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Riley County commissioners have objected the historical status of the First Christian Church property. The vote was made 2-1, with Commissioner Kathryn Focke voting against. A hearing from the National Register of Historic Places is set to take place on August 7th. If the property is deemed historical, then the commission would need permission for [...]

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A Salina man is jailed in connection to a November 2019 aggravated robbery in Manhattan. According to the Riley County Police Department, Lee Dennis Noonan was arrested Thursday on a warrant for two counts of aggravated robbery and one count of aggravated kidnapping. He is jailed on a $150,000 bond. Noonan is being connected in [...]

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School supplies are being collected Saturday for the USD 383 FIT Closet during the annual Stuff the Bus event outside Walmart. Manhattan Broadcasting has again partnered with the FIT Closet, Konza United Way and K-State Credit Union to outfit all USD 383 students with enough school supplies to start the school year. FIT Closet Coordinator [...]

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Kansas State University will require incoming Manhattan campus first-year students to live on campus starting in Fall 2022. The university said Friday it is implementing this residency requirement for the first two semesters to enhance student success. Vice President for Student Life and dean of students Thomas Lane says national research and university-specific data show [...]

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Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce officials are breathing a sigh of relief after the federal government recently announced it won’t redefine what constitutes a “metropolitan statistical area.” Chamber president and CEO Jason Smith: According to the Office of Management and Budget, an area is considered an MSA if it has a population of at least [...]

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The newly created Kansas Commission on Racial Equity and Justice is recommending all schools “review and eliminate” the use of Native American mascots, nicknames or imagery in public school settings. The commission, formed by Gov. Laura Kelly in June 2020, released its voluntary guidance Wednesday and suggested state action could accelerate and encourage such actions [...]

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One person was killed Thursday morning in a weather-related two-vehicle crash in Pottawatomie County. The Kansas Highway Patrol says it happened shortly before 9 a.m on Highway 13, east of the Tuttle Creek dam. The accident led to a nearly five hour closure of the highway between Dyer and Westmoreland Roads. Heavy rains fell in [...]

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With a September 7th public hearing on a nearly 55 mill levy increase and the city budget now set, the Manhattan City Commission has a lot of work to do in trying to determine what the final numbers will be. Tuesday night, commissioners gave indications that they don’t want to see the mill levy increase [...]

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Work will soon begin on a number of trails throughout Manhattan. Manhattan Parks and Rec assistant director Wyatt Thompson says they will start repairing and paving trails and a parking lot in Anneberg Park in early August as a result of the 2018 Wildcat Creek Flood. According to Thompson, this project will also include clearing out [...]

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A former Junction City High School athletic trainer has entered a no-contest plea in Geary County District Court to a single count of sexual exploitation of a child. Online court documents show Brandon Martino entered the plea at a Tuesday arraignment hearing and was subsequently found guilty by Judge Michael Powers. In exchange for Martino’s [...]

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