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Over the past two weeks, police say vandals have caused an estimated $1,500 in damage to a boys bathroom inside Manhattan High School. The Riley County Police Department says it fielded a report Tuesday for criminal damage to property after an unknown suspect damaged items by tagging them with graffiti. MHS has dealt with numerous [...]

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For the second straight year, Pottawatomie County voters have turned down a quarter percent sales tax to fund road and bridge improvements. The measure failed on a 56 to 44 percent margin (2,547 voting no, 2,032 voting yes), a year after it also failed by a 53 to 47 percent margin. County officials previously noted [...]

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There will be three new faces on the Manhattan City Commission in the new year. Susan Adamchak, Karen McCulloh and Peter Oppelt all won election to the commission Tuesday night. Incumbent John Matta won re-election. Adamchak was the top vote getter Tuesday night. McCulloh is no stranger to the city commission. She finished in second [...]

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At least two newcomers and one incumbent have won election to the Manhattan-Ogden School board. With all precincts reporting in Riley and Pottawatomie County, Kristin Brighton has secured a second four year term, finishing first with 4,079 votes. In second place was Katie Allen, who finished with 3,760 votes. Allen, who formerly chaired the Riley [...]

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NOTE: These numbers are the unofficial results. This page will be updated to reflect final numbers on 11/08/23. (Mobile users may need to scroll side to side to see current numbers.) UNOFFICIAL RESULTS The post 2023 General Election Results appeared f...

The Wabaunsee County Sheriff’s Office says a $1,000 reward is being offered after more than a dozen calves and a cow went missing from a ranch near Wamego last month. According to the Wabaunsee County Farm Bureau, the livestock stolen included 15 Black Angus or Wagyu calves, one red calf and one Black Angus cow. [...]

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One person was injured in a Monday crash near Manhattan Regional Airport. The Riley County Police Department says 57-year-old Albert Huerta, of Manhattan was transported to Ascension Via Christi after crashing his motorcycle with an SUV near Skyway Drive and Murray Road at around 7 a.m. The extent of his injuries weren’t immediately available The [...]

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday that Rural Development is awarding over $4.2 million in grants to help agricultural producers and rural small business owners make energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy investments to lower their energy costs. Locally, that includes a grant totaling more than $85,000 awarded to Britts Farm to purchase and [...]

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Prospective college students are being encouraged to take advantage of the first ever statewide free college-application-period this week. From Tuesday, Nov. 7 through Thursday, Nov. 9, Kansas residents may apply for undergraduate admissions at any Kansas college, university, technical college, including independent colleges, with no application fee. Kansas State University Director of Admissions Molly McGaughey [...]

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Beginning in 2024, Ottawa-based nonprofit Prairie Paws will assume animal shelter services for the City of Manhattan. Executive Director Vanessa Cowie presented to the Riley County Commission Monday, as the organization prepares to move into the T. Russel Reitz Animal Shelter officially on December 24. The physical shelter is actually in Pottawatomie County, though Manhattan [...]

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