All lanes of Kimball Avenue from Seth Child to Kenmar are expected to reopen Thursday afternoon, just in time for Saturday’s season opener for Kansas State University football. The City of Manhattan announced Wednesday that Ebert Construction has finished their work on Kimball. This project included new storm sewer, new pedestrian beacons, and a turn [...]
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Manhattan continues to work on a master plan for the future of Warner Memorial Park and expanding disc golf isn’t part of the picture. City Commissioners didn’t vote on the plan at their Tuesday work session, but four of the five expressed that they didn’t think the park — which already features a 9-hole course [...]
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More than 50 people were indicted after a three-year investigation into opioid trafficking in the Manhattan area. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in a Topeka news conference announced that 54 people were named in 13 separate grand jury indictments for the distribution of heroin and fentanyl. Henry Clark, Sylvester Calvert, Michael Calvert, James Toliver and Blake [...]
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WESTMORELAND, Kan. — A preliminary hearing is scheduled Friday in Pottawatomie County District Court for a 52-year-old St. Marys man accused of sex crimes with a minor. Peter Palmeri was arrested July 9 on a warrant for two counts of rape, six counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, three counts of aggravated criminal [...]
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A Manhattan man accused of sex crimes involving three underage victims, appeared via his Riley County jail cell for a continued status conference, with no attorney present. Robert Iacobellis informed Judge William Malcolm that his long-time attorney Richard Seaton declined to represent him against the charges and that his family is speaking with two other [...]
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Officers filed a report for aggravated criminal threat in the 1900 block of Lincoln Dr. in Manhattan on August 26, 2019, at approximately 7:20 AM. Officers listed a 15-year-old male as the victim and a 15-year-old female as the suspect when it was reported the suspect threatened the victim on social media while displaying a [...]
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The nation’s number one booked school speaker will be at Manhattan High West Campus Wednesday. Nathan Harmon of Your Life Speaks will talk about bullying prevention, peaceful communications, and personal accountability. Greater Manhattan Community Foundation President and CEO Vern Henricks discussed the event on the GMCF Community Hour Monday , saying it’s presented by the [...]
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WESTMORELAND, Kan. — Pottawatomie County has submitted two potential major road projects for state funding through the Kansas Department of Transportation. Prior to his presentation at a local consult meeting in Topeka, Public Works Director Peter Clark shared highlights with the county commission Monday. One of the projects would see an interchange constructed at Hwy [...]
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Officers filed a report for theft of a motor vehicle in the 700 block of 3rd Pl. in Manhattan on August 23, 2019, at approximately 10:45 AM. Officers listed a 42-year-old male as the victim when he reported an unknown suspect took his white extended cab Chevy truck. The estimated total loss associated with this [...]
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More than $80,000 was raised Saturday during the annual Speedy PD race for Parkinson’s Disease. The event held at Tuttle Creek State Park is an annual fundraiser for the Meadowlark Parkinson Fund to support services for the community to improve the quality of life of those affected by Parkinson’s. Parkinson’s Program Director Michelle Haub spoke [...]
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