A 31-year-old Sacramento man has entered into a plea agreement with the Riley County Attorney’s Office related to a 2020 case involving attempted murder. Travell Hairston was set to face a jury trial this week in Judge John Bosch’s courtroom on those charges. Details of the plea agreement are unknown at this time. A plea [...]
National Day of the Cowboy was celebrated Saturday at the Flint Hills Discovery Center. Assistant Director of Development Stephen Bridenstine says the event drew a large turnout thanks to its many community partners. Those who came out Saturday enjoyed wagon rides, cowboy tic-tac-toe, horseshoes, roping and live entertainment from Miss Rodeo K-State and an old [...]
Construction continues today on Browning Avenue in Manhattan. This is the second phase of a concrete maintenance project to replace the concrete pavement on the roadway surface as well as install new curbs and gutters. During this phase of construction, the portion of the roadway currently under construction will be reopened to traffic, but only [...]
An Eskridge man was arrested Friday in Manhattan for a number of counts that includes harassment via telephone and a criminal threat. Gregory Walker Garner, 28, was arrested at the 1000 block of Seth Child Road just before 4:00pm in Manhattan. Garner was arrested on two counts of making a criminal threat that caused terror [...]
The Riley County Health Department and Flint Hills Wellness Coalition launched a new pilot program today to assess housing quality in the Aggieville and City Park areas. Volunteers will be seen walking around these neighborhoods recording information on housing conditions such as visible roof damage, debris on properties, peeling paint and other issues that impact [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Two Junction City teenagers have been arrested in connection to a pair of shootings last summer in southeast Manhattan. The Riley County Police Department says 16-year-old Shaan Hyman and 17-year-old Marvin Fernandez were both arrested Monday by Junction City Police on their Riley County District Court warrants. Hyman is charged with two counts of attempted [...]
During their Tuesday meeting, the Manhattan City Commission unanimously approved a request to construct a frontage road west of Denison Avenue and north of Kimball Avenue to accommodate the North Campus Corridor project. City Engineer Brian Johnson said the proposal of this new road comes after their initial plans for Denison and Kimball were thrown [...]
The annual Battle of the Badges blood drive wrapped up Tuesday at St. Thomas More Church with the Red Cross collecting 136 pints of blood. While falling short of its goal of 210 pints, Red Cross spokesperson Kristi Ingalls tells KMAN they appreciate the support they received and noted the blood collected will help up [...]
