A 35-year-old Manhattan man is jailed in connection to past sex crimes. Riley County Police arrested Skyler James Berry Thursday on charges of aggravated criminal sodomy, two counts of rape and aggravated indecent liberties with a child. A police report was filed May 28. The crimes are alleged to have occurred in Manhattan in December [...]
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Nearly $6 million in federal funding has been approved to fund an upcoming runway improvement project at the Manhattan Regional Airport. U.S. Senators Roger Marshall and Jerry Moran announced Thursday that $5.9 million dollars from the Department of Defense has been awarded to the city for the needed expansion which will occur in 2023. Airport [...]
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Pottawatomie County officials are looking into a cyberattack on certain county computer networks and systems that occurred on Sept. 17. According to a statement from Public Information Officer Becky Ryan, the breach encrypted multiple servers, preventing county employees from accessing many of their everyday systems. She says immediate steps were taken to isolate the affected [...]
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Construction in Manhattan’s North Campus Corridor along Kimball Ave. will soon move into its next phase. City officials gave the green light Tuesday night to award a $4 million grant funded contract to Bayer Construction for the redevelopment of Kimball where it curves around the NBAF campus. City Manager Ron Fehr says some of the [...]
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Kansas State University is offering buyouts to faculty nearing retirement. In a letter penned in Monday’s edition of K-State Today, President Richard Myers announced the one-time voluntary separation incentive program which allows eligible, tenured faculty an option to leave a year early. The is pays out a lump-sum cash payment equal to that employee’s 2022 [...]
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Update – 6 a.m. Thursday Fire investigators have determined that a house fire in northwest Manhattan Tuesday evening was accidental. The Manhattan Fire Department says the fire, at 3341 Effingham Drive, started as a result of improperly disposed of smoking materials. Firefighters rescued six pets from the fire and two of them died from their [...]
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An Ohio man pleaded guilty last month in federal court after admitting he called in a threat to Manhattan’s Lee Elementary School, in November 2019, which turned out to be a hoax. Allen Kenna, 20, also admitted at the Aug. 18 hearing that he was planning to set off an explosive device at a high [...]
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Questions remain over how Pottawatomie County will approach a potential cost share agreement for eventual paving on a stretch of Elm Slough Road, east of the Flush Road interchange. At issue is the prospect of right-of-way acquisitions where a new residential development is being proposed. The developer is required to pay for the 750 feet [...]
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An 18-year-old New Jersey woman was killed Monday on Interstate 70 in Riley County in a rollover crash. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, the truck traveled into the center median several times, then rolled and came to rest on its passenger side in the median. The incident occurred early Monday morning about four miles [...]
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A Manhattan man is jailed in Morris County after authorities allege he stole a vehicle. According to the Council Grove Police Department, 20-year-old Andrew Franklin was arrested early Saturday morning in connection to a stolen vehicle found unattended in the downtown area. After a subsequent investigation, Franklin was booked on a charge of felony possession [...]
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