An April trial date is set for a Manhattan man accused of murdering two people last fall in the Stagg Hill area. At a Tuesday hearing, Judge John Bosch set a trial date of April 5, with a two-week setting for Montrell Vassar, who is charged in the shooting deaths of 23-year-old Javon Gray and [...]
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Carly Pearce is in the midst of a superstar turn as 2021 heads into fall. With her album-length version of her 29 project to be released on September 17 — and just a month after her induction into the Grand Ole Opry — her success shows no s...
Police say a 62-year-old man was the most recent victim of an internet scam Monday which saw him purchasing nearly $6,000 in gift cards for an unknown suspect. RCPD says a report for theft was filed Monday afternoon in the 1900 block of Casement Road. According to the report, the suspect stole $5,950 in miscellaneous [...]
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Police are investigating the theft of more than a dozen firearms from an unoccupied Manhattan house over Labor Day weekend. Riley County Police filed a burglary report Sunday in the 900 block of Dehoff Drive, listing a 42-year-old man as the victim. According to Tuesday’s RCPD activity report, an unknown suspect took 11 rifles, a [...]
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Twenty years later, and a day that still remains very vivid in many Americans mind’s- 9/11/2001. In Manhattan, the Flint Hills Volunteer Center continues to honor that day, and encourages participation from the community to remember those who fell during the terrorist attacks. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the event. Lori Bishop, Volunteer [...]
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Twenty years later, and a day that still remains very vivid in many Americans mind’s- 9/11/2001. In Manhattan, the Flint Hills Volunteer Center continues to honor that day, and encourages participation from the community to remember those who fell during the terrorist attacks. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the event. Lori Bishop, Volunteer [...]
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A future paving project along Salzer Road near Wamego is on hold temporarily as Pottawatomie County officials work with area land owners to begin right-of-way acquisition discussions. The county wants to pave a one mile stretch of Salzer from Say Road north to Elm Slough Road, the latter of which is also on the docket [...]
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Downtown Manhattan officials are making plans for the biggest Third Thursday event of the year, which will coincidentally also be the last of 2021. Director of the Downtown business group Gina Scroggs says they’re throwing a street festival the evening of Sept. 16, which will see Poyntz Ave. closed from 3rd Street to Juliette Ave. [...]
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Riley County commissioners have approved the 2022 budget for publication, with a lower revenue neutral rate than previously approved. Budget and Finance Officer Tami Robison presented the final summary to the commission Thursday morning. The proposed fiscal 2022 budget totals $49.7 million, roughly $8.2 million more than the 2021 budget. It includes more than $487,000 [...]
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The Princeton Review has given Kansas State University high marks once again, putting it in the Top 10 in the nation and best in both Kansas and the Big 12 Conference. K-State makes the list in 10 of the guides 26 categories, including happiest students, most loved colleges, great quality of life, great career services, [...]
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