The Riley County Fire Department was called out to the K-177 bridge over the Kansas River at around 7:30 pm Saturday for a report of a fire. Upon arriving crews found a pile of debris under the bridge ablaze and threatening the structure of the bridge. Because of the location of the fire crews had to [...]
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June sales tax numbers are in for the City of Manhattan. The city’s one-percent sales tax brought in around $1.04 million in revenue for June 2021. This is up nearly $272,000 from June 2020, when the city brought in about $767,000. The jump comes out to an approximately 35.5 percent increase from one year ago. [...]
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National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility officials have continued hiring efforts despite the presence of a pandemic over the past year or so. NBAF deputy director Sarah Ziegler spoke to KMAN Friday about some of their more recent employment numbers. NBAF communications director Katie Pawlosky says the staff is a good mix of federal-government veterans and people who [...]
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Embedded from www.youtube.com. In his latest release, Toby Keith wonders what is ahead for the United States of America. With “Happy Birthday America,” released just as the nation enters the July 4th holiday weekend, Keith veers from a stra...
The Manhattan Fire Department made quick work of a structure fire Friday morning. Just after 8 a.m. firefighters were dispatched to 1621 Woodcrest Drive for the report of a fire in the garage of a town home. The building was showing light smoke when firefighters arrived on scene. The fire was knocked down within five [...]
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Embedded from www.youtube.com. Warner Music Nashville artist and Amarillo, Texas native Randall King knows one surefire antidote for heartbreak: a honky-tonk filled with two-stepping, plenty of drinks and classic country music. In his latest, “Re...
Manhattan city officials are planning to remove the Mayor’s Holiday Tree in Triangle Park. The 18-foot-tall Colorado Spruce was planted in 2019 to replace the nearly 20-year-old blue spruce that blew down in high winds earlier that year. According to a release from the city Friday, the city’s Forestry Supervisor J. David Mattox said the [...]
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Manhattan city officials are planning to remove the Mayor’s Holiday Tree in Triangle Park. The 18-foot-tall Colorado Spruce was planted in 2019 to replace the nearly 20-year-old blue spruce that blew down in high winds earlier that year. According to a release from the city Friday, the city’s Forestry Supervisor J. David Mattox said the [...]
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One of the 10 Manhattan residents to file for the USD 383 school board race has withdrawn his name from consideration. Bill Spiegel, who filed at the deadline, announced Wednesday on his Facebook page that he was dropping out of the race due to a potential conflict of interest between the district and his wife’s [...]
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Embedded from www.youtube.com. Midland is taking the title of their sophomore album, Let It Roll, seriously–since the 2019 release of that project, the Texas-originated trio has steadily rolled out a slate of new creative projects. In early 2020,...
