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The Kansas Supreme Court issued an order Tuesday, releasing the court’s jurisdiction of a school finance case after concluding the Legislature complied with mandates to resolve Constitutional violations, by adequately funding public education. Since 2019, the Supreme Court has retained control on Gannon v. State, pending the state providing incremental funding increases to fund Kansas K-12 [...]

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City officials are planning the next phase of construction to widen Kimball Avenue in Manhattan’s North Campus Corridor. Public Works crews will close Kimball just west of the Denison Ave. intersection to near the Grain Science Center on Feb. 19. Then, after K-State commencement ceremonies in May, the intersection itself will close, according to City Engineer Brian [...]

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The Manhattan City Commission approved the first reading of an ordinance Tuesday amending a section of code establishing regulations and penalties for violations within the downtown parking garage. Parking Services Manager Adrienne Tucker says the clarification will give law enforcement more authority to cite folks who loiter in the garage. The commission will revisit discussions [...]

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Riley County USD 378 School Board members met for an hour behind closed doors Tuesday night, but took no action regarding the status of its superintendent, who remains on administrative leave. Coming out of executive session, Board President Samantha Brown moved to authorize Hoover Law Firm of Junction City, to carry out negotiations with Cliff [...]

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The USD 383 Manhattan-Ogden School Board will hold its first meeting in the month of February on Wednesday night. The main item of business on tonight’s agenda is a mid-year report on enrollment in USD 383. According to documents from the school district, over 6,000 students are enrolled in USD 383 schools. New business items [...]

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Pottawatomie County commissioners moved Monday to send out bids for dust control on some of the county’s more well-traveled dirt gravel roads. Public Works Engineering Aide Janell Ralph says the county has three interested bidders for the annual sprays this year. A number of rural routes have had more traffic amid the closure of the [...]

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Manhattan Public Works crews continue to patch potholes across the city, following January’s frigid and wet conditions. City Engineer Brian Johnson says work is continuing on a stretch of Fort Riley Blvd. near Westwood Road, where traffic backed up for Tuesday morning’s commute. City Manager Ron Fehr joined KMAN’s In Focus Tuesday and says the [...]

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Kansas State University has selected a new person to lead its marketing and communications efforts. Patrick Burt will become K-State’s new vice president for communications and marketing on April 1, coming over from the University of Central Florida, where he held a similar role. He will tasked with driving an integrated marketing and communications strategy [...]

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The Riley County Police department is ramping up preparations for the upcoming Fake Patty’s Day. The event, which has become somewhat of a local phenomena, takes place on Saturday, March 2 in Manhattan. RCPD Capt. Greg Steere spoke at Monday’s Riley County Commission meeting, and says they expect the event to again be more of [...]

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Riley County Commission moved Monday to file an extension on a grant for a specialty police vehicle. The Riley County Police Department applied and was awarded the COPS Technology Grant in 2022 but it fell through due to production delays at Ford Motors. Commission Chair John Ford believes this time will be different. The specialty [...]

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