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The Manhattan City Commission on Tuesday will consider a resolution to pass a budget that generates more revenue than last year’s. Commissioners won’t approve a 2025 budget or mill levy at the meeting, according to city documents, but officials have said they intend to pass a 2025 budget that brings in more money. The state [...]

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USD 475 Board of Education announced on Friday that they have approved the hiring of Kimbre Smice as the new principal at Fort Riley Elementary. Smice is set to take over for longtime principal Kenny Upham who was recently named the academy principal of Business, Public Service and Hospitality Academy at Junction City High School. [...]

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Dension Avenue will be closing down on Monday for at least the next two weeks between Anderson and Claflin. Crews hope to have the project completed by Thursday Jul. 25 as a concrete base is repaired followed by some paving. The official detour will be Sunset Avenue from Anderson to Claflin. Denison concrete repairs will [...]

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A motorcyclist was injured and hospitalized after a crash Thursday afternoon near Ogden. RCPD public information officer Ashley Tokoi said the crash was first reported at 2:40 p.m. involving a single motorcycle rider. This individual was left injured in the aftermath of the crash and transported to a Manhattan hospital for treatment. The area of [...]

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The names of the four finalists for Manhattan City Manager have been released to the public. The candidates will be Jacob Wood, Jamie Miller, Jason Gage and Danielle Dulin. The four finalists will be coming to Manhattan on Jul. 22 to meet with city residents at the Flint Hills Discovery Center from 4:30 to 6 [...]

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By Cole Bertelsen/Manhattan Mercury Construction on Aggieville’s Midtown project remains at a standstill more than a year after it stalled, and the developer said he expects it to serve a different purpose than its original intention. The initial plans approved in 2022 called for a $40 million, five-story commercial and residential building to replace the [...]

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A Manhattan teenager who was previously charged with 3 counts of attempted murder for his role in a 2023 shooting, was arrested Wednesday morning at the Dickinson County Jail for committing two additional felonies. Law enforcement conducted a probable cause arrest on 18 year old Marc Anthony Oliver for distribution of a controlled substance and [...]

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Two men were injured in an accident in Geary County on Wednesday evening. Geary County Sheriff’s Deputies responded just 5 pm to I-70 in the eastbound lane near the exit ramp at milemarker 303 to find a two-vehicle injury accident. Edward Huddlestun of Manhattan was at the stop sign at the intersection for Clarks Creek [...]

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  Phase 4 of the Kansas Department of Transportation’s pavement improvement project on K-18/K-177 in Riley County is now underway. The northbound/westbound and southbound/eastbound K-18/K-177 traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction and will travel on the outside lanes while the medians are reconstructed. Turning restrictions will still be in place at [...]

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Work on a Kansas Department of Transportation bridge replacement project started Wednesday on K-99 in Wabaunsee County. Traffic impacts should be minimal; however, the speed limit will be reduced to 45 mph in the work zone. Work will occur Monday through Friday during daylight hours and is expected to be complete by April 2025, conditions [...]

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