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Manhattan city commissioners on Tuesday will consider funding part of the CiCo Park improvement project with a proposed resolution allowing parks and recreation staff to authorize naming rights for new and existing facilities and their amenities. The goal is to reduce the overall tax subsidy of the park upgrades by increasing private funding through donations [...]

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By Beth Day – The Times The Caterpillar buildings and grounds in Wamego are up for sale, according to an email sent Nov. 20 by the Pottawatomie County Economic Development Corporation. Caterpillar announced in June that it would be closing the Wamego facility. At the time of the closure announcement, Caterpillar was the third largest [...]

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Riley County police are looking at phone evidence to investigate a report of an Aug. 30 attack. The woman, K-State student Kenna Hibbs, told police that someone attacked her in the early-morning hours while she was walking home from Aggieville, causing severe head injuries. RCPD public information officer Ashley Tokoi said that the Aug. 30 [...]

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True Colors, a nonprofit that supports LBGTQ+ youth, is in trouble, its leaders say. Katie Baker, executive director of True Colors Flint Hills, said in an announcement last week that the organization has seen declining donations over the past year, and unless something changes will have to close its doors next month. She said True [...]

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By Emma Loura  –  eloura@themercury.com The start of classes at K-State means the arrival of international students, who come to Manhattan from various parts of the world to study. The K-State Alumni Association, in collaboration with the Union Program Council, held an International Block Party Friday as part of its Week of Welcome. It is [...]

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Officers filed a report of child endangerment, battery of a healthcare employee, and battery on an LEO on Saturday evening at Via Christi Hospital. Officers listed a 29-year-old female heathcare worker, a 43-year-old law enforcement officer, and a 1-year-old male child as the victims when it was reported Brittnee Armstrong, 31, of Manhattan, was believed [...]

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A  man escaped serious injury Saturday night when authorities said his car flipped while exiting Interstate 70 in Wabaunsee County. The crash was reported at 6:47 p.m. Saturday on westbound I-70 about 9 miles northwest of Alma. The Kansas Highway Patrol’s online crash log said a 2020 Acura MDX car was traveling west on I-70 [...]

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