Pottawatomie County commissioners on Monday discussed a need for more communication between its board and the Planning and Zoning Board moving forward. The two entities have been busy working through conditional use permits for a number of rock quarries, outdoor wedding venues and working through developing possible regulations for solar farms. At Monday’s meeting, Commissioner [...]
A court date for two former Wamego teachers accused of unlawful sexual relations with a former student came and went Tuesday with no new developments. It’s now continued to later this fall. Pottawatomie County Attornery Sherri Schuck tells KMAN it’s nothing unusual, as the state and prosecution await KBI to complete searches on digital and [...]
Two new charges have been filed against a former Manhattan-Ogden paraeducator charged with numerous counts of child sex crimes. An amended court complaint filed online Monday show 33-year-old Aaron Zachry is charged with two new counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child stemming from two separate occasions in 2019. The new charges bring Zachry’s [...]
Manhattan area businesses were recognized Tuesday at the annual Business Awards, hosted by the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce. A total of 16 businesses were recognized at the event, held over the lunch hour at the Manhattan Conference Center. Midwest Concrete Materials took home Business of the Year. The company played a key role in [...]
Manhattan City Commissioners Tuesday will begin a review of the city’s corpus of advisory boards and committees. Manhattan has 21 city-sponsored boards and committees, as well as 2 temporary committees and 6 associated outside agency boards. City commissioners beginning in 2021 and into 2022 identified this review as a priority, with administrative staff noting many [...]
Community members gathered inside the Shamrock Zone at K-State’s Bramlage Coliseum to help kick off Konza United Way’s 2023 fundraising campaign. Children’s books were placed throughout the room for attendees to write inspirational messages inside. Event emcee Dave Lewis explained how these books coincide with a new partnership and goal for the organization. While this [...]
A Manhattan man was the victim of an assault early Sunday morning. According to the Riley County Police Department Activity Report, police responded to a report of battery after a 23-year-old man was attacked around 3:30 a.m. at the intersection of North 10th and Thurston Street. The victim reported that three or four unknown male [...]
The Riley County Health Department will provide free in-person COVID tests starting Monday. According to a news release from RCHD, testing will be available by appointment only. Appointments can be scheduled as early as five days out or as late as two hours before the selected timeslot. A mobile lab trailer conducting nasal swab PCR [...]
Senator Jerry Moran joined a group of Kansas State University officials Friday in touring Shellenberger Hall, the future site of the Global Center for Grain and Food Innovation. The Kansas Board of Regents in 2020 approved $5 million in startup funding from the legislature for K-State to create a new Institute for Global Food, Health and Biosecurity. The [...]
Riley County officials say a brush fire reported near Randolph kept firefighters busy Thursday, scorching an estimated 30 acres of private property. Firefighters were dispatched around noon Thursday to the 9600 block of Windy Hill Road and contained the fire. Windy conditions reignited the fire later in the day, prompting a second response before the [...]
