Area firefighters responded to a grass fire near Tuttle Creek Blvd. and Purcell Road, north of Manhattan Friday morning. Firefighters were called out around 9:30 a.m. and contained the fire shortly after 11 a.m. The fire ignited a wooded area west of the highway, leading officials to block a single lane of southbound traffic on [...]
It’s election season, and residents of Pottawatomie County can expect to see a new, but familiar, question on this year’s ballot. Earlier this month, County Commissioners voted to include a quarter-percent sales tax to fund road and bridge improvements. Commissioner Greg Riat joined KMAN’s In Focus Tuesday, where he explained there are various projects around [...]
A massive annual defense spending bill was passed by the Senate Thursday, that would give service members a better than 5% pay raise and investments into Fort Riley’s infrastructure. The vote was 86-11. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) applauded the passage of the Senate’s bill, saying it includes “critical investments for the nation’s weapons stockpile and cutting-edge [...]
Following years of challenges with construction and COVID-19, another Aggieville business is in danger of closing. The Dusty Bookshelf stated in a Facebook post Thursday that they are “seeking acquisition in lieu of pending closure.” They note that once the Dusty Bookshelf’s current lease expires in the spring of next year, their rent rate will [...]
Excessive heat continues to grip the region with not much reprieve in sight as temperatures will continue to hover at or above the century mark well into next week. Temperatures overall for the month of July have been about 3 degrees below normal, despite the dramatic shift this week, with Manhattan finally eclipsing 100 degrees [...]
EMS/Ambulance Director David Adams requested the necessary funding for two new full time employees. One is to replace an employee who had resigned their position, the other is to bring the currently in construction EMS station to full staff. Adams explained why they need another EMT. Adams gave a brief timeline as to when the [...]
Wareham Hall, the nonprofit fundraising arm tasked with the renovation of the Wareham Opera House, has been awarded $115,400 in Community Service Program tax credits. The funds are from a larger initiative, led by Gov. Laura Kelly, that distributed $4.1 million in CSP tax credits to 36 nonprofit agencies in Kansas. In a statement this [...]
Furniture Amnesty Day is being held Friday at City Park and volunteers are still needed. Those interested in helping should register with HandsOn Kansas State. Information is available on the City of Manhattan Facebook page. The free community event runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday. Registration for furniture shopping begins at 8 a.m. [...]
The Clay Center Police Department is investigating a report of battery and disorderly conduct, stemming from a Monday incident at the Clay County Fairgrounds. Cell phone video, shared to social media, shows a Hispanic woman being thrown to the ground by a female carnival employee following a dispute. According to a police report, the victim [...]
22-year-old Jimmie Dodson of Topeka was arrested around 1:15 p.m. on July 25th on two Riley County District Court warrants for probation violation. These warrants stem from past charges for two separate incidents. In September of 2019, Dodson was charged with burglary of a motor vehicle, theft, attempted burglary of a motor vehicle, attempted theft [...]
