The Manhattan-Ogden School Board took the first step Wednesday toward an agreement between the district and local nonprofit Common Table to utilize space within the Manhattan High East Campus building at 901 Poyntz Ave. for community meals. Common Table volunteer Michael Gassmann spoke to the board about the potential partnership The organization intends to use [...]
Authorities have identified a man found dead at a Wamego home over the weekend as 47-year-old Justin Meyer. According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, who is leading an investigation into Meyer’s death, there is no evidence suggesting foul play. Investigators are awaiting results of the final autopsy. Meyer was found dead Sunday at home [...]
The Manhattan Fire Department quickly extinguished a car wash fire Wednesday morning. Crews were called out around 10:30 a.m. to the Rapid Wash at 8115 South Port Drive. Upon arrival, a propane-fueled fire was located on the exterior of the building. Crews used firefighting foam to extinguish the fire located in a pit within 10 [...]
A Manhattan man who served time in prison is now confined in the Riley County Jail on a warrant charging him with burglary and theft of multiple firearms. According to RCPD, 24-year-old Brandon Welty was arrested Tuesday after being transported from the Lansing Correction Facility to Riley County. The warrant stems from a February 2022 [...]
Ongoing challenges within Manhattan’s T. Russel Reitz Animal Shelter were discussed at the city’s Tuesday work session. Assistant City Attorney Rachel Sherck says one major issue is a lack of jurisdiction for animal control officers. ACOs work jointly with the Riley County Police Department, but lack the legal authority to help with animal control issues [...]
A Riley County jury has convicted a Manhattan man on charges of child sexual abuse. Following a week long trial, jurors on Friday found Vincent Meeks guilty on charges of aggravated indecent liberties, indecent solicitation and furnishing alcohol to a minor, according to Deputy Riley County Attorney Bethany Fields. The charges were from an August [...]
Former Wamego USD 320 Superintendent Norris Wika has died. An online obituary says Wika died Jan. 26 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka at the age of 81, following a battle with lewy body dementia. Wika was hired to lead Wamego Schools in 1982 and oversaw a bond issue passed to build Wamego Middle School [...]
Courtesy Joe Montgomery, K-State Division of Communications & Marketing MANHATTAN — Two U.S. Department of Agriculture programs support rural veterinarians, but filling out the applications can be challenging. Faculty in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University are now offering assistance to those applying for the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program and the Veterinary Services [...]
Manhattan-Ogden school board members will consider having district administrators enter discussions with Common Table that would likely pave the way for community meals to be provided in the Manhattan High East Campus building at 901 Poyntz Ave. The board meets at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Robinson Education Center. The meeting agenda is available below. [...]
A Wamego man was injured Monday evening in a crash on Interstate 70 in Shawnee County. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 24-year-old Hunter Dodge was eastbound near mile marker 356, just before 7 p.m. when he lost consciousness and rolled his vehicle, striking the barrier wall. The vehicle continued to roll onto the right shoulder [...]
