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Leaders of a local youth football program have wanted to use Bishop Stadium for years, but the USD 383 Manhattan-Ogden school board hasn’t allowed it. Buck Driggs, president of the Manhattan Youth Football Association, said the organization has held five games a year at K-State’s Bill Snyder Family Stadium. However, efforts to use the district’s [...]

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K-State and Garden City Community College are joining forces to make bachelor’s degree programs available to students in southwest Kansas. This collaboration will allow students to complete their education locally, addressing a critical need in a region where only 17.9% of residents hold a four-year degree compared to the state average of 33.9%. The new [...]

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Riley County Historical Museum will close at the end of the month for interior renovations, county officials announced Friday. The final day to see the items currently on display will be Dec. 22. The museum, at 2309 Claflin Road, will close until February while staff members and folunteers repaint the interior, update the layout and [...]

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Manhattan city commissioners on Tuesday will decide whether to give incentives to a project to redevelop the Commerce Bank building at Eighth Street and Poyntz Avenue. Officials from Hartfield LLC are requesting up to $15 million in industrial revenue bonds and a 10-year property tax abatement to turn the downtown building at 727 Poyntz Ave. [...]

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Sunset Zoo officials on Friday said Vlad, a 20-year-old Amur leopard, died of natural causes Nov. 25. Vlad, who had lived had Manhattan’s zoo for more than 11 years, was one of the oldest living Amur leopards on record. The life expectancy of Amur leopards in the wild is about 10-15 years and in human [...]

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The state is suggesting districts ban cell phones at school, and a USD 383 board member says that’s still under discussion. The Kansas Board of Education on Tuesday unanimously voted to accept a task force recommendation that districts not allow student use of cell phones during the school day. The vote doesn’t mandate a specific [...]

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RCPD is investigating an aggravated assault that took place in the 1100 block of Bluemont Avenue on December 12, at approximately 5:02 PM. According to the report, an unknown suspect lifted his shirt to reveal a gun, directing it toward four victims: a 41-year-old Manhattan woman, a 36-year-old Manhattan man, a 22-year-old Junction City woman, [...]

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Authorities in Manhattan are investigating the theft of a 2003 Chevy Silverado reported stolen from the 1200 block of Thurston Street. Police say the victim, a 22-year-old male, discovered his truck missing on December 12 around 1:18 PM. The stolen vehicle, valued at approximately $4,000, is believed to have been taken sometime overnight by an [...]

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By Lewis Marien Here’s a feel-good story you can “paws” and read: the five puppies dumped in a Popeye’s parking lot soon will find their fur-ever homes. As previously reported, a passerby found the then-6-week-old puppies near the restaurant on Bluemont Avenue in Manhattan when the temperatures started to drop on the night of Dec. [...]

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