A new principal may soon take over at Manhattan Virtual Academy. On Wednesday evening’s consent agenda, the USD 383 school board will consider a contract for Morgan Jobe, effective July 1. Jobe teaches language arts and family & consumer sciences at MVA, which is housed within Manhattan High School. She’s also a project/program coordinator in [...]
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A former Riley County Jail employee is facing multiple charges of trafficking contraband into a correctional institution. Agents with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation arrested 24-year-old Ashley Britt around 9:30 a.m. Friday at 2025 Little Kitten Ave on a warrant listing eight total counts of trafficking contraband into the jail. According to the KBI, the [...]
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Riley County officials will move back into the Courthouse Plaza East building at 115 North Fourth St. this week. Since July, the building has undergone a refurbishment, including replacement of windows and a remodel of the commission chambers. The county commission and planning board/board of zoning appeals meetings temporarily relocated to the health department’s Family [...]
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An investigation is underway after a Manhattan man reported his car and cell phone were stolen. Riley County Police were notified Sunday afternoon after the alleged incident in the 900 block of Moro Street. The next morning, police arrested 21-year-old Isabella Counts on charges of criminal damage to property, criminal deprivation of property, computer unlawful [...]
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Property valuation appeals are trending down this year according to the latest report from Riley County appraiser Anna Burson. During her report to commissioners on Thursday, Burson said the county received 432 informal appeals following the mailing of change-of-value notices in late February, with 359 tied to residential properties. “Honestly this number as a whole [...]
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A biomanufacturing company focused on cattle health solutions is relocating its global headquarters from Fort Collins, Colorado, to Wamego. Axiota Animal Health announced Tuesday that the company’s decision formalizes a longstanding presence in Wamego, where it operates manufacturing, research and development and scientific operations for products used by cattle producers in more than 30 countries [...]
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Riley County commissioners on Monday finalized the 2026 non-fund capital improvement projects, approving $1.2 million worth of equipment purchases and facility upgrades. Budget and finance officer Brittany Phillips noted the county plans to tap its American Rescue Plan Act funds to help pay for the CIP projects. “I’m showing right now that we’re going to [...]
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Federal officials began the second demonstration period for water injection dredging at Tuttle Creek Lake following a delay earlier this month. The Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced the second phase started on Thursday. The project had been postponed after a fuel cell broke away from a barge in Tuttle Creek Cove [...]
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Riley County is moving forward with a pair of grant applications for Community Corrections. Director Megan Lewis informed the county commission on Monday that her department is seeking a three-year Bureau of Justice Assistance grant that would help expand services for people in intensive supervision and recovery court. “That would cover the wages as well [...]
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Federal officials said there is still no timeline for when the second phase of the dredging project at Tuttle Creek Reservoir will begin. The project was scheduled to resume March 17, but delayed indefinitely as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and contract workers clean up a diesel spill after a fuel cell broke off [...]
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