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May 2021 sales tax revenue Manhattan sales tax revenue for May 2021, which reflects spending from two months previous, is up 25 percent from May 2020 and up 12 percent from 2019. City manager Ron Fehr explained to KMAN one possible reason for the increase. Fehr says the increase in sales tax numbers has given [...]

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The Riley County Law Board will hold a special meeting Thursday afternoon where it will consider publication of the Riley County Police Department’s 2022 budget. RCPD staff have drafted four potential options, ranging from approximately $22.6 million to just under $23 million. Options one and three include a 1 percent cost of living adjustment, a [...]

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The Riley County Health Department says 43 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the past week, while there were 19 recoveries during the same timeframe. That jump in cases means there are nearly 70 cases active currently in the county. Just over 50 tests registered positive on the week, out of 526 tests given. [...]

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The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld a 2019 Riley County District Court sentencing of an Ogden woman convicted of two counts of drug distribution within 1,000 feet of a school. Anita Jo Albano was arrested in August 2017 and later convicted on by a jury. In her appeal, Albano argued the Kansas sentencing guidelines violated [...]

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Art museum The Manhattan City Commission approved the first readings of amendments to sales tax and revenue (STAR) bonds Tuesday, thus taking a step towards the creation of the Museum of Art and Light in downtown Manhattan. The $43.6 million project will be funded by private donations, STAR bonds and about $200,000 per year through [...]

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Kansas State University’s new swine birthing facility is now open. School officials say the facility, which opened in late may, will give students experience that reflects their future professional work environments. The facility is located north of the main campus at the K-State Swine Teaching and Research Center. The project was largely funded privately, including [...]

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A.Q. Miller School of Journalism radio station Wildcat 91.9 received two bronze Telly Awards. The awards, received on May 24 in New York City, were handed out for the station’s in-house digital production in the areas of “Local TV Campaign: Not for Profit” and “Local TV Campaign: Promotional”. The station was chosen out of 12,000 [...]

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Kansas State University has rescinded mandatory face masks and social distancing, effective today. The new policy makes face coverings and physical distancing optional on all campuses and at university events, and doesn’t make any exceptions regarding vaccination status. The school does continue to “strongly encourage” those who have not recieved the COVID-19 vaccine to do [...]

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The filing deadline for Manhattan city and USD 383 school board election candidates came and went Tuesday. All told, 10 local residents have filed for three seats on the school board and nine residents for three seats on the city commission. That means there will be a primary election August 3 to narrow the field [...]

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Five people were injured Monday in a crash east of Junction City. The Kansas Highway Patrol says a vehicle was exiting I-70 at K-18. A southbound vehicle failed to stop at a stop sign while the other car was attempting a left turn, causing a collision. The driver of the first vehicle, 27-year-old Justin Finch [...]

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