City Commission discusses proposed solutions for increasing animal shelter issues
Ongoing challenges within Manhattan’s T. Russel Reitz Animal Shelter [...]
Manhattan man convicted of child sex crimes
A Riley County jury has convicted a Manhattan man [...]
Manhattan man convicted of child sex crimes
A Riley County jury has convicted a Manhattan man on charges of child sexual abuse. Following a week long trial, jurors on Friday found Vincent Meeks guilty on charges of aggravated indecent liberties, indecent solicitation and furnishing alcohol to a minor, according to Deputy Riley County Attorney Bethany Fields. The charges were from an August [...]
Former Wamego superintendent passes away
Former Wamego USD 320 Superintendent Norris Wika has died. [...]
Former Wamego superintendent passes away
Former Wamego USD 320 Superintendent Norris Wika has died. An online obituary says Wika died Jan. 26 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka at the age of 81, following a battle with lewy body dementia. Wika was hired to lead Wamego Schools in 1982 and oversaw a bond issue passed to build Wamego Middle School [...]
K-State faculty offering assistance to applicants for rural veterinary practice grants
Courtesy Joe Montgomery, K-State Division of Communications & Marketing MANHATTAN — Two U.S. Department of Agriculture programs support rural veterinarians, but filling out the applications can be challenging. Faculty in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University are now offering assistance to those applying for the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program and the Veterinary Services [...]
K-State faculty offering assistance to applicants for rural veterinary practice grants
Courtesy Joe Montgomery, K-State Division of Communications & Marketing [...]
USD 383 to consider MOU with Common Table for meal site at 901 Poyntz
Manhattan-Ogden school board members will consider having district administrators enter discussions with Common Table that would likely pave the way for community meals to be provided in the Manhattan High East Campus building at 901 Poyntz Ave. The board meets at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Robinson Education Center. The meeting agenda is available below. [...]
Wamego man injured after rolling vehicle on I-70
A Wamego man was injured Monday evening in a crash on Interstate 70 in Shawnee County. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 24-year-old Hunter Dodge was eastbound near mile marker 356, just before 7 p.m. when he lost consciousness and rolled his vehicle, striking the barrier wall. The vehicle continued to roll onto the right shoulder [...]
RCPD director issues statement condemning Memphis Police violence
Following the Friday release of video showing the brutal beating death of Tyre Nichols at the hands of Memphis Police officers, Riley County Police Department Director Brian Peete has issued a statement condemning the violence. In a letter to the community released on Monday, Peete says that while he doesn’t know specifics about what happened [...]