Crews began demolishing the downtown Commerce Bank building Monday as part of plans to construct a new retail and residential space in its place. Manhattan city commissioners in December approved more than $2 million in tax breaks to raze the building at 727 Poyntz Ave., including a 10-year property tax abatement and a sales tax [...]
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Joseph Marlow, 25, of Manhattan, was arrested on March 3, 2025, at approximately 7:20 PM in the 1000 block of S. Seth Child Road. Marlow was taken into custody on a probable cause offense of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. His total bond was set at $125,000, and he is currently confined at the [...]
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According to reporting from The Topeka Capital-Journal, the contract between the consulting firm and Manhattan’s National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility worth $355,236 was among the contracts on the chopping block for the Trump administration’s efficiency initiative. The contract, with Berney Associates out of Maryland, is for “NBAF leadership development, coaching, team-building and strategy services,” according [...]
Manhattan city commissioners on Tuesday will consider a request to issue $52 million in industrial revenue bonds to Meadowlark Hills to build 43 new independent living units, an underground parking deck and a fitness and classroom space. Industrial revenue bonds are a tax-exempt financing mechanism local government entities issue with no fiscal impact to themselves [...]
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The Times of Pott County late last week reported that Rachel Hockenbarger, daughter of Westboro Baptist Church’s late founder Fred Phelps, is still a member of the crusading anti-LGBTQ congregation and now an assistant Pottawatomie County attorney. Newly elected county attorney John Paul Washburn hired Hockenbarger — who will make $86,054 per year in the [...]
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K-State and Manhattan city officials on Thursday announced a partnership with Veo, a provider of transportation shared among users, to bring 400 Astro electric scooters to town this weekend. It’s not the first time the town will have electric scooters on its streets and sidewalks. Manhattan previously offered shared-use electric scooters between August 2020 and [...]
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Authorities are investigating a reported theft at Dillons after an unknown suspect scammed the business out of more than $16,000. According to the RCPD, officers responded to the 100 block of Sarber Lane on Feb. 26 at approximately 8:16 a.m. Dillons was listed as the victim after reporting a fraudulent cash transaction resulting in a [...]
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The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Department is seeking more information about a burglary that took place at Brooks Yamaha earlier this month. The sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a burglary in progress just before 5:30 a.m. on February 7. At the time, deputies determined that the business had been broken into and multiple motorcycles [...]
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Manhattan Fire says a contractor striking a gas line with a backhoe was the cause of a leak that caused the closure of Fort Riley Boulevard overnight. Having been called out to the 1800 block of Fair Lane just after 4:15 yesterday afternoon, the fire department crew found an 8-inch natural gas line had been [...]
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By Beth Day The new assistant Pottawatomie County attorney is a member of the Topeka Westboro Baptist Church, the crusading anti-LGBTQ organization. Rachel Hockenbarger is the daughter of the late Fred Phelps, the driving force behind Westboro Baptist. She confirmed in an interview Thursday with The Times of Pott County that she is still an [...]
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