Manhattan City Commissioners have multiple general agenda items to discuss when they meet tonight. Commissioners will consider a request to reduce landscaping and setback requirements for a parking lot expansion project at Manhattan High School. USD 383 is proposing an extension of the south parking lot along Oak Street asking the city to waive landscape [...]
Pottawatomie County Commissioners discussed changes to the county’s unified [...]
Pottawatomie County Commissioners discussed changes to the county’s unified development regulations during their Monday meeting. County Planner Stephan Metzger tells commissioners they are proposing small changes that serve primarily as clarifications for existing regulations. One of those changes intends to prevent a loophole in their paved road requirements for lot splitting. Another clarification includes a [...]
Senator Jerry Moran visited with KMAN this week about [...]
Senator Jerry Moran visited with KMAN this week about the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), recently passed by the Senate. The bipartisan bill authorizes a 5% pay raise for soldiers, as well as construction funds for a number of projects for the military. The bill also allows for supply chain alterations that would allow stockpiles [...]
Attorneys for the man suspected of killing a Fort Riley soldier outside an Aggieville bar in February 2022 filed a motion in limine Monday to have certain testimony excluded from an upcoming jury trial. Brenda Jordan and Lora Ingels noted at a pretrial conference for Tremelle Montgomery, that interactions Montgomery had with law enforcement before [...]
A Manhattan man was arrested Sunday on a past Riley County warrant for drug possession and distribution. According to RCPD, 35-year-old Lawrence Ekdahl faces five total charges, including single counts of distribution or possession within 1,000 feet of a school, cultivation, and for child endangerment. He also faces a pair of possession of paraphernalia charges. [...]
The Riley County Police Department is investigating an incident of vandalism that occurred over the weekend at a pool in the Lee Mill Village neighborhood. A criminal damage report was filed Saturday afternoon when police say three unknown male suspects entered the community pool and clogged toilets, broke metal fencing and filled the pool with [...]
Dr. Frank Tracz (second from left) gives a tour [...]
An open house was held Saturday at the new home of “The Pride of Wildcat Land.” The K-State Marching Band is moving into its new space at the northwest corner of the World War I Memorial Stadium. Director of Bands Dr. Frank Tracz says it’s good to have a centralized location, just footsteps away from [...]
