USD 383 board member Kristin Brighton has filed for re-election. The Manhattan businesswoman was first elected in 2019, and finished with the most votes among the candidates. In a Tuesday release, Brighton outlined her platform for re-election will focus heavily on efforts to raise student achievement. She also says she’d like to see Manhattan High [...]
Groundbreaking for the new North Riley County EMS Station is scheduled for Monday in Leonardville. The facility will house a full-time staffed ambulance and crew. The building will include an apparatus bay, sleeping rooms, office, kitchen, a commons area and storage. The total budget for the project is about $867,000. The project was approved by [...]
Riley County Police say a 39-year-old woman was arrested Tuesday near South 5th and Houston Streets on drug and interference charges. Nichole Costley was found in possession of meth during a traffic stop where she also gave a false name. She was booked on the aforementioned charges as well as possession drug paraphernalia and driving [...]
Riley County Police are investigating after a teenager was attacked and battered Tuesday morning in the Northview area. Officers filed a report for aggravated battery and battery in the 2200 block of Green Ave. Police say four teenagers reportedly punched a 15-year-old boy several times and stomped on his head while he was on the [...]
Monday marked the deadline for tenants of the crumbling and condemned Royal Towers Apartments to vacate their residences. Manhattan City Commissioners Tuesday heard from Royal Towers tenants and Renters Together MHK representatives who say the vacating process was extremely difficult and lacked the proper city support. Renters Together MHK Representative Noah Rude. Rude suggested financial [...]
Tuesday’s Manhattan City Commission meeting was the final one for Usha Reddi, who stepped down after 10 years of service to Manhattan. Reddi, who was appointed earlier this year to serve the remainder of Sen. Tom Hawk’s term in the Kansas Senate, says she was able to juggle the two jobs this session with little [...]
A panel discussion, hosted by Farm Journal Foundation and Kansas State University Tuesday at the Stanley Stout Center, focused on how agricultural innovations can mitigate global hunger and malnutrition. It included Kansas 1st District Congressman Tracey Mann, who says investing in agricultural innovation strengthens the safety net for producers and people around the world, likening [...]
Manhattan City Commissioners unanimously approved the first reading of an ordinance amending the McCall Road Landing Planned Development Unit to allow for construction of a new Culver’s restaurant. The restaurant, which will provide both dine-in and drive-through services, will reside at the corner of McCall Road and McCullough Place, south of Menard’s. A project timeline [...]
A Manhattan man is behind bars on charges of theft and driving under the influence. Riley County Police say 28-year-old Jesus Blanco was jailed just after 2:30 a.m. Tuesday in the 2600 block of Farm Bureau Road. Responding officers found a 43-year-old man whose pickup was stolen while he was working in an attached trailer. [...]
Pottawatomie County Public Works Crews have been given the go ahead to begin design of a bridge replacement project on Havensville Road. The bridge in question was damaged following a car accident in mid-April. Public Works Director Tim Eisenbarth says with a planned bridge project just down the road, it may make sense to do [...]
