The Riley County commission on Thursday unanimously certified a 2025 budget of more than $104 million and a mill levy of 37.943 mills, meaning property owners will see a slight decrease in their taxes. This year’s mill levy is a 1.923-mill decrease from last year. A mill represents $1 in taxes for every $1,000 in [...]
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A Junction city man was arrested Wednesday morning on a host of theft-related charges. 26-year-old Estarlin Almendares Guardado was arrested around 11:15 a.m. Wednesday in the 7400 block of Appennines at Fort Riley. He was then booked into the Riley County Jail on probable cause offenses of burglary; criminal use of a financial card; and [...]
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A man was arrested Tuesday night in connection with an aggravated assault that was reported in Manhattan, authorities said. Officers filed a report in the incident around 6:45 p.m. Tuesday in the 2100 block of Fort Riley Boulevard. Riley County police listed a 61-year-old man as the victim in the case. Officials said Robert Darryl [...]
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Manhattan residents and K-State students returning to town have had their fair share of issues with construction on Anderson Avenue recently. Shilling Construction began working on concrete repairs on Anderson/Bluemont Avenue between 11th Street and Harris Drive earlier this summer, a project that included shifting lane closures and had an original completion date of Aug. [...]
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RCPD is investigating after reports were filed for theft and forgery on Tuesday at Hi-Tech Interiors. Reports say that a known suspect to the company had falsified multiple receipts for labor, finances and materials spanning back to the year 2017. The...
The Manhattan city commission on Tuesday reached a consensus maximum 2025 budget of $229.6 million and mill levy increase of 4 mills. Tuesday’s meeting set a cap on spending, and commissioners said the exact figures could lower at the september 3rd meeting. Overall, the commissioners had differing philosophical approaches to balancing the budget, with some [...]
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Riley County Police Department officials are looking at different ways to fund school resource officers to help save money for government entities like Manhattan that are dealing with fiscal shortages. At Monday’s Riley County Law Enforcement Agency Board meeting, Riley County attorney and law board member Barry Wilkerson said the discussion about funding school resource [...]
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Home is where the heart is, and Manhattan’s newest city manager said she is returning to work in a community she always has loved. Long before the Manhattan city commission appointed Danielle Dulin as city manager early this month, she was an economics student at K-State. She grew up in the small Kansas town of [...]
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 Officers filed a report of theft in the 100 block of Bluemont Ave on Monday just after 3 p.m. Officers listed Wal-Mart as the victim when it was reported an unknown suspect left the store with over $1,000 in unpaid merchandise. Anyone with infor...
 A country music star is set to kick off a new season of performances at the McCain Auditorium later this year. Country star Aaron Watson will kick off the new season in the McCain Performance Series on Thursday Sept. 5 with a performance beginning at 7:30 p.m. Watson has been in country music for [...]
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