The Blue Valley School USD 384 School Board has approved a contract for its next superintendent. Rex Boley was hired at a special board meeting Monday. He’s currently superintendent at USD 107 Mankato/Rock Hills, a job he’s held for the past three years. Boley brings over 30 years of teaching and administrative experience in agriculture [...]
The Manhattan-Ogden School Board will hold a special meeting Wednesday ahead of its annual winter retreat. The board will meet at 5 p.m. in the Robinson Education Center to discuss safety and security, on the heels of two notable incidents last week involving a threatening graffiti message at Manhattan High School Friday and a man [...]
Manhattan City Commission will consider a possible annexation of land owned by Midwest Concrete Materials, Inc. near the Manhattan Regional Airport, when it meets Monday evening. The city would annex the land, currently referred to as the “Landing Business Park”, so that it falls under the jurisdiction of the Manhattan Urban Area Planning Board and [...]
The Riley County Extension Office says its annual volunteer income tax assistance program is off to a good start since it began helping tax filers earlier this month. Extension Director Gary Fike, presented to the Riley County Commission last Thursday. He says the IRS has notified his office that the VITA program is 30% ahead [...]
Riley County Commissioners on Thursday unanimously approved increased utility rates for 2023 for the Deep Creek Sewer, Hunter’s Island Water, Konza Valley Water and University Park Water and Sewer districts. The move comes on the heels of the City of Manhattan increasing its rates for water by 4% and sewer by 3%. They also estimate [...]
A Manhattan woman is jailed on assault and battery charges, stemming from an incident early Sunday morning in the 700 block of Allison Avenue. According to the Riley County Police Department, 29-year-old Cecilia Gonzalez was arrested after it was reported she pulled a shotgun on two men during an argument. She’s also accused of striking [...]
Area legislators met for the session’s first legislative coffee Saturday at Sunset Zoo. The Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce sponsors these informative sessions as a way for constituents to connect on state issues. Chamber Director of External Affairs Mike Matson moderated the event and shared questions from audience members with the four legislators from Manhattan. [...]
Manhattan High School’s west campus was placed on a lockdown Friday afternoon, after police investigated a graffiti message perceived as a threat, on a bathroom wall, circulating on Snapchat. The Riley County Police Department determined the message was not credible after some thought it was related to a planned pep rally that evening. Officers decided [...]
Hundreds of community members gathered inside the Manhattan Conference Center Friday for the 98th Annual Chamber of Commerce Meeting and Celebration. This year, the chamber had lots to celebrate after 2022 delivered some record breaking statistics. Chamber President and CEO Jason Smith highlighted some of those numbers. 2022 Chamber Board Chair Summer Ott Dierks said [...]
An 18-year-old Georgia man turned himself in Thursday on a Riley County District Court warrant alleging rape and aggravated sexual battery. RCPD says Elgin Bennett was booked on those two charges and later released after posting a $10,000 bond. The incident is a Kansas State University Police Department case. Online court records show a criminal [...]
