Pottawatomie County Commissioners heard an hour of public comment Monday regarding a proposed rock quarry near Wheaton by Topeka-based Mid-States Materials. The Planning Commission voted earlier this spring 4-3 to recommend denial of a conditional use permit for the quarry. Concerned landowners spoke about why they are opposed to the project. Travis Ross, a fourth [...]
A local non-profit with a mission to reduce poverty is raising funds through an online auction again this year. Thrive! Flint Hills is now in its 7th year, and works with people through an 18-month personal development program that aims to help people more than just survive, but thrive. Executive Director Jayme Morris-Hardeman says Thrive! [...]
Gas prices jumped again on Friday in the Manhattan area as the country deals with the highest prices on record. Across the city, a gallon of regular is now anywhere from $4.49 to $4.59, while the national average sits at $4.85, according to AAA. As bad as gas prices have been, diesel prices have been [...]
Motorists can expect some traffic adjustments on Browning Ave. near Marlatt Elementary well into next month. The City of Manhattan has confirmed a Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) Safe Routes to Schools project began this week and will keep the intersection at Browning and Dickens Ave. closed for approximately six weeks. North and southbound travelers [...]
Two motorcyclists were injured Friday on Tuttle Creek Blvd. near the Riley turn off at Highway 24 and 77. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, the two bikers were southbound, shortly before noon, when the trailing biker rear-ended the bike in front of him. Both bikes came to rest in the southbound lane. The trailing [...]
Riley County commissioners approved amendments to the Preliminary and Final Development Plans associated with an existing Agri-Business Planned Unit Development in the county. The business in question is Liquid Art Winery, owned by David and Danielle Tegtmeier. The property is on Wildcat Creek Road near Scenic Drive. The amendments include a new single family residence, [...]
With National Donut Day falling on Friday, June 3rd, one Manhattan business expects to see sales drastically increase in celebration of the holiday. Varsity Donuts is celebrating their 10th National Donut Day since the store opened. For Friday only, the bakery will be giving away one free classic donut per customer. Varsity’s Manager Melisa Cross [...]
Construction at the National Bio and Agro Defense Facility has now completed. The estimated $1.25 billion project has been in the works for over a decade, with sitework starting in 2010 and construction officially commencing in 2013. Kansas was named as the location for the biosafety level-4 [BSL-4] laboratory in late 2008, which will replace [...]
A vehicle carrying four teenage girls from Junction City crashed Thursday during a high speed pursuit in Geary County. The Kansas Highway Patrol says a 2000 Pontiac Grand Am was westbound on Interstate 70 around 1 p.m. and attempted to exit at Milford Lake Road, west of Junction City. Because of the high rate of [...]
A Pottawatomie County woman and an infant child were seriously injured in a crash southwest of Wamego Thursday morning. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the crash happened shortly before 11 a.m. when an eastbound Toyota Avalon carrying three people, left the road and struck a tree, near Bluebird Road. The driver, identified as 28-year-old Tyra [...]
