A Manhattan chiropractor has been charged with misdemeanor sexual battery. According to the Riley County Police Department, 50-year-old Kenyon Erickson was arrested March 30 in Pottawatomie County on a warrant filed by the Riley County Attorney’s Office March 23. Erickson remains free after posting a $2,000 bond. An online criminal complaint alleges the crime from [...]
Easter egg hunts will be happening across the area this weekend. The Manhattan Lions Club hosts a hunt annually at City Park. This year’s event is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday and will include 3,000 eggs, as well as donated Easter egg baskets for children who don’t have one. Age groups are as follows: Area [...]
Legal questions are swirling as the City of Manhattan continues toward a plan of privatizing its animal shelter and shifting animal control to the Riley County Police Department. Deputy Riley County Counselor Craig Cox clarified Thursday why the City of Manhattan has stopped enforcing animal control services in Riley County, which the county noted earlier [...]
Officials broke ground Thursday morning on a new 80,000 square foot facility to be housed within the K-State Office Park. “This project is going to bring our total to over 300,000 square feet of space and lab space for these corporate partners to do great things for our community. I think over the next couple [...]
USD 383 has named Abby Bowen its next Director of Human Resources. She’ll replace Interim Director Dr. Cleion Morton in June. Dr. Morton, a former principal at Northview Elementary, stepped into the interim role following the resignation of Drew Montgomery as HR Director in January. Bowen currently serves as assistant principal and school psychologist at [...]
Officials at the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility have confirmed that a ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place on May 24. The announcement was first made public during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on Agriculture last week by Sen. Jerry Moran to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack. Vilsack spoke to the importance of the mission at NBAF. [...]
Manhattan Kiwanis members are proposing another project at Bluemont Hill near the Manhattan letters. The organization which helped open an ADA accessible overlook platform in 2019 now hopes to install a new picnic shelter nearby. Kiwanis member Kent Foster provided details at Monday’s Manhattan Parks & Rec Advisory Board meeting. Foster says they first approached [...]
Leadership Manhattan’s 2023 graduating class was recognized at a Tuesday ceremony hosted by the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce. A group of 18 professionals completed the class which included visits to local and state government functions, in addition to civic engagement, and other community activities. Voice of the Kansas City Chiefs Mitch Holthus delivered the [...]
At the end of last month, Manhattan City Commissioners received a request from the Aggieville Business Association Board of Directors asking for parking garage fees to be waived until the end of July. Various Aggieville business owners, employees and patrons testified at the board’s meeting Tuesday that complications with construction and accessing the garage have [...]
No structures were lost and no injuries have been reported following three wildfires over the weekend in Riley County. Firefighters from Riley County Fire District No. 1 were called out Friday evening to a blaze near Gehrt Road and Hwy 177, in the southeast area of the county. An estimated four acres of cedar timbers [...]
