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Oklahoma manufacturer expands to Manhattan, announces acquisition of TravAlum

An Oklahoma-based employee-owned horse and livestock trailer manufacturer has announced expansion into Kansas and the subsequent acquisition of Manhattan’s TravAlum, a local aluminum trailer manufacturer in the Green Valley Business Park. Cimarron Trailers announced Wednesday it has acquired the assets of TravAlum and will convert the existing space into its first expansion outside of its [...]

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By Sunny 1025 Staff|2022-02-16T13:56:11-06:00February 16th, 2022|Categories: Local News|Tags: Manhattan, Pottawatomie County|Comments Off

Flint Hills Regional Leadership Program expands to include Wabaunsee County

The Flint Hills Regional Leadership Program has announced it will expand to include members living in Wabaunsee County. The board chose Wabaunsee County due to its geographic and economic ties to its other member counties which include Riley, Pottawatomie and Geary. Wabaunsee County Commission Chairman Joel Fager said in a Monday release that expansion represents [...]

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By Sunny 1025 Staff|2022-02-16T13:50:01-06:00February 16th, 2022|Categories: Local News|Tags: Wabaunsee County|Comments Off

New K-State president provides first testimony to House Committee

Kansas State University’s new president wasted no time getting to work Tuesday, providing testimony to the Kansas House Committee on Higher Education Budget. Dr. Richard Linton spoke to committee members about the university’s support for Gov. Laura Kelly’s proposal to hold tuition flat by increasing nearly $50 million worth of public-private scholarship funds to [...]

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By Sunny 1025 Staff|2022-02-16T11:05:56-06:00February 16th, 2022|Categories: Local News|Tags: K-State Activity|Comments Off

USD 383 considering optional masking at all district locations

The Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 board of education will consider optional masking at all buildings in the district. Superintendent Dr. Marvin Wade is presenting an updated pandemic response plan to the board during its Feb 16 meeting. The recommendation would remove universal masking mandates in the district and replace it with optional mask wearing. Exceptions include [...]

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By Sunny 1025 Staff|2022-02-15T12:20:16-06:00February 15th, 2022|Categories: Local News|Tags: USD 383|Comments Off

Riley County property valuations expected to increase this year

Riley County property valuations will soon be arriving in the mail. The Appraisers Office has mailed the 2022 Change of Value Notices to each of the roughly 26,000 real estate parcels in Riley County. Those CVNs reflect changes in property values due to fluctuations in the local real estate market and/or changes made to individual [...]

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By Sunny 1025 Staff|2022-02-15T11:16:15-06:00February 15th, 2022|Categories: Local News|Tags: Riley County|Comments Off

Pottawatomie County moves forward to force clean up of property near St. George

Pottawatomie County commissioners are submitting paperwork to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment toward cleaning up some waste build up on a property near St. George. County Sanitarian Scott Schwinn told commissioners Monday he’s received complaints about the property and says efforts to have the property owners clean up the debris have been unsuccessful. [...]

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By Sunny 1025 Staff|2022-02-15T07:51:01-06:00February 15th, 2022|Categories: Local News|Tags: Pottawatomie County|Comments Off

Munsons acquire former Brookville Hotel restaurant in Abilene

The owners of the former Munson’s Prime restaurant in Junction City, destroyed by fire nearly one year ago, are the new owners of the former Brookville Hotel restaurant property in Abilene. Reports surfaced online Monday that Charles and Deanna Munson bid $926,000 during a bankruptcy sale to acquire the property put up for sale by [...]

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By Sunny 1025 Staff|2022-02-15T06:46:13-06:00February 15th, 2022|Categories: Local News|Tags: Junction City|Comments Off

Smith talks social media evolution and polarization in ’22 Huck Boyd Spring Lecture

Large volumes of mis- and disinformation in social media is an inherent structural flaw according to sociologist Mark Smith, one which he says requires the development of new technologies to address. “When Henry Ford rolled out the Model T — it was a car and it did car things, you could get in it and [...]

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By Sunny 1025 Staff|2022-02-14T16:59:32-06:00February 14th, 2022|Categories: Local News|Tags: K-State Activity|Comments Off

RCPD investigating shots fired outside Manhattan

Riley County police are investigating an exchange of gunfire north of Manhattan that occurred Saturday afternoon. RCPD Public Information officer Aaron Wintermote in a Sunday report says police found indications of gunshots in the 3300 block of Valleydale Drive at approximately 3:30 p.m. February 12. No injuries have been reported at this time. Police believe [...]

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By Sunny 1025 Staff|2022-02-13T17:58:02-06:00February 13th, 2022|Categories: Local News|Tags: Riley County|Comments Off

Aggieville homicide suspect makes first court appearance

A Fort Riley soldier accused of murdering a fellow soldier in Manhattan’s Aggieville district last weekend made his first court appearance Friday, via video conference. Seated in a wheelchair from the Riley County Jail with a visible right leg injury, 19-year-old Tremelle Montgomery stared ahead, without counsel, while Judge Kendra Lewison read the four charges [...]

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By Sunny 1025 Staff|2022-02-11T14:46:37-06:00February 11th, 2022|Categories: Local News|Tags: Fort Riley, Manhattan, Riley County|Comments Off