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  A 46-person ensemble of tuba, sousaphone and euphonium players brought the holiday spirit to the Manhattan Town Center Saturday. The Manhattan TubaChristmas concert returned in 2021 after a year off due to COVID-19, playing an hour-long set of Christmas-themed songs. The event is organized by the K-State Tuba and Euphonium Studio and the ensemble [...]

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The smell of pancakes and sausage, no better way to start a Saturday morning. The Manhattan Kiwanis Club held their biggest fundraiser of the year with their 70th annual pancake feed and silent auction. A constant flow of community members came through Pottorf Hall at Cico Park Saturday morning to enjoy pancakes, sausage, eggs, and, [...]

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A man integral to revitalizing the written form of the Indigenous Osage language received his honorary doctorate Friday at Kansas State University’s Graduate School Commencement Ceremony, delivering his remarks as the ceremony’s speaker in Osage as well. Now Dr. Herman “Mogri” Mongrain Lookout was among the many recipients of degrees at Bramlage Coliseum celebrating the [...]

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Kansas Farm Bureau is rolling out the second phase of its End Hunger program KFB held the  103rd annual Farm Bureau meeting in Manhattan over the weekend of Dec. 3 through Dec. 6. Foundation organizer AshLee Lattner discussed how county level Farm Bureau organizations and Farm Bureau Financial Services agents can work together to serve [...]

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The registration period for upcoming certification training for the Riley County Protective Home Program has opened. The program, administered by Riley County Community Corrections, provides temporary placement of children in Police Protective Care as a result of abuse and/or neglect. Protective Homes, on very short notice, take in and care for children for up to [...]

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The registration period for upcoming certification training for the Riley County Protective Home Program has opened. The program, administered by Riley County Community Corrections, provides temporary placement of children in Police Protective Care as a result of abuse and/or neglect. Protective Homes, on very short notice, take in and care for children for up to [...]

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An Ohio man, who earlier this year pleaded guilty in federal court to calling in a threat to Lee Elementary School two years ago, has been sentenced to five years in prison. Online court records show 20-year-old Allen Kenna, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court to 60 months on the [...]

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The Manhattan Housing Authority is working with National Church Residences on plans for a demolition and rebuild of a five-story mid-rise public housing building in Downtown Manhattan. Carlson Plaza, located at 425 Pierre Street, is an MHA property constructed in 1975 containing 47 units — the majority of which are one-bedroom apartments. MHA Executive Director [...]

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One person was injured Wednesday in a crash north of Manhattan. According to the Riley County Police Department an SUV and a minivan were involved in a t-bone crash just before 6 p.m. Wednesday near the intersection of North Seth Child Road and Marlatt Ave. Police say 62-year-old Margaret Shykes, of Junction City, was transported [...]

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An appeal by the Boys & Girls Club of Manhattan to demolish a home in the Pierre-Houston Street Historical District for green space has failed. City Commissioners Tuesday unanimously voted to uphold the Historic Resources Board’s rejection of the project. The hearing was tabled at a mid-November meeting in which commissioners delayed their ruling while seeking [...]

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