Brandon Peoples

A Topeka-based manufacturing company cleared the first hurdles on Tuesday, as it looks to expand into Manhattan. City commissioners unanimously advanced an economic development application and incentives package for PTMW, Inc., which plans to lease a speculative industrial warehouse facility in east Manhattan. Morgan Padgett, PTMW’s senior vice president of accounting, told commissioners Tuesday, the [...]

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All modes of severe weather will be possible across the region Tuesday evening into early Wednesday. The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center has placed the Manhattan area in an enhanced (level 3) risk for storm development. Large hail and damaging wind gusts will be the primary hazards, but tornadoes cannot be ruled out in [...]

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No injuries were reported Monday morning after a car fire north of Manhattan. Firefighters from Riley County Fire District No. 1 were dispatched around 7:20 am to the 7400 block of Tuttle Creek Blvd, less than a mile south of the four mile corner. According to Deputy Chief Jake Konrardy, the Ford SUV had heavy [...]

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Two people were seriously injured in a Sunday crash on I-70 near Junction City. The Kansas Highway Patrol says it happened just before 4:30 pm, about a mile east of the US-77 interchange. An eastbound SUV swerved to the right, striking an eastbound Toyota Prius, causing both vehicles to spin out. The SUV rolled several [...]

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Three people were injured in a fiery crash Saturday afternoon on Interstate 70, near Junction City. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a pickup rear-ended an SUV that had stopped in traffic in the outside westbound lane, about a mile west of the K-18 interchange, due to a bottleneck caused by road construction. The crash [...]

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City officials will consider on first reading an economic development agreement with PTMW, a metal fabrication company. The company intends to enter a lease agreement with Flint Hills Ventures, LLC, which owns a warehouse facility under construction at 1105 Kretschmer Drive. PTMW is requesting a 10-year tax abatement and an incentive package that includes a [...]

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A Tecumseh man was taken into custody earlier this month on a Riley County District Court warrant alleging felony breach of privacy. Adam Hoobler, 23, was arrested in Shawnee County on March 22, according to Friday’s RCPD arrest report. An online criminal complaint accuses Hoobler of secretly recording a victim while they were “nude or [...]

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Patrons may soon be able to roam around downtown Manhattan with drinks in hand. City commissioners on Tuesday directed city staffers to explore the creation of a common consumption area daily from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., that would include most areas around Poyntz Avenue and Houston Street businesses from 3rd to 5th Street. Gina [...]

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A Manhattan woman is jailed in Riley County, accused of battery of a law enforcement officer and other charges. According to the Riley County Police Department, 33-year-old Tanasha Dupree was arrested just before 8 p.m. Monday in the 1300 block of Yuma Street. Officers charged her with battery, aggravated battery, aggravated assault, interference and flee [...]

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