Local News

Airport-parking fees made official The Manhattan City Commission officially approved new Manhattan Regional Airport parking fees during its meeting Tuesday. Mayor Wynn Butler says the fees will help make it so that Manhattan tax payers aren’t completely responsible for funding airport improvements. “While we call it the Manhattan Regional Airport, the funding for that thing [...]

The post City makes airport parking fees official, discusses Housing Advisory Board priorities appeared first on News Radio KMAN.

Riley County health officials have confirmed five additional COVID-19 related deaths since Friday, bringing the total number of deaths to 28. Each of the patients were over the age of 45, including three over the age of 65. The health department also confirmed 127 new cases and 306 additional recoveries since Friday and planned to [...]

The post Riley County confirms five new COVID related deaths, 127 new positives appeared first on News Radio KMAN.

Riley County has officially introduced Alice Massimi as its new Public Information Officer. Massimi started Jan. 12 and is already working closely with the county’s health and emergency officials to ensure critical information and updates concerning the Coronavirus Pandemic response are reaching the community. She will coordinate and manage public affairs programs across the Riley [...]

The post Massimi introduced as new Riley County PIO appeared first on News Radio KMAN.

The following summary of calls for service/reports filed by the Riley County Police Department is a portion of those received by police.  Some names, addresses, and case details are withheld to follow local, state, and federal law as well as in an attempt to protect community members from being victimized further.  Those arrested are presumed innocent [...]

The post RCPD Report: 1/20/21 appeared first on News Radio KMAN.

The following summary of calls for service/reports filed by the Riley County Police Department is a portion of those received by police.  Some names, addresses, and case details are withheld to follow local, state, and federal law as well as in an attempt to protect community members from being victimized further.  Those arrested are presumed innocent [...]

The post RCPD Report: 1/20/21 appeared first on News Radio KMAN.

Retention rates for Riley County dispatchers have improved significantly since 2019, according to a report from Riley County Police Department Director Dennis Butler. “I expected it to take about two years to achieve the gains that you’re seeing in this report, which has cut our vacancy rate in half,” Butler told Riley County Law Board [...]

The post RCPD seeing significant improvements in retention of dispatchers appeared first on News Radio KMAN.

The following summary of calls for service/reports filed by the Riley County Police Department is a portion of those received by police.  Some names, addresses, and case details are withheld to follow local, state, and federal law as well as in an attempt to protect community members from being victimized further.  Those arrested are presumed innocent [...]

The post RCPD Report: 1/19/21 appeared first on News Radio KMAN.

Kansas State University’s top official is asking community members to reach out state officials as it anticipates some of its deepest budget cuts in over a decade. President Richard Myers, in a letter to the K-State community Tuesday, says Gov. Laura Kelly’s 5.5 percent cut outlined in her 2022 budget proposal to the legislature last [...]

The post K-State president bracing for deepest budget cuts since 2009 appeared first on News Radio KMAN.