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Pottawatomie County commissioners moved Monday to send out bids for dust control on some of the county’s more well-traveled dirt gravel roads. Public Works Engineering Aide Janell Ralph says the county has three interested bidders for the annual sprays this year. A number of rural routes have had more traffic amid the closure of the [...]

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Manhattan Public Works crews continue to patch potholes across the city, following January’s frigid and wet conditions. City Engineer Brian Johnson says work is continuing on a stretch of Fort Riley Blvd. near Westwood Road, where traffic backed up for Tuesday morning’s commute. City Manager Ron Fehr joined KMAN’s In Focus Tuesday and says the [...]

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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly will deliver this year’s Landon Lecture at Kansas State University. The lecture will take place at 11:30 a.m. Feb. 16 in Forum Hall at the K-State Student Union. Kelly’s lecture will center around the health of the state of Kansas, its residents and its politics. The lecture is free and open [...]

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The Senate has come out with a $118 billion compromise that pairs tens of billions of dollars in wartime aid for Ukraine with new border laws aimed at shrinking the historic number of people coming to the U.S. border with Mexico seeking asylum. The legislation faced almost immediate criticism from Republicans in both chambers, including [...]

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Two people were injured in a weekend crash on the north side of Manhattan. RCPD says the injury crash occurred Friday evening near the intersection of Marlatt and North Seth Child Road, involving a minivan driven by 20-year-old Gabriel Ramos-Calleja, of Manhattan and a passenger car driven by 47-year-old Whitney Francis, also of Manhattan. Francis [...]

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Crews will be replacing utility poles this week along US 24, in the vicinity of the McCall Road intersection. The City of Manhattan says work will result in lane restrictions on the well-traveled corridor starting at 9 a.m. Tuesday and continuing through Thursday. The outside lanes will be closed in both directions approaching the intersection. [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested Saturday on a number of charges, including assault and battery. The Riley County Police Department says 27-year-old Michael Lee Williamsen is charged with single counts of aggravated assault, criminal threat, domestic battery and attempted possession of a firearm while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. He’s also charged with [...]

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Potential parking fees for the downtown garage will be considered at the next Manhattan City Commission meeting. The first reading of an ordinance is scheduled to take place Tuesday, with city officials discussing the potential purchase of license plate reader equipment for the garage, which is attached to the Hilton Garden Inn and Manhattan Conference [...]

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Pottawatomie County officials say Onaga Road will be closed Monday afternoon between Pitney and Pauling Run Roads, northeast of Wamego. That stretch of roadway will be closed from noon until 3 p.m. A concrete pumper truck will be positioned on the bridge deck over Coal Creek. County crews will be pouring concrete for structural work [...]

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January revenues for the State of Kansas were about 6.5% below projections, marking the third straight month revenues have been less than estimated, according to the Department of Revenue. Gov. Laura Kelly says it emphasizes that any tax cuts must be done in a fiscally responsible way. The governor vetoed the legislature’s tax package in [...]

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