Riley County public works officials announced on Monday that the Kitten Creek Culvert Replacement project will begin at the start of the new year. Andrea Rose, administrative assistant with Riley County Public Works, said the project will begin on Thursday Jan. 2 and last 45 days with the hope of the project being completed by [...]
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A Manhattan resident previously arrested in connection with a recent string of motor vehicle burglaries has been taken into custody again, now facing additional charges and a higher bond. On Tuesday, officers arrested 19-year-old Alexander Darnell in association with multiple vehicle burglaries reported over the last few weeks. In that arrest, Darnell was charged with [...]
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A Manhattan man was taken to a local hospital on Friday after he drove his car into a concrete building. Officers responded to the corner of S. Seth Child Road and Farm Bureau Road at 3 p.m. on Friday afternoon to find a man injured after he struck a concrete building in his 2014 GMC [...]
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Starting today, two-way traffic on Denison Ave will be restored south of Kimball Avenue to the NBAF main entrance, while also implementing a closure extending south from the NBAF entrance to the north side of the Kerr Drive intersection. During this next period of construction, traffic access to Denison south of Kimball will be “right [...]
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Spend an evening with three-time Grammy winners Little Big Town at the iconic Grand Ol' Opry as Jimi, Kimberly, Karen, and Philip sing you into a Christmas mood! "Little Big Town's Christmas at the Opry" will feature the quartet joined by some of the biggest names in music ringing in the holidays with all those [...]
Leaders of a local youth football program have wanted to use Bishop Stadium for years, but the USD 383 Manhattan-Ogden school board hasn’t allowed it. Buck Driggs, president of the Manhattan Youth Football Association, said the organization has held five games a year at K-State’s Bill Snyder Family Stadium. However, efforts to use the district’s [...]
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K-State and Garden City Community College are joining forces to make bachelor’s degree programs available to students in southwest Kansas. This collaboration will allow students to complete their education locally, addressing a critical need in a region where only 17.9% of residents hold a four-year degree compared to the state average of 33.9%. The new [...]
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Riley County Historical Museum will close at the end of the month for interior renovations, county officials announced Friday. The final day to see the items currently on display will be Dec. 22. The museum, at 2309 Claflin Road, will close until February while staff members and folunteers repaint the interior, update the layout and [...]
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Manhattan city commissioners on Tuesday will decide whether to give incentives to a project to redevelop the Commerce Bank building at Eighth Street and Poyntz Avenue. Officials from Hartfield LLC are requesting up to $15 million in industrial revenue bonds and a 10-year property tax abatement to turn the downtown building at 727 Poyntz Ave. [...]
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Sunset Zoo officials on Friday said Vlad, a 20-year-old Amur leopard, died of natural causes Nov. 25. Vlad, who had lived had Manhattan’s zoo for more than 11 years, was one of the oldest living Amur leopards on record. The life expectancy of Amur leopards in the wild is about 10-15 years and in human [...]
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