Tuesday marks the official launch of paid parking in the Aggieville Parking Garage. Manhattan city officials say payments can be made through the Park Mobile app, using a credit or debit card. Patrons can also register their license plate and pay for on-demand parking. The Park Mobile app is also used at K-State and Manhattan [...]
The Riley County Law Board will hold its first meeting of the new year Tuesday. The meeting will include reorganization, which occurs every two years, as well as election of officers. Coming off the Law Board will be Manhattan City Commissioner and current Law Board Chair Linda Morse, as well as Riley County Commissioner Kathryn [...]
An open public meeting was well attended Saturday morning in Riley County Commissioners’ Chambers. The board was tasked with deciding if an annexation to the City of Manhattan would hinder growth or development to the area or any incorporated city in the county. The nearly 79 acre tract of land is located between the airport [...]
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. celebrations begin Monday morning in Manhattan. The Douglass School, located at 900 Yuma Street will host a Prayer Breakfast on January 16th, starting at 9 a.m. K-State Vice President for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Dr. Rana Johnson will be the keynote speaker. Volunteer organization HandsOn K-State will host a [...]
A number of parking changes have been occurring this month around Manhattan, with more changes to come, starting next week. Starting Tuesday in downtown Manhattan, patrons will be subject to two hour parking limits on the street. Gina Snyder, Executive Director of Downtown Manhattan Inc., says that means patrons will need to be mindful of [...]
A glitch in the FAA’s computer system led to grounded flights across the country Wednesday, including at the Manhattan Regional Airport. The Federal Aviation Administration suspended all flights after its Notice to Air Missions system, which sends hazard alerts to pilots, airports and airlines broke down Tuesday evening and sparked numerous delays and cancellations nationwide. [...]
The City of Manhattan plans to interview candidates in the coming weeks for its vacant Director of Parks and Recreation position. Director of Human Resources Tammy Galvan informed members of the Parks & Recreation Advisory Board Monday that the city has engaged with Texas-based recruiting firm SGR (Strategic Government Resource) to help source and screen [...]
A woman was arrested Monday for allegedly causing a crash near the intersection of Kimball Ave and Seth Child Road. According to the Riley County Police Department, officers determined a passenger car driven by 26-year-old Kezia Shibler, of Riley, had been driving south on Seth Child Road around 8 a.m. Monday when another car pulled [...]
A welfare check on a Manhattan man turned into a short pursuit, according to the Riley County Police Department. Officers filed a report for fleeing and eluding law enforcement around 1:30 p.m. Monday after a call was placed to dispatch reporting a man slumped over in a car in the 1700 block of Rockhill Road [...]
In their first meeting of the year, Manhattan Airport Advisory Board members looked back at 2022 – which Airport Director Brandon Keazer says was marked by a return to consistency. The Regional Airport saw a return to 5 daily flights at the beginning of the year, and Keazer says the year was great for commercial [...]
