Jury selection begins Monday in Riley County for a [...]
Jury selection begins Monday in Riley County for a 31-year-old California man accused in a 2020 shooting near Aggieville. Travell Hairston is charged with attempted first-degree murder, stemming from a Feb. 8, 2020 incident in the 1100 block of Laramie Street. Responding officers found an unoccupied car that had been shot at. A further investigation [...]
Manhattan Parks and Recreation is now offering opportunities for [...]
Manhattan Parks and Recreation is now offering opportunities for community members to talk and have their voices heard. Parks and Recreation Director Aaron Stewart announced Thursday that he will offer multiple small group discussions this summer and fall called “Parks and Rec It”. These discussions will be held twice a month and will allow residents [...]
USD 383 has recently hired a new Assistant Superintendent following the promotion of Eric Reid to Superintendent. Nathan Downs began his new role on Jul. 1 after spending the last five years at the executive director of special education at USD 475. He began his career as a school psychologist in Wamego. Downs said he [...]
Friday marks the start of the 15th Annual Wildcats for No Stone Unturned Gold and Gala Weekend. The weekend of Golf Tournaments, a live auction, a silent auction, and raffle starts the day after No Stone Unturned broke ground on their new facility on Tuttle Creek. [...]
Riley County Commissioners heard an update Thursday from Extension Director Gary Fike regarding the newly created fairgrounds task force. Fike, who chairs the task force, says there has been great interest among committee members working through the process. Fike says a study was commissioned last year by the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce for a [...]
Earlier this year, the Election Modernization Bill was passed, [...]
The Manhattan-Ogden School Board gave approval Wednesday night to [...]
The Manhattan-Ogden School Board gave approval Wednesday night to exceed the revenue neutral rate for all mill levy funds for the proposed 2023-2024 budget. The proposed mill levy is 60.072, a decrease of about a half a mill from fiscal 2023. The primary reason for the mill levy going down is a slight drop in [...]
