By Annie Wolfe/Times of Pott County Design plans are underway for the extension of Excel Rd north from Harvest Rd to Junietta Rd, which would allow local traffic improved access to Oliver Brown Elementary. Pottawatomie County Engineer Nathan Bergman had brought a design plan for a two lane road with a third turning lane at [...]
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By Emma Loura Manhattan city officials want Riley County officials to include their portion of CiCo Park in the city’s plans to rezone most of its parks. John Adam, the city’s assistant director of planning, presented county commissioners the city’s intention to rezone parks to public institutional districts. However, because CiCo Park is split between [...]
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A house in a southwest Manhattan neighborhood sustained more than $400,000 in damage after a fire on Friday. The two-story home at 4517 Lamonte Drive showed heavy fire from the rear when 16 Manhattan Fire Department firefighters on six trucks arrived after receiving the report of a structure fire shortly before noon. Crews contained the [...]
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Yard Bar won the 22nd annual Chili Crawl by a large margin, beating out the 11 other teams competing in the Manhattan Optimist Club’s fundraising event. Ticket-holding participants of all ages packed Aggieville to try all the different local recipes and vote for their favorite. Dirty Dawg Saloon claimed second place, and Mi Tierra Restaurant [...]
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Officers are investigating the theft of a motorcycle that occurred overnight in the 400 block of Manhattan Avenue. A report was filed on October 18, 2024, at approximately 2:59 PM. The victim, a 28-year-old man, reported that his 2017 Suzuki motorcycle was stolen by an unknown individual during the night. The motorcycle is valued at [...]
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Sen. Usha Reddi faces a challenge from former USD 378 Riley County Schools Superintendent Brad Starnes in the race for the 22nd District seat in the Kansas Senate. Reddi, a Democrat, was appointed to her seat after then-Sen. Tom Hawk retired at the end of 2022. The District 22 seat has been in Democratic control [...]
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Authorities are investigating a hit-and-run incident that sent a man to the hospital in Riley County on Sunday night. According to the Riley County Police Department activity report, the incident occurred just after 9 p.m. in the 900 block of N. 10th Street. A white pickup truck, driven by a woman, struck a 28-year-old male [...]
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One man is dead, and another is in jail after a shooting Saturday in the southeast part of Manhattan, according to Riley County Police Department officials. RCPD officers found 58-year-old Don Stovall, later pronounced deceased, after receiving the report of a shooting in the 700 block of North Fourth Street just south of Fort Riley [...]
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Geary County Sheriff’s Deputies are investigating following an unattended death of a woman over the weekend. Officers responded to the scene just before 2 p.m. in the 15000 block of Zumbrunn Road in Junction City on Saturday to find a 73-year-old Linda Rubash deceased. Family members discovered Rubash and the cause of her death is [...]
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A man was taken to the hospital following a crash early Monday morning in Geary County. The Geary County Sheriff’s Office reported that Nicholas Cruz, 18, of Junction City was taken to Ascension Via Christi by a private vehicle for suspected minor injuries after his 2005 Honda Accord struck a deer just after 6 a.m. [...]
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