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An Army veteran and CEO of the SAVE Farm is hoping to unseat longtime State Senator Tom Hawk in the 22nd district. Craig Bowser (R-Manhattan) says he’s running as a common-sense conservative and wants to curb the state’s spending. He says he’ll draw on his own business experience to accomplish that. “We’ve got to get [...]

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Airport parking fees The Manhattan City Commission Tuesday recommended implementing an initial $2.50-per-day parking fee at Manhattan Regional Airport instead of the originally suggested $1 fee. The initial fee would begin in January 2021 and eventually increase to $5 per day in January 2022. Mark Hatesohl, city commissioner, originally suggested increasing the fee, saying its a nominal [...]

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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 [...]

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Blues great Taj Mahal will appear for a livestream performance next month to benefit Kansas State University’s McCain Auditorium. Tickets for the Blues Hall of Fame composer, multi-instrumentalist and multiple Grammy Award winner, are on sale now for the Nov. 17 performance from the UC Theatre stage in Berkeley, California. McCain executive director Todd Holmberg [...]

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Need a ride to vote? The League of Women Voters of Manhattan-Riley County have teamed up with local chapters of Alpha Kappa Alpha, a historically black sorority and local nonprofit agency Kansas Civic Engagement Table, to provide free one-day ATA Bus passes for residents needing to cast a ballot at their polling place or to [...]

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A trial in the sexual abuse case involving a former Manhattan restaurant owner likely won’t happen until early next year. At a Monday status hearing, Riley County Judge Kendra Lewison granted defense attorneys for Bob Iacobellis until mid-December to review the more than 2,000 pages of Department for Children and Families records tied to the [...]

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Even through the pandemic, the Flint Hills Veterans Coalition has continued to work hard to host it’s annual events. Veterans day is coming up, and the FHVC tells KMAN the yearly events are still happening. Chuck Sexton, President of FHVC says the parade is one of the biggest events they have each year, and they [...]

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Riley County commissioners gave consensus Monday not to move forward with the proposed Riley County Police department substation at this time. The substation would be located within the City of Manhattan’s proposed parking garage in Aggieville.  Original plans by RCPD included the substation and additional space for a training office. The law board endorsed the [...]

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Fraudulent unemployment claims have become more prominent over the past month or so, according to Dennis Butler, Riley County Police Department director. He says scammers are using social-security numbers and other pieces of personal information to file for unemployment claims under the names of other people. “The Department of Labor is seeing so many of [...]

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