Gravel streets lined with weeds. This description may come to mind when you think of Manhattan’s alley ways. These areas of disrepair were the sole discussion item on the agenda for City Commissioners, during a Tuesday night work session at City Hall. Public Works Director, Robert Ott led commissioners in a discussion that focused on improvements to alley ways – located in the Multi-Family Redevelopment (M-FRO) District developed between 2001 and 2005. Developed through community discussion, revision and compromise, the M-FRO District is designed to guarantee that infill development is functionally integrated and compatible, with the traditional characteristics of Manhattan’s…
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The crisis enveloping Volkswagen AG, the world’s top-selling carmaker, escalated Tuesday as the company issued a profit warning following at the center of a U.S. emissions scandal.
The Pontiff arrives at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland before making his way into DC in an Italian Fiat Popemobile.
KMAN’s Cathy Dawes spoke with Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce President Lyle Butler and motivational speaker David Aaker: Lyle Butler 2 -9 17 15 Lyle Butler 3-9 17 15
Riley County Police took a suspect in recent aggravated robberies into custody at approximately 8:30 AM Tuesday after several robberies in the central portion of Manhattan on September 4th. Three others were also apprehended within the past several weeks. The robberies were connected to the lockdown at K-State. Carson Buckley, 16, of Manhattan was taken into custody for three counts of aggravated robbery and conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery. He was also served a warrant for failure to appear, was given “no bond” and was transported to the North Central Kansas Regional Juvenile Detention Facility in Junction City. Buckley is the fourth of…
EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) El Dorado officials are searching for the person or people who have disrupted school activities twice in 10 days with threats on social media. El Dorado High School was locked down Monday for about two hours after a student reported a threat on social media. All rooms were screened before students were released on schedule. On Sept. 11, El Dorado’s football game against Augusta was postponed because of another threat on social media. The game was played two days later. School officials said in a news release the district will seek discipline or prosecution against those…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Supreme Court will not allow the Shawnee Mission School District to intervene in a lawsuit over school funding. The court on Monday upheld a lower court’s ruling that Shawnee Mission, a wealthy district in Johnson County, waited too long to intervene in a lawsuit brought by four other school districts in 2010. Wichita, Hutchinson, Kansas City and Dodge City districts contend in the lawsuit that current school funding in Kansas does not meet a state mandate to provide suitable school funding. Shawnee Mission argued that the four districts and the state could not adequately represent…
SALINA, Kan. (AP) A 14-point whitetail deer head was removed from a state auction of illegally hunted trophy deer heads at the request of Gov. Sam Brownback’s office because of a continuing dispute over its ownership. A spokesman for the governor says the Legislature asked that the state remove the deer head until lawmakers consider several issues raised by the ownership dispute. The Salina Journal reports (http://bit.ly/1V7KkVe ) the owners of the land in Osage County on which the deer was illegally shot in 2011 is fighting for ownership of the deer head. The Legislative considered a bill n 2014…
KMAN’s Cathy Dawes spoke with Pottawatomie County Commissioner Stan Hartwich, Administrator Robert Reece, and Appraiser Lois Schlegel: PottCo1- 9 22 15 Pott. Co2-9-22-15 KMAN’s next guest was Retired Lieutenant Colonel Art DeGroat, Executive Director of Military and Veterans Affairs: DeGroat 1-9 22 15 DeGroat 2-9 22 15
A report of aggravated indecent liberties with a child was filed by the Riley County Police Department Monday at approximately 9:35 AM. Police were made aware of an incident involving a 42-year-old male who inappropriately touched a 12-year-old male on several occasions. These crimes allegedly occurred in the city limits of Manhattan over the past two years. Due to the nature of this investigation no further information has been released. ### An Olathe woman was taken into custody Monday for failure to appear, with the original offense of battery. 32 year old Tomi Tibbetts was arrested at about 8:15 PM while at…