One popular topic that seems to be on every county and city commission agenda lately is growth. This was also brought up during Thursday’s Joint Manhattan City/Pottawatomie County/Riley County commission meeting, held at City Hall. The Manhattan Urban Area Comprehensive Plan was the first item up for discussion. Director of Community Development, Karen Davis led the discussion by providing informion on the reasons this topic was brought forward. The growth with Fort Riley and Kansas State University were two major reasons. Davis mentioned the board has discussed a late summer/early fall selection time. Mayor Pro Tem, Wynn Butler recommended utilizing…
Author: KMAN Staff
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President Barack Obama dismissed the idea of a special prosecutor to investigate the Internal Revenue Service Thursday, saying probes by Congress and the Justice Department should be sufficient.
The Pottawatomie County Sheriff Office continues to investigate a series of what appears to be related thefts from construction sites, construction vehicles and a lumber yard located between Manhattan and Wamego, Pottawatomie County. These thefts are believed to have started around April 20th at a construction site North of Highway 24 on Green Valley Road. They continue and Sheriff Detectives believe that the same suspects may be responsible for these burglaries. One update on these cases is that one of the stolen vehicles from, a 2005 Chevrolet HD 2500 4X4, maroon in color was recovered in Topeka on May 12th, by…
The Kansas City Star reports that former K-State fullback Braden Wilson has signed with the Kansas City Chiefs. Wilson was a sixth round draft pick of the Chiefs and is now the fourth pick to sign with the team. He started 27 games in his K-State career and appeared in 51 games. “I thought he was the best blocking fullback in the draft,” Chiefs head coach Andy Reid told KC Chiefs.com. Wilson joins Meshak Williams, who signed with Baltimore on Tuesday, as one of two Wildcats to sign with NFL teams this week. Stay connected to all things KSU on…
Update: TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Topeka police say a 12-year-old boy from Fort Riley has died after he was pulled from a Topeka hotel’s pool. The boy, Dalton Register, went under the water while swimming at the pool at Ramada West last Friday. Topeka police said resuscitation measures were tried immediately after he was taken from the pool. Dalton was hospitalized and police said Thursday he had died, but they did not say when. Additional details weren’t available. #### TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A 12-year-old Fort Riley boy has died after he was pulled from a Topeka hotel’s pool. Dalton Register went…
The Flint Hills Metropolitan Planning organization has a new Transportation Planner. Stephanie Watts, who has been serving with the Kansas Department of Transportation in a similar role, has been hired to work with the local group. The announcement was made at the group’s Wednesday meeting. Watts says the Flint HIlls Metropolitan Planning organization’s policy board dealt with just a few items earlier this week, taking action on the technical advisory board’s by-laws. A chair and vice-chair are to be selected to that group next month. In addition the local match for 2014 was approved by the group. Watts doesn’t…
We’d recently heard about the closing of the Saline County Juvenile Detention Facility, and that will have a positive impact on Riley County in terms of expenses for the North Central Kansas Regional Juvenile Detention Center, located in Junction City. That’s according to Riley County Commission Chair Dave Lewis, who also serves as the Vice-Chair of the detention facility board. Saline County this week asked to become a member of the North Central Kanas group. Lewis tells KMAN the subject was examined in detail at the board’s Wednesday meeting. Lewis adds for Riley County the cost to participate will decrease in the neighborhood…
Update-Second Half of Meeting Riley County GIS Intern, Ethan Britt will be graduating this weekend from Kansas State University. Before he leaves, he presented a very special project, he has been working on, to the county commission. Britt created a new Historic Sites of Riley County map, which features 80 different locations. Each site is numbered on the light brown map. Each number then coincides to brief paragraphs describing the history of the site. County Historical Museum Director, Cheryl Collins said they have been waiting on someone to update the old map for years. The commission expressed their gratitude by…
By Mollie Miller 1st Inf. Div. As the clock winds down on America’s longest period of armed conflict, Army senior leaders are busy framing a future force designed to thrive in a changing global environment. This new force will be agile and adaptable and “will be asked to do more” to ensure the nation’s security, the Army’s senior officer said May 14 during a visit to Fort Riley. “Throughout time, our Army has been given one major mission, and that is to win our nation’s wars,” said 38th Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno. “We are not going…