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Manhattan city commissioners on Tuesday will consider three applications to finance housing developments using tax incentives. The applications are for reinvestment housing incentive districts, and commissioners also will look at an industrial revenue bond for a seven-unit town home on the vacant lot at 827 Moro St. An RHID is a program to help developers [...]

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A Manhattan man was injured in a single-vehicle accident just after 5 p.m. on Wednesday in Saline County, Kansas. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Jeffrey Lee Sims, 50, of Manhattan, was driving a 2020 Kia Sportage westbound in the 1600 block of West State Street. The vehicle veered off the south side of the [...]

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City staffers on Tuesday presented the commission a list of recommended admission fees to bump up to follow the city’s cost-recovery model. The proposal includes a $10 monthly membership fee to use the city recreation centers and a $3 drop-in fee, a $3 increase at Sunset Zoo and a $6 fee for pool admission. Commissioner [...]

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Officers have arrested a Manhattan man on slew of charges that include perjury and identity theft. Police arrested Cesilio Martinez Gonzalez at approximately 4:15 p.m. on Monday afternoon at the Riley County Police Department. Officers arrested Martinez Gonzalez on probable cause offenses of interference with law enforcement by falsely reporting a felony with the intent [...]

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A local animal shelter announced on Monday that it is closing temporarily due to symptoms resembling kennel cough were going around the shelter. The Junction City Animal Shelter announced in a social media post that the shelter will be closing for a minimum of one week so they could monitor symptoms of kennel cough. The [...]

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Officials from area businesses last weekend took advantage of the highly successful opening of “Wicked,” the movie version of the Broadway show that serves as a prequel for the 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz” and L. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.” The movie brought in an estimated $114 million between [...]

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By Megan Moser A K-State professor is suing the university because she said her supervisor discriminated against her because of a disability. Rebecca Hackemann-Bahlmann, professor of photography, filed a lawsuit last month in federal court. She alleges discrimination on the basis of disability, retaliation for engaging in a protected activity, interfering with the exercise of [...]

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A Manhattan man was scammed Friday after he was sold a mobile home and never received ownership. Riley County Police Officers filed a report of theft by deception around 8:30 p.m. and listed a 42-year-old man as the victim after he purchased a mobile home from a person known to him and never received access [...]

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One man was taken to a local hospital following an injury accident on Saturday night at the corner of Kimball and College Avenues. Officers filed the report just after 11:30 p.m. when 55-year-old Brian Anderson of Manhattan hit 46-year-old Jamie Dolan of Manhattan who was trying to cross the street. Anderson turned right at a [...]

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