In its weekly report Wednesday, Riley County health officials identified 27 new positive coronavirus cases and 17 additional recoveries. While the percent positive for the week of May 16 was 3.1 percent, that was due to 30 percent fewer COVID tests being performed. Ascension Via Christi is caring for one COVID positive patient. Fewer than 700 [...]

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Manhattan city commissioner Wynn Butler has filed for re-election. Butler, who is currently serving as Mayor, was first elected to the commission in April 2011. He retired from the Army in 1997 and spent two decades as an administrator and faculty member at Barton County Community College Fort Riley Campus and serves as an Associate [...]

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A Manhattan woman was arrested Tuesday on several charges after police say she damaged property and injured another woman. According to RCPD’s activity report, 31-year-old Makia Harris allegedly hit a 39-year-old female with a baseball bat causing minor injuries to the victim’s hand as well as her head. Harris also allegedly smashed the car windshield [...]

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State of the General Fund Manhattan officials discussed the state of the General Fund, which is the city’s main operating fund, during the city commission meeting Tuesday. The meeting was the first of several that will be held over the next few months to create the 2022 budget. Despite the pandemic, city manager Ron Fehr [...]

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Severe weather is a possibility this evening and overnight for much of north central and northeast Kansas. The Storm Prediction Center has placed the Manhattan area in an enhanced (level 3) risk for severe storms tonight, starting after dark. Brief tornadoes are possible, along with damaging winds, large hail and flash flooding. The National Weather [...]

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A new veterans’ memorial walkway has been installed at Valley View Memorial Park, with the ribbon cutting coming up Thursday. VFW Lee Pierson Post Commander Dan Watkins on KMAN’s In Focus said Monday this is a project that began in one form in the early 2000’s, but were left, essentially, abandoned after plans changed. The [...]

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A boil water advisory has been issued until further notice for a portion of Manhattan’s public water supply system in Riley County. The advisory affects customers living within the following area: South Delaware Road on the eastern boundary Stagg Hill Road at Rosencutter on the southern boundary EJ Frick Drive at Amherst Avenue as well as [...]

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The K-State marching band is out around $3,000 to $4,000 after a pipe broke in their storage room last week. According to band director Dr. Frank Tracz, the water leak caused damage to instruments and wooden cases. “Some of the cases are pressed wood cases and when you get those soaked, they expand and fall [...]

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Riley County and City of Manhattan officials are in very early talks about a new RCPD substation in Aggieville. Commissioner Kathryn Focke questioned Commission Chair John Ford Monday about a rumor involving the city negotiating with a member of the county. Ford says there has been some discussion with the city and Manhattan Area Chamber [...]

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