Manhattan City Commissioners will hear from the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce and the Convention and Visitors Bureau during Tuesday’s work session. The Chamber and CVB will provide mid-year/second quarter economic development updates as well as their 2024 budget proposals. The Chamber is requesting an economic development allocation of approximately $543,000, the same amount approved [...]
National Day of the Cowboy was celebrated Saturday at the Flint Hills Discovery Center. Assistant Director of Development Stephen Bridenstine says the event drew a large turnout thanks to its many community partners. Those who came out Saturday enjoyed wagon rides, cowboy tic-tac-toe, horseshoes, roping and live entertainment from Miss Rodeo K-State and an old [...]
Riley County Police Officers are working to identify a car responsible for a motor vehicle accident that took place in Manhattan Saturday. Officers responded to a report of an injury crash around 10:30 pm near the intersection of Tuttle Creek Blvd and Casement Road. After arriving on scene, officers located a 2007 Mercury Mariner (mare-in-er) [...]
Riley County Police Officers arrested a man over the weekend at the Casey’s General Store in Manhattan. 26-year-old Joel Antonino Fernandez of Manhattan was arrested around 11:11 pm Sunday at 329 Riley Avenue. Fernandez was arrested on one count of possession of an opiate, opium, narcotic, or certain stimulant as well as one count of [...]
Construction continues today on Browning Avenue in Manhattan. This is the second phase of a concrete maintenance project to replace the concrete pavement on the roadway surface as well as install new curbs and gutters. During this phase of construction, the portion of the roadway currently under construction will be reopened to traffic, but only [...]
An Eskridge man was arrested Friday in Manhattan for a number of counts that includes harassment via telephone and a criminal threat. Gregory Walker Garner, 28, was arrested at the 1000 block of Seth Child Road just before 4:00pm in Manhattan. Garner was arrested on two counts of making a criminal threat that caused terror [...]
The Riley County Police Department officially welcomed its newest member to the force Friday. K9 Moses, a 3-year-old Belgian Malinois, becomes the sixth addition to the RCPD K9 program since being established in 2004. He becomes the first patrol K9 in the department’s history. RCPD says Moses received specialized training and is certified to detect [...]
The Riley County Health Department and Flint Hills Wellness Coalition launched a new pilot program today to assess housing quality in the Aggieville and City Park areas. Volunteers will be seen walking around these neighborhoods recording information on housing conditions such as visible roof damage, debris on properties, peeling paint and other issues that impact [...]
Jury selection begins Monday in Riley County for a 31-year-old California man accused in a 2020 shooting near Aggieville. Travell Hairston is charged with attempted first-degree murder, stemming from a Feb. 8, 2020 incident in the 1100 block of Laramie Street. Responding officers found an unoccupied car that had been shot at. A further investigation [...]
Manhattan Parks and Recreation is now offering opportunities for community members to talk and have their voices heard. Parks and Recreation Director Aaron Stewart announced Thursday that he will offer multiple small group discussions this summer and fall called “Parks and Rec It”. These discussions will be held twice a month and will allow residents [...]
