Riley County Clerk Rich Vargo addressed the Commissioners Monday regarding the recent primary election, and state constitutional question. Two of the many stipulations of a recount are, it cannot be started until the the vote canvas is approved, and the bond has to be paid by the petitioner. The canvas was approved Monday, but as [...]
A Manhattan man was arrested over the weekend on a 2021 Riley County warrant alleging aggravated sexual battery. RCPD says 56-year-old Arthur Davey was booked into jail Friday. Online court records show a complaint was filed Aug. 9 alleging the crime f...
Kansas Pride is a program dedicated to serving communities across the state to encourage and assist local government and volunteers in making their community a better place to live and work. Local communities identify what they would like to preserve, create, or improve for their future. Saturday, Leonardville Pride hosted their 2022 Hullabaloo, and to [...]
Fort Riley is open for business post-pandemic; and the Historical and Archaeological Society of Fort Riley (HASFR) is gearing up for the 2022 Fall Apple Day Festival on September 24. Pie Queens Victoria Rios-Furlow and Penny Marvin say the secret pie recipe is more than 150 years old and belonged to a famous resident in [...]
Riley County Assistant Engineer Evan McMillan told commissioners Thursday about some work that will be starting next week. He anticipates the brush will burn for about a week, keeping smoke in the area. The asphalt overlay will take about a month to complete. His department has another project on the horizon. The Commissioners unanimously approved [...]
Riley County Council on Aging Executive Board Chair Kevin Larson says residents at Riley County Senior Center are busy volunteering. The seniors prepared 150 flags the first day. They have a lot of work to prepare for the September 11th remembrance. Nearly 3,000 people were killed at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a [...]
Manhattan City Commissioners Tuesday supported drafting a memorandum of understanding with the Manhattan Housing Authority, currently eyeing the sky above a city-owned parking lot as the site for a new affordable housing building Downtown. Though a nearby senior service agency expressed concerns that things were moving too quickly. The project is being prompted by the [...]
Three people were injured Wednesday afternoon following a crash near Seth Child and Southwind Road, just north of the RCPD headquarters. According to RCPD, the crash occurred just after 2 p.m. and involved three vehicles, including a semi truck. 23-year-old Rebecca Lazarus was northbound in a passenger car when she turned west onto Southwind Drive [...]
Nine months ahead of a planned major reconstruction of the Manhattan Regional Airport, the cost estimate on the project has been significantly reduced from what it was just a year ago. In July 2021, airport officials were looking at a $47 million total project, with the local share estimated around $11 million. Airport officials quickly went to [...]
An 18-year-old connected to a July 28 robbery and shooting at the Holiday Inn parking lot, is now jailed in Riley County, after being arrested Friday in Wichita. Malachi Fielder is charged with aggravated robbery, two counts of aggravated assault and criminal discharge of a weapon. Fielder was one of two suspects alleged to have [...]
