Riley County Police are investigating a shooting incident that occurred Wednesday afternoon in west Manhattan. Just before 5 p.m. officers were called out to the 2500 block of Farm Bureau Road in the Redbud Estates neighborhood to respond to a 20-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound not believed to be life threatening. He was [...]
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City of Manhattan officials continue work along Hayes Drive where two sinkholes developed less than a mile from each other in August. On KMAN’s In Focus Tuesday, Manhattan City Manager Ron Fehr spoke about the magnitude of the sinkhole that exists on Hayes north of Levee Drive. He says bypass pumping and de-watering continues at [...]
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Manhattan is putting additional economic development funding for new Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce and Region Reimagined initatives on hold until after the November election. The City Commission rejected a motion to provide the Chamber an additional $350,000 per year in economic development money for 5 years by 3 to 2 vote, and will revisit [...]
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Kansas State University is celebrating enrollment increases at three of its campuses, despite total enrollment declines. It was announced Wednesday that the university’s Global, Polytechnic and Olathe campuses all saw increases in the total students enrolled, offsetting declines on the Manhattan campus. Overall, the total university enrollment was down 502 students. In a release from [...]
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Officers filed a report for theft by deception in Manhattan on October 1, 2019, at approximately 2:25 PM. Officers listed Walters Morgan Construction as the victim when it was reported a known female suspect made fraudulent charges in the business’ name. The estimated total loss associated with this case is approximately $10,000.00. Officers filed a [...]
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The US Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture Research Service has announced the hiring of Dr. Alfonso Clavijo as the Director of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF). NBAF Coordinator for USDA APHIS Dr. Ken Burton tells KMAN they’re excited to have a permanent NBAF Director now in place. “He brings such a wide wealth of [...]
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Riley County commissioners have approved an upcoming public hearing for a sewer benefit district in Keats. Deputy County Counselor Craig Cox brought a petition from some of the residents of Keats requesting the sewer district. The petition was signed by about 0.54 acreage, which rounded to about 55% of the residents. State statutes say a [...]
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Riley County Police arrested a 16-year-old student from Manhattan High School West Campus Monday. According to Tuesday’s arrest report, Charles Lee Jones was charged with disorderly conduct and battery. The arrest was made just before 1 p.m. A short time earlier, the school was placed in secure campus with school officials lifting it a brief [...]
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Four years after an initial Riley Community Needs Assessment was conducted, the Flint Hills Wellness Coalition is asking residents to complete its second such comprehensive community needs that will be more inclusive of the diverse population The issues covered by the survey include quality of life, physical health, mental health, social issues, children and [...]
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Officers filed a report for theft in the 100 block of Bluemont Ave. in Manhattan on September 27, 2019, at approximately 4:00 PM. Officers listed Walmart as the victim when it was reported a known male suspect took an IPhone X. The estimated total loss associated with this case is approximately $1,199.00. Police ask that anyone [...]
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