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Story by Emma Loura/Manhattan Mercury Downtown Alleys north of Poyntz Avenue will shut down starting next week. Gina Snyder, executive director of Downtown Manhattan Inc., told Riley County commissioners on Monday the alleys will close July 15 so Kansas Gas Service can enlarge the tube connected to the city’s gas service. “We just have to [...]

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Downtown Manhattan Inc. is looking at ways to improve its website and other services in its recent budget request to the city of Manhattan. Executive director Gina Snyder explains. The current website is 10 years old according to Snyder and is also not mobile friendly. Snyder says all options have been discussed including the possibility [...]

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Geary County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to an accident on Sunday in Smoky Hill. Deputies responded to a single-car accident in the 1200 block of Taylor Road in Smoky Hill just after 4 pm to find a 2014 Ford F150 in the eastbound ditch. Mathias Schoenhofer of Junction City wrecked his truck after he went too [...]

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Riley County Police Department filed a report for theft on Sunday. Officers filed a report of theft just after 9:30 am in the 2300 block of Sky-Vue Lane. Officers listed a 38-year-old male as the victim when it was reported a lock was cut from a trailer and a Hack Attack pitching machine, valued at [...]

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Four Manhattan City Manager finalists have recently been identified. The search committee for a new City Manager has narrowed down the candidates to four finalists for the position, and they are all being invited to visit Manhattan later this month. The City will issue a news release once visit information has been finalized, including candidates’ [...]

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By Emma Loura/Manhattan Mercury After eight years of requiring Native American education as part of school curriculum, members of the USD 383 Manhattan-Ogden school board feel ready to broaden the topic of diversity to reflect the variety of cultural backgrounds of students in the district. Teaching and learning executive director Andrea Tiede on Wednesday asked [...]

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Riley County Republicans will be hosting several upcoming events for residents to meet the primary candidates, including this Tuesday at Pottorf hall in Manhatttan. Confirmed attendees include Eli Kormanik, Kenny Titus, Brad Starnes, Megan Steele, Kaleb James, Angel Roeser and Kristin Little from Senator Moran’s office. Other Riley County elected Republicans will also be there. [...]

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A Junction City man is set to be sentenced in Riley County District Court on Monday. 29-year-old Zane Thomas is set to be sentenced for his role in a kidnapping that occured on Gatlinburg Way in Manhattan back on Jan. 2, 2023. Thomas was arrested with two other men, Joseph Varvel of Manhattan and Cooper [...]

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Fireworks filled the 4th of July night sky on Thursday in Wamego, a part of the world-famous Boomtown show, one of the nation’s top fireworks attractions. Thousands flooded into Boomtown packing the field next to the baseball diamonds to the point that people who couldn’t get in pulled to the side of Highway 24 to [...]

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