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- Fort Riley gives outlook for 2009, beyond
Mercury file photo Construction workers are seen building housing units at Fort Riley in this Mercury file photo.
- City manager says Manhattan in mostly positive shape
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- Pott Co. Attorney says no charges on student
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- Siblings and their 'stuff'
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- Sunday marks official start of Manhattan smoking ban
January 4, 2009 10:00 AM Sunday marks official start of Manhattan smoking ban Kathryn Waller kwaller@themercury.com Staff photos by Luke Townsend Drew Bartlett, left, and David Rome enjoy one last night of ...
- Lights Out on Manhattan Smokers
The ordinance preventing smoking in public places in Manhattan begins Sunday - and some are celebrating their right to smoke until the bitter end.
- Manhattan Gears Up for Smoking Ban
Manhattan, Kan. - It's time for Manhattan to kick the habit. A no-smoking ordinance voters approved in November takes effect 12:01 am, January 4th.
- Senator Roberts- Manhattan chosen as NBAF site
U.S. Senator Pat Roberts celebrated the recommendation of Manhattan, Kan., and Kansas State University to be the site of the new National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility culminating an effort he began in 2005 to ...
- G.W. Clift and New Year's resolutions
Getting resolutions ready? I look back at my 2008 ones with a mix of pride and dismay.
- Meeting raises ideas for Obama legislative proposals
Staff photo by Michael Schweitzer Lee Wolf, right, gestures while speaking during a public forum on healthcare while Dr.
- Vincent Tracey 4th to declare for Manhattan City Commission
A fourth candidate filed for the Manhattan City Commission race Tuesday. Vincent Tracey, who sought a Commission seat four years ago, joined incumbents Tom Phillips and Mark Hatesohl and former commissioner ...
- Your party option: The Manhattan Arts Center tropics
The Manhattan Arts Center will ring in the new year with a tropical themed party New Year's Eve for those who don't want to fight the cold and crowds in Aggieville.
- Local woman dies from accident injuries
A Manhattan resident who was injured in a two-vehicle accident on I-70 Dec. 19 has died.
- New for boys and girls
Staff photo by Michael Schweitzer Members of the Manhattan Fire Department Bob Shaffer, left, and Adam Gall, right, move a desk up a flight of stairs at the Boys and Girls Club of Manhattan Monday morning.
- Zoo hope: New entry, new rooms
If Sunset Zoo officials get their way, a new entryway/education complex could replace the zoo's bland gates in two to three years.
- Get out and play
Big Daddy Brooks will play a variety of tunes starting at 9 p.m. at the Courtyard by Marriott, 310 Hammons Drive.
- Amtrak trains delayed by bitter cold, snowstorms
Stephanie Martin, left, and Charles Simenstad, second from left, both from Seattle, read while waiting for a connecting flight to Seattle at the Los Angeles International airport, on Monday, Dec.
- Never too late
Staff photo by Michael Schweitzer Mikayla Schartz, 5, tells Santa Claus what she wants for Christmas Tuesday afternoon inside the Manhattan Town Center.
- The power of the Corridor
If you've been following the story of how Kansas State University landed a $451 million national lab to study foreign animal diseases, you probably noticed a cheering squad in the background.
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- Can you help for Christmas? 3 Children in Need
My friend passed this info on to me and asked for some help to get the word out. There is a family who recently got custody of three little children. Please let me know if there is any orginazations that could possiably help them out for Christmas or if you have anything you can contribute that woul...
City DescriptionManhattan is a city in Pottawatomie and Riley counties in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Kansas. Located at the junction of the Big Blue and Kansas rivers, the city is the county seat of Riley County. As of the July 2007 census estimate, its population was 51,707, making it the eighth-largest city in Kansas. It is the principal city of the Manhattan, Kansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Nicknamed The Little Apple in 1977 as a play on New York City's "Big Apple," it is best known for being the home of Kansas State University and has a distinct college town feel. Eight miles (13 km) west of the city is Fort Riley, a United States Army post. In 2007, CNN and Money magazine rated Manhattan as one of the ten best places in America to retire young. It is also sometimes referred to as "Manhappiness" or, potentially sarcastically, as "Manhappening."
The Kansas-Nebraska Act opened the territory to settlement in 1854. That fall, George S. Park founded the first Euro-American settlement within the borders of the current Manhattan. Park named it Polistra (some historians refer to it as Poliska or Poleska).
Later that same year, Samuel D. Houston and four other pioneers founded a ... Read MoreCity Contained By:City Contains:- Kansas State University
- Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium
- Anderson Hall
- Memorial Stadium
- Tointon Family Stadium
- Bramlage Coliseum
- Sunset Zoo
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