KMAN Staff

The U.S. Department of Education announced Wednesday that Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 is among the 2018 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School District Sustainability Awardees, according to a press release. USD 383 was nominated by the Kansas State Department of Education and the Kansas Association for Conversation and Environmental Education. Examples of some of the [...]

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The Big Red One will say goodbye to one leader and welcome another Monday afternoon with a Victory with Honors Ceremony at 4 p.m. at the 1st Infantry Division’s headquarters on Fort Riley. Brig. Gen. Stephen G. Smith has served as the 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley deputy commanding general for support since October [...]

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More than 3,000 soldiers with the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, are set to return to  Fort Riley following a nine-month deployment to Europe in support of Atlantic Resolve, according to the army post. The “Dagger” brigade deployed to Europe in September 2017 as the second iteration of heel-to-toe rotations of U.S. [...]

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Story by Mikayla Gentine Manhattan city commissioners tackled three items Tuesday night. The first was the consideration of a new Flint Hills Area Transit Agency (FHATA) inter-local agreement and cancellation of the current FHRTA inter-local agreement. The second item considered a change to the parking rules in Aggieville’s streets and public lots. The third reviewed [...]

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(May 9, 2018) The Department of Defense, along with companies Corvias and Onyx, have completed the first phase of Fort Riley’s Solar Program in an effort to reduce the army installation’s dependency on conventional energy. This is the largest solar program in the state of Kansas, with 177 of the 1,260 home solar panels already [...]

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The Secretary of the U.S. Army, Dr. Mark T. Esper, visited and spoke with soldiers and spouses of the 1st Infantry Division as he toured Fort Riley Friday. The visit was Esper’s first to the area since he was sworn in as the 23rd Secretary of the Army last November. Esper started his busy day [...]

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Pottawatomie County Attorney Sherri Schuck told the Manhattan Mercury Friday there was “no criminal action” in an officer-involved shooting in Wamego two months ago that left one man dead. Ethan Straub, 25, of Wamego, was shot and killed during an altercation with law enforcement on Feb. 26. Five officers from four agencies — including Wamego [...]

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The national anti-hunger nonprofit, Feeding America, announced new data this week through a press release that reveals food insecurity exists in every county in Harvesters’ service area including Riley County, where the food insecurity rate of 17.9 percent is higher than the national average (12.3 percent) and remains higher than pre-recession numbers. It said Pottawatomie [...]

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The secretary of the U.S. Army will visit Fort Riley Friday, meeting with 1st Infantry Division leaders and interacting with Big Red One soldiers, according to a press release from the army post. Mark T. Esper, the 23rd secretary of the U.S. Army, was sworn in on Nov. 17, 2017. As secretary, he has statutory [...]

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Updated Wednesday, 1:05 p.m. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has rescinded a boil water advisory for the City of Westmoreland located in Pottawatomie County. The advisory was issued because of a line break which caused a loss of pressure. Failure to maintain adequate pressure may result in a loss of chlorine residuals and [...]

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