Bernie Hayen, director of finance for the Manhattan city government, is retiring from his position later this year.
The Manhattan City Commission wants to better retain employees across all city departments as well as attract more women to those jobs.
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Q: With a shorter school year, will Manhattan-Ogden schools have to make up any snow days so far?
Corteva Agriscience will open in a 22,000-square-foot location at the Wamego Industrial Park, the Greater Manhattan Economic Partnership will announce Thursday.
A woman was injured in a rollover crash in Wamego Monday.
The Riley County government is moving towards buying the downtown First Christian Church building.
The Manhattan-Ogden school board starts discussions on redistricting Wednesday, and officials are looking for outside help.
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Rev. Darryl Martin promised he wouldn’t preach, but he couldn’t help but channel some of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Baptist-style sermons Monday morning as he spoke on the legacy of the civil rights icon.
John Frese begins his days at 5:30 a.m., preparing and checking on one of the most important buildings on K-State’s campus.
While most of the United States was celebrating the recent holiday season, those hailing from certain Asian countries await the Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival.
Urban joins Landmark National Bank
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OLATHE — Although the Sunflower State is ranked 11th in the country when it comes to producing graduates at all higher education levels, Kansas is ranked at 43rd for employment growth and 44th in migration to the state.
OLATHE — Manhattan city and Riley County commissioners said Saturday that they want to renew an economic development sales tax.
Nearly a decade ago, then-K-State president Kirk Schulz laid out his plan for the university to become a top 50 public research university by 2025. Now, five years from the end of the lofty plan, university officials are planning a refresh of K-State 2025.
Manhattan city commissioners on Tuesday will evaluate its priorities for the city during the next two years.
OLATHE — Following a busy 2018 with several deployments and redeployments, Maj. Gen. John Kolasheski, commanding general of the 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley, said it will slow down this year.
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Longtime Manhattan city manager Ron Fehr said he begins each day with a smile, an eagerness to work with his coworkers and aspirations to make Manhattan better.
Kim to travel to national woodwinds competition
Let’s go to the 2019 National Restaurant Association Expo in Chicago. Food suppliers are displaying products from across the nation. Only one of these suppliers is a producer of a healthy, fermented drink called kombucha that promotes health in a person’s gut. This remarkable business is own…
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Pawnee Mental Health’s new crisis stabilization center saw an average of nine patients per day in December.
The Kansas State Department of Education recently named three area educators as recipients of the department’s 2020 Horizon Awards.
One Manhattan representative is dismayed after finding out the amount of funding Kansas State University will receive in fiscal year 2021.
A Riley County judge granted a motion to declare a mistrial in the case of a Manhattan man charged with first-degree murder and abuse of a child.
TOPEKA — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly’s proposed budget will allot Kansas State University a total of $111.1 million from the state’s general fund for fiscal year 2021.
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Gov. Laura Kelly unveiled her budget for the state Thursday morning, and it includes $54 million in restored funding to a program meant to lower local property taxes.
Start the weekend off with some poems about the land the area is known for, the Flint Hills.
Flu season is in full swing, and heading into the peak of the season, Kansas is one of 36 states seeing high activity of influenza-like illnesses.
A infant murder trial started with about an hour delay Thursday morning as the court addressed prosecutors’ allegations of jury misconduct, also saying the defense counsel may have known about the interaction.
Enrollment in K-State’s master’s in software engineering program has waned in recent years, but a proposed bachelor’s degree in applied computer science could help funnel students into the program, K-State officials told the Kansas Board of Regents Wednesday.
Riley County lost out on $661,000 in tax revenue in 2019 mortgage registration fees after the Kansas legislature voted in 2014 to begin a five-year phase out of fees, said Debbie Regester, the county’s register of deeds.
American Legion Post 45 in Junction City is asking the public to attend a funeral next week for Sgt. David Loften, a Vietnam veteran who died earlier this month with no apparent surviving family.
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Stress affects young children as much as it affects adults, which makes it doubly important for parents to learn to manage stress effectively, said Myrna Griffith, family education partner at College Hill Early Learning Center.
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Doctors said this week that the severity of an infant’s injuries indicated he died from blunt-force or abusive head trauma.
Manhattan city commissioners debated the cost versus the safety benefits of additional sidewalks Tuesday.
Riley County commissioner Marvin Rodriguez is running for re-election in 2020.
Prosecutors again began establishing Tuesday that an infant boy who died after internal bleeding and blunt force injuries was in fine health before his mother left him in the care of her then-boyfriend.
Schultz Construction, Manhattan, was the low bidder Monday on Pottawatomie County’s new fleet maintenance facility.
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School bus drivers often develop an intimate knowledge of the nooks and crannies of Manhattan’s streets, but Dale Hayden already had that before he started working with Manhattan-Ogden’s transportation department 20 years ago.
Riley County commissioners changed leadership Monday in a routine move.
One person was injured in an 11-vehicle crash on Kansas Highway 18 near Manhattan Friday evening.
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Following Gov. Laura Kelly and Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning’s announcement Thursday about bipartisan Medicaid expansion plans in 2020, some area representatives are rejoicing, while one is not.
The new year often brings a desire for change, and for many people that change is health-related. Thousands of diets promise to help you shed weight, but if Google’s top annual searches are any indication, people in the United States are interested in a few trendy methods.
A new exhibit at the Beach Museum of Art mixes art, science and technology in an installation that deals with the past and the future.
Jazz Brunch, 10 a.m.-noon
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