Building codes for the southwestern portion of Pottawatomie County are expected to be in place effective Jan. 1.
The Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce found out at the same time everyone else did that Country Stampede, now Heartland Stampede, was leaving for Topeka, Chamber President Jason Smith said.
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Riley County will likely have to pay an additional $803,000 in payroll next year because of an extra pay period, county officials explained to the commission Thursday.
Instead of a store full of country-clad customers, the country music played to no one in particular Wednesday afternoon at Yee Haw Country Outfitters in downtown Manhattan.
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TOPEKA — Country Stampede officials said it was no longer financially feasible to have the festival in Manhattan, which is why they have decided to move it to Topeka permanently.
Wamego High Principal Chad Brecheisen has resigned and made a settlement agreement with the school district.
A Nebraska funeral home is making an appeal to honor a U.S. Army veteran born in Leonardville by going to his funeral.
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Country Stampede is making Topeka its permanent home, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported Wednesday.
Two motions to seek a $25 million federal BUILD Grant to fund replacement of the Belvue Bridge died for lack of a second Monday before the Pottawatomie County Commission.
Law enforcement officers arrested a Junction City man after they found a meth lab.
May’s sales tax revenues were only 0.18% higher than May 2018, according to a report presented Monday to the Riley County Commission.
The chant of nearly two dozen young girls said it all Tuesday.
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The average price of a home in Riley County grew just 0.4% in the last year.
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Almost a decade of legal fighting is near the end after the Kansas Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Kansas Legislature had met the requirements for adequate and equitable school funding.
When Bob Copple stopped to consider if health care in Riley County was at a crossroads, the only answer he could think of was yes.
Riley County officials have identified replacement sites for two radio system tower locations as part of the county’s new seven-tower emergency communications system, according to a report at the county commission meeting Thursday.
A Junction City man died after being stabbed Monday night.
Big Red One veterans are invited to the 1st Infantry Division’s 100th-annual reunion in Baltimore, Maryland, Aug. 7 to 11 at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel.
Riley County’s initial proposal for the 2020 budget calls for a property tax increase of nearly 9% for existing homes
Pecan groves in Kansas? The idea might seem rather far-fetched.
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Despite the odds, the Allied troops who invaded France to take back the area from German military forces on June 6, 1944, displayed courage and determination above all else, said Brigadier Gen. Todd Wasmund, Deputy Commanding General for Support.
After 15 months of construction, Highway K-13 over Tuttle Creek Dam is reopening.
The Riley County Commission on Thursday approved buying a replacement ambulance after one of the county’s seven ambulances crashed during a January ice storm.
According to Geary County Emergency Management officials, the threat of flooding is still possible in Geary County, though it is not likely.
Pottawatomie County officials were breathing a cautious sigh of relief early this week as lake and river levels, as well as the immediate threat of flooding, began to recede.
Emergency authorities rescued a man from the Kansas River Tuesday evening after the bank he stood on caved in.
Tuttle Creek Lake may be gradually decreasing, but the lake is still a bad rainstorm away from bringing back flooding as a significant concern, officials said Monday.
A stationary low-pressure system to the south should keep continual heavy rains aimed at Texas and Oklahoma this week while Manhattan dries with seasonal temperatures and southerly winds, said Mary Knapp, K-State climatologist.
“Toast of the town.” That would be quite a title.
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Tuttle Creek Lake is finally starting to go down, and that’s brought some relief to emergency workers and residents under an evacuation advisory after a tense week brought the lake to the brink of its capacity.
Lamar Whitson III, a teacher and coach at Valley Heights High School, died Friday afternoon in a car crash four miles east of Riley. He was 48.
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Tuttle Creek Lake is inches from its capacity, and that’s prompted precautionary measures for potential evacuations.
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Officials are moving this year’s 24th-annual Country Stampede to Topeka because of Tuttle Creek Lake flooding.
The Riley County Treasurer’s office will raise its transaction fees by $1 for driver’s license services.
An Alma woman died after being struck by a train near Alma Tuesday, according to the Wabaunsee County Sheriff’s Office.
Continued rain and major flooding in multiple states is straining resources for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, officials said Tuesday during a teleconference.
A house near Riley is a complete loss after a fire Sunday.
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Tuttle Creek Lake reached an elevation of 1,128 feet, now the second-highest level in its history.
Fort Riley hosted a three-day safety campaign for military families, retirees and civilians this week.
A Pottawatomie County jury found a Wamego woman guilty of mistreatment of a dependent adult, according to the Kansas Attorney General’s Office.
Pottawatomie County officials continue to keep one eye on the weather and the other on the level of Tuttle Creek Lake.
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No injuries were reported after a tornado touched down Tuesday in Geary County, the sheriff’s department said.
The Riley County Commission on Monday heard recommendations on how to use $4.8 million in excess cash balances. Commissioners also heard a recommendation on employee cost-of-living-adjustments.
U.S. Rep. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., spoke during a town hall Saturday about his plans to fix healthcare.
A Pottawatomie County judge on Thursday ordered a Junction City woman to repay more than $3,800 to the Kansas Medicaid Program after she pleaded guilty in March.
A fire broke out Thursday evening at the old Genn Hospital building at Fifth and Spruce in Wamego.
Pottawatomie County has declared a state of emergency because of flooding and potential flooding in portions of the county.
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