A new plaque donning the names of 50 Pottawatomie County veterans was unveiled to the public Monday. County Commission Chair Dee McKee hosted a public reception in Westmoreland. Public Information Officer Becky Ryan says the memorial, first dedicated in 1992, will continue to add names of Pottawatomie County veterans. Each brass plate can hold 50 names. Plates will be added to the monument as they are filled. Names of veterans currently on the memorial can be viewed here.
Author: KMAN Staff
Manhattan Parks and Rec is getting closer to making a decision on an indoor aquatic center.
Kolby Van Camp sits down with representatives of Manhattan Parks and Rec and the K-State College of Vet Medicine to discuss local business.
The Manhattan High girls basketball team has been installed as the eighth seed for this coming week’s 6A State Tournament in Wichita, setting them up for a tilt against Shawnee Mission South. The Tribe advanced to the field of eight at Koch Arena behind a 45-39 win at Liberal Friday night. Kat Ball hit seven of eight free throws in the final quarter to hold Liberal’s comeback attempt at bay as the Indians won a sub-state title for the first time since 2018. Shawnee Mission South claimed the top seed with a 47-32 sub-state win over Olathe North. The Raiders…
Maxine Doering scored 15 points, Delaney Larson 14 as the Manhattan High girls basketball team advanced to the 6A State Tournament Friday night with a 45-39 win at Liberal. Kat Ball hit seven of eight free throws in the final quarter to hold Liberal’s comeback attempt at bay as the Indians move into the field of eight after their 12th win of the season. Manhattan trailed once in the game (6-4) before building a five point lead at the end of the first quarter. They would then take a 19-16 lead into the second half. After scoring the first three…
The Riley County Police department is in need of facility upgrades, according to Director Brian Peete. Peete explained the department’s biggest needs.. Peete wants to take a long-term approach to planning and construction could still be years down the road. More recently, RCPD conducted a survey of K-State… He explained why he added K-State to his crime reduction plan… The results will be analyzed and put into a report, which will then be shared with the community. This is a project that Director Peete has been working on since November.
Local officials are reminding residents of the upcoming severe weather preparedness week, which is March 4th through the 8th. Laurie Harrison is the Riley County emergency management coordinator, and she preaches having plan for where to take shelter, along with having an emergency kit… She encourages the public to check for both bad weather and for upcoming drills… It’s also important to know the difference between weather watches and warnings. Watches mean conditions are favorable for severe weather and to watch the sky, whereas warnings mean severe weather is occurring and to take shelter immediately.
Brian James Droge, 43, was arrested for burglary early Thursday morning in downtown Manhattan. Droge is a convicted felon who has a lengthy criminal history that features over a dozen arrests, three of which occurred in 2024. He has previous convictions of possession of a controlled substance, battery of a state correctional officer, trafficking contraband in a correctional institution, and criminal possession of a weapon by a felon. Droge has committed crimes in Reno, Riley, Shawnee, Cloud, and Pottawatomie County. As of Friday, Brian Droge is still being held at the Riley County Jail on a total bond of $15,000.