Manhattan News

Staff photo by Michael Schweitzer. Doug Markham stands in front of his recycling truck.

TOPEKA a ' Manhattan-area state representatives are not optimistc that K-12 and higher education will be spared further cuts after learning that the state ended the fiscal year $126 million short of expectations.

Kansas state officials have agreed to give the Homeland Security Department land for a national lab to research deadly germs, but the Justice Department noted Thursday that the agency still needs permission and money from Congress to build the facility.

The Fourth of July holiday is fast approaching and Manhattan residents won't have to wait much longer to purchase fireworks in town.

A mother and three children, ages eight, seven and three, were transported to Mercy Health Center in Manhattan after a traffic accident late Saturday night.

Dr. Louis L. Sherman of Lake Camelot was named recipient of Bethany College's first Lifetime Achievement Award.

A federal ruling designating Riley and Pottawatomie Counties as urban rather than rural counties could threaten the future of Pott County's three small hospitals and dramatically impact the county-subsidized ambulance service.

A 26-year-old Salina man was sentenced Tuesday afternoon to 86 months in prison on charges of voluntary manslaughter and criminal possession of a firearm for his involvement a 2007 shooting in Manhattan.

The Department of Homeland Security made a last-minute decision to uproot its Plum Island foot-and-mouth disease research facility off the coast of New York and move it to Manhattan, Kansas on January 12th.

Dotson's plea was in connection with the January 2007 death of 21-year-old Terrel Morris of Manhattan.

The Kansas Board of Regents initially declined to release the audit findings, claiming an exemption to the state's open-records law.

Call it what you may, but anyway you cut it, it's a sign of the times. Nearly every organization that came to the microphone at Tuesday night's Manhattan City Budget Work Session requested increase in funds from their 2009 proposal.

After a recent move, my fianc and I have tried to be creative in finding some extra money to play with.

It's a tough budget year, but outside boards and groups will be making their annual trek to Manhattan City Hall to ask for financial help Tuesday) night.

This past Saturday, the streets of Poyntz Avenue were line with Manhattan citizens, who came for the 20th straight year to celebrate the end of slavery, better known as Juneteenth.

There'll be no more bombshell revelations of questionable financial decisions coming out of Kansas State, Jon Wefald, the school's beleaguered outgoing president said Saturday.

The Manhattan City Commission will set a guaranteed maximum price for the City Park pool 7 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall.

A high-speed chase through Manhattan neighborhoods and through Riley and Clay Counties reached speeds of 90 mph Thursday afternoon and ended when police used a vehicle to push the suspect off the road.

The weekend between Manhattan Day and Fathers Day/Juneteenth features a variety of smaller events designed to appeal to particular interests.

Now that the Manhattan City Commission has decided to proceedwith South End redevelopment, a private group dedicated to helping support educational programming at the proposed FlintHills Discovery Center has re-engaged its efforts.