The Riley County Law Board approved the Riley County Police Department’s 2024 Proposed Budget 3 for publication Monday, which included the Board’s previous request to lower cost of living adjustments (COLA) to 6.5% After considering Proposed Budget 2 last month, the board voiced concerns about its 8% COLA and requested RCPD return with a third [...]
A groundbreaking ceremony for a new Agronomy Research and Innovation Center at Kansas State University had to be moved indoors Monday, due to rain, leading to a standing-room only crowd of guests inside the university’s Agronomy Education Center. The new facility will be located within the Edge Collaboration District, across from Bill Snyder Family Stadium. [...]
A Manhattan man was taken into custody Saturday evening after he reportedly stole another man’s gun. RCPD says 30-year-old Michael Brooks was arrested in the 1900 block of Crescent Drive, resisting initially when officers were taking him into custody. The gun owner and victim in the case was a 19-year-old man. Brooks is charged with [...]
Riley County Police are investigating an alleged armed burglary that occurred Friday at a Manhattan apartment complex. 31-year-old Chancellor Copenhaver, of Wamego, is accused of breaking into an apartment in the 1300 block of Flint Hills Place with a shotgun. Officers responded and located him behind the apartment along with residents known to him. Copenhaver [...]
Phase 3 of the runway reconstruction project at Manhattan Regional Airport kicked off Friday, exactly one week after the suspension of all American Airlines services. Airport Director Brandon Keazer says Phase 3 includes construction that is now halting both commercial and general aviation services. Phase 3 is scheduled to wrap up July 19th, allowing general [...]
Manhattan High School celebrated graduation Sunday at Bramlage Coliseum, with over 400 diplomas awarded to the Class of 2023. Senior Class President Eddie Bruegger reflected on the class being impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic as freshmen. Just seven months after starting their high school career, the students left for spring break but never returned amid [...]
The Riley County Law Board will consider the 2024 Riley County Police Department budget for publication when it meets today. Agenda materials show two proposed budgets to be considered — including a $27.2 million budget, with base changes, an 8 percent COLA and the remaining 50 percent of a salary survey implemented last year as [...]
The Class of 2023 was celebrated with commencement activities across Manhattan this past weekend. At Kansas State University, more than 2,100 bachelor’s degrees were awarded along with more than 500 master’s and over 90 doctorate degrees. Among the notable speakers Saturday was K-State alum and retiring USD 383 Superintendent Marvin Wade, providing advice to College of [...]
A Manhattan man was killed Friday following a crash just south of the four-mile corner near Riley. The Kansas Highway Patrol says a Ford F-150, driven by 66-year-old Donald O’Riley, of Hopkins, Missouri, was northbound on Tuttle Creek Blvd., shortly before 4 p.m., attempting a left-hand turn onto West 92nd Ave. While waiting to turn, [...]
Riley County Police are investigating after a car, stolen from Manhattan, was found totaled in Georgia. Officers filed a theft report Thursday morning at Enterprise Leasing, after the company told police an unknown man stole a BMW X2, valued at approximately $39,000. The car was found Thursday afternoon by authorities in Lawrenceville, Georgia, a suburban [...]
