Officers filed a report for theft in the 500 block of Poyntz in Manhattan on February 12, 2019, at approximately 4:55 PM. Officers listed Chad Robertson, 45 of St. George as the victim when it was reported an unknown suspect took the victims 1996 Dodge Ram 1500. The estimated total loss associated with this case is [...]
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Members of the Manhattan business community talked about the future of economic development in the city at Tuesday’s Manhattan City Commission work session. The discussion followed a presentation on the annual economic development report. The city performs an accountability review of all organizations which receive Manhattan Economic Development Opportunity funds — including recipients of funds [...]
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MANHATTAN — With the upcoming retirement of its current president later this month and a new president taking the helm in March, the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce has announced that Karen Hibbard will lead the chamber on an interim basis. Hibbard, who is Executive Director for the Manhattan Convention and Visitors Bureau received the [...]
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Manhattan Deputy City Manager Jason Hilgers expects the city won’t see any more return on $317,000 of investments it made in the Tallgrass Brewing Company. He presented the annual economic development report at the city commission work session Tuesday. Tallgrass suspended operations last August after negotiations with new investors languished. Recapitalization efforts seem to have failed for the time being [...]
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MANHATTAN — Time is running out to get your sweetheart a gift for Valentine’s Day. The Little Apple Barbershop Chorus in Manhattan is once again providing a unique gift idea, through the power of music, as heard on the KMAN Morning Show Tuesday. That is Charades, one of four Little Apple Chorus barbershop quartets this [...]
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Riley County was proclaimed a POW MIA (prisoner of war, missing in action) county from the Jefferson Barracks Museum out of St Louis during the Riley County commission meeting on Monday. VFW Post 1786 Commander Dan Watkins, along with fellow VFW members, presented the POW MIA county sign to commissioners. He said this day was [...]
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MARSHALL COUNTY — A Frankfort woman was hospitalized after her vehicle was struck by a semi in rural Marshall County Monday. The Kansas Highway Patrol says shortly before 12:30 p.m., 18-year-old Elizabeth Taylor was attempting a northbound turn from Parallel Road onto Kansas Highway 99. The location is about five miles north of Blaine. As [...]
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MARSHALL COUNTY — A Frankfort woman was hospitalized after her vehicle was struck by a semi in rural Marshall County Monday. The Kansas Highway Patrol says shortly before 12:30 p.m., 18-year-old Elizabeth Taylor was attempting a northbound turn from Parallel Road onto Kansas Highway 99. The location is about five miles north of Blaine. As [...]
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Manhattan area vexillologists have an opportunity to show off their skills in a new city contest announced Monday, Feb. 11. Manhattan is seeking designs for a new flag and will accept submissions through Friday, March 29. Submissions will be reviewed and narrowed down to one or two options by the Arts and Humanities Advisory Board, [...]
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A bridge about 1 mile east of Tuttle Creek Boulevard in Northern Riley County is closed indefinitely, according to a release from Riley County Public Works. The Stockdale Park Road bridge over Mill Creek — located in Grant Township — has sustained critical concrete section loss in its deck. Photos released by the department show [...]
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