During their Tuesday meeting, the Manhattan City Commission approved executing an amendment and resolution for the construction and financing of the Aggieville Pedestrian Walkway between Rally House and Goodscents. The alley design also includes a dumpster enclosure north of Goodscents. Deputy City Manager Jason Hilgers said this enclosure is the first step in addressing significant [...]
The City of Manhattan will begin a pair of summer infrastructure projects that will cause some traffic disruptions near Grand Mere Village and Anthony Middle School. Starting Monday, Bayer Construction will begin replacing the roundabout at Grand Mere Parkway and Kimball Avenue/Scenic Drive. The intersection will be completely closed to traffic through the first phase [...]
The Manhattan City Commission took action on multiple agenda items during their Tuesday meeting. The board unanimously approved and authorized City Staff to amend the current Economic Development Agreement with the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce to include $250,000 for the Elevate Fund, a revolving loan program intended to assist locally owned businesses obtain early [...]
A North Carolina man, arrested last fall for traveling to Kansas to meet up with a child he met online, has been sentenced to prison. According to the Wabaunsee County Sheriff’s Office, 21-year-old Derrick Yarnell Mayfield was sentenced Tuesday to 41 months in prison. He’s required to register for life as a sex offender and [...]
During their Tuesday meeting, Manhattan City Commissioners discussed a possible transfer of special alcohol funds to the Riley County Police Department to help cover the cost of mental health co-responders currently under contract from Pawnee Mental Health Services. When first proposed, the transfer of these funds intended to help lower property tax transfers to RCPD [...]
A recommendation last month by the Pottawatomie County Planning Commission to impose a one year moratorium on new rezonings and preliminary plats in Blue Township is coming back to that board for reconsideration. The Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved sending that recommendation back. Commissioner Greg Riat noted a desire to provide the planning commission [...]
Former Deputy County Clerk Desiree Thompson addressed the Pottawatomie County Commission Monday regarding negative experiences while employed in the County Clerk’s office during and after her pregnancy. Thompson presented each commissioner documenting incidents where she says she was made to feel her pregnancy, maternity leave and her decision to breastfeed her son were inconveniences to [...]
John Matta will seek a third term on the Manhattan City Commission. After winning a 2-year term in 2021, Matta says he has unfinished business he’d like to complete, focusing on housing, economic development and affordability related to taxation. Matta tells KMAN he believes the city has achieved a lot in terms of economic development. [...]
A Manhattan man was arrested Monday on allegations of rape and furnishing alcohol to a minor. The Riley County Police Department said Tuesday that 29-year-old Dameon Skidmore was being held at the Riley County Jail in lieu of bond, pending a first court appearance. The victim in the case is a 15-year-old girl known to [...]
Riley County fire officials say early detection of an attic fire prevented major damage to a home on Rocky Ford Circle, north of Manhattan, this past weekend. Firefighters from Riley County District No. 1 were dispatched around 2 a.m. Sunday to a residential fire alarm activated by a smoke detector. They contained rather quickly, a [...]
