In our continuing news series looking back at the career of long-time Manhattan City Manager Ron Fehr, we hear from some of the city commissioners and others who worked alongside him. Bruce Snead came on the commission in 1995, serving until 2011 and recalls his first meeting with Fehr. A few years later, in 2000, [...]
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Members of the Riley County Law Board on Monday received the first proposed RCPD budget for 2025, targeting a roughly 6.6% increase in year over year spending. This year’s ask is around $2 million more than the current budget, with department administration pointing to inflationary challenges and rising insurance costs. The total overall budget is [...]
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An investigation is underway after an individual sustained a gunshot wound this weekend in Aggieville. According to the Riley County Police Department, officers on routine foot patrol early Sunday morning heard a possible gunshot coming from the 1100 block of Moro Street. The incident occurred shortly after 1:30 a.m. Responding officers found a 22-year-old man [...]
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In 24 years at the helm of city administration, Ron Fehr has seen Manhattan transform into a regional hub for commerce, tourism and research and innovation. All this week on News Radio KMAN, we’ll be hearing from those who saw firsthand Fehr’s leadership guiding the city to bring in major economic development to Manhattan, including [...]
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An investigation is underway following an unapproved grass fire that destroyed a home near Manhattan last week. According to Riley County Public Information Officer Vivienne Leyva, fire crews from both Manhattan and Riley County Fire District No. 1 were dispatched around 7 p.m. on April 5 to the out-of-control grass fire at 200 Waterbridge Road, [...]
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Members of the Riley County Law Board will get their first look at the police budget proposal for 2025 at Monday’s monthly meeting. RCPD is proposing a $28.9 million budget that includes a little over $2 million in added funds, totaling about a 7.6% increase. It includes over $815,000 to meet the department’s cost of [...]
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A new Kansas law takes effect this year requiring K-12 schools to declare how many students it can accept from outside its boundaries. In the case of Rock Creek USD 323 Schools, which have doubled in size over the past decade, Superintendent Joan Simoneau says no out-of-district students will be accepted in the 2024-25 school [...]
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A man arrested last summer as part of a police investigation into Fentanyl distribution in the Manhattan area was recently sentenced to more than 15 years in prison. Caziah Self, 22, entered a plea agreement with Riley County prosecutors in February to five total counts including unlawful distribution of Fentanyl, and four separate possession charges. [...]
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A Topeka man is jailed in Riley County in connection to a drug-related overdose death. The Riley County Police Department says 35-year-old Robert Boyles, Jr. was arrested Tuesday on a warrant for distribution of a controlled substance causing death. He’s additionally charged with distributing an opiate and use of a communication facility in the commission [...]
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The Riley County Planning and Zoning Appeals Board Monday denied a request by Evergy to construct an electrical switch station in the southern part of the county along McDowell Creek Road. The motion to deny was 4-0 and followed a two hour public hearing, which included opposition from several neighboring property owners in the Ashland [...]
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