has named its next Director of Business Services. Andrew Hutchinson will assume that role July 1 and will succeed Lew Faust, who is retiring. Hutchinson is the district’s Assistant Director of Early Learning and Coordinator of Grants and Compliance. He previously was the program director for Head Start and Early Head [...]
The Riley County Police Department has arrested a teenager in connection to the burglary of the Casey’s Convenience Store in Ogden. Just after 3 a.m. Thursday, a report for burglary and criminal damage was filed after it was determined someone broke into the store, using a baseball bat to break the window. Police arrested 16-year-old [...]
Manhattan-Ogden School Board members spoke briefly Wednesday about safety and security within the district. Board President Karla Hagemeister noted Wednesday she is working with administrators on ways to further conversations at future meetings, complimenting work by district leadership on managing controllable factors related to school safety. Board member Darell Edie expressed a desire to potentially [...]
Amid the growing call for the outright banning of TikTok, the social media app is making some pre-emptive moves, itself. TikTok announced yesterday that they are imposing one-hour time limits on accounts for users 18-and-under. After the hour is up, users will get a notification and they will have to enter a code to keep [...]
The Riley County Police Department says it received a single call Wednesday morning on its administrative line of an active shooter at Manhattan High School’s west campus, which was identified as a potential swatting call. The call came in around 8:30 a.m. and RCPD dispatched its School Resource Officer who immediately found the information to [...]
A St. George woman was arrested Tuesday afternoon on a number of drug charges, following a traffic stop. RCPD says 30-year-old Joanna Nowak was pulled over in the 700 block of Yuma Street and found in possession of drugs. She was subsequently charged with six total counts including distribution of meth and fentanyl as well [...]
