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The final piece of the new Douglass Recreation Center was unveiled Saturday as part of the annual Juneteenth celebration in Manhattan. A mural, entitled Triumphant, was designed by Wichita native EuGene Byrd III of Atlanta, Georgia. It honors the strength, pain, joy, faith, knowledge, sacrifice and perseverance of black residents in the community from past [...]

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Work began this week on a new $38 million medical complex at the K-State Research Park. The facility will serve in part as a to training site for students in K-State’s physician assistant program as part of an agreement between the school and Stormont Vail Health. Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce president Jason Smith says [...]

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Officials from the City of Manhattan, Riley County and Pottawatomie County sat down Thursday to discuss budgetary challenges amid the newly adopted Senate Bill 13. The legislation, passed this spring, is intended to increase transparency in property tax collections in the state. It requires all taxing entities to create budgets at a revenue-neutral rate (RNR), [...]

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The Wamego School Board met briefly Friday to approve the hire of new principals at Wamego Middle School and Wamego High School for the upcoming school year. Interim Superintendent Greg Mann spoke about the hiring process at Friday’s meeting. Brad Couture will lead the middle school after serving as an assistant principal and athletic director [...]

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Riley County Police say a motorcyclist is in critical condition following a Thursday crash near the intersection of Anderson Ave. and Woodland Street. Investigators say 71-year-old Dennis Rhoden, of Solomon, had swerved his 2003 Harley-Davidson into oncoming traffic to avoid a car turning at the intersection shortly before 4 p.m. He was transported to Ascension [...]

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The Negro Leagues and its ties to the Manhattan area were featured as part of the kickoff to Juneteenth weekend festivities Thursday night at the Douglass Recreation Center. Co-founder of the Negro Leagues Museum Phil S. Dixon spoke about the Kansas City Monarchs and some of the ways the team influenced modern baseball. Dixon says [...]

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A Pottawatomie County woman sustained a serious injury Thursday after rolling her pickup near Hiawatha. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 41-year-old Sarah Hoskins of Emmett was on the eastbound off ramp, shortly before 1:30 p.m. on US 36 near the US 73 junction, when her truck went off the roadway onto the shoulder. The truck [...]

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Some government offices will be closed Friday due to Juneteenth being recognized as a federal holiday. On Thursday, President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, establishing Jun 19 as a federal holiday Riley County Offices will be closed in observance of the holiday.  Since the 19th falls on a Saturday, the federal [...]

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Public art program The Manhattan City Commission discussed the possibility of hiring a full-time public arts program coordinator during its meeting Tuesday. The proposed staff member would help implement the city’s public arts program and potential new policies, duties which are currently split among multiple city departments. Mayor Wynn Butler was not in favor of the proposal, saying [...]

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Governor Laura Kelly has appointed K-State alumnus and former BNSF Railway CEO Carl Ice to the Kansas Board of Regents. Ice currently serves as the Vice Chairman of the KSU Foundation Board of Directors and is a member of the Salvation Army National Board of Directors. He is also a former member of the KSU [...]

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