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A local man is in jail following his arrest on Monday afternoon for possession of a stimulant and failure to appear. Brian Flanary, 45 of Manhattan, was arrested on probable cause charges just after 1:30 pm in the 5300 block of Tuttle Creek Boulevard. Flanary is charged with two counts of failure to appear, one [...]

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The 10th annual Everybody Counts event is set to return later this summer. Organizer Deb Nuss said the event was formed ten years ago following a report delivered to the USD 383 Board of Education on homeless children in the school district. “At the time, there were about 250 children reporting as homeless in the [...]

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The Manhattan Housing Authority announced on Friday that they had secured a $16.5 million low-income housing tax credit from the Kansas Housing Resources Corporation for the Sunflower Flats project. “We are incredibly grateful to the Kansas Housing Resources Corporation for their support and investment in our community,” said executive director Aaron Estabrook. “This LIHTC allocation [...]

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K-State is reporting that their online software is working this morning even with the on-going CrowdStrike software issues that are going on worldwide. In a campus-wide email, director of news and communication services Michelle Geering (Gear-ing) reported that university operations are running normal at this time and the university is only getting reports of computer [...]

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A former member of the Pottawatomie County Commission is looking to return after being away from the commission for nearly ten years. Gary Yenzer, who served on the commission from 2010-2014 in the 1st district, is running in the newly formed 4th district as a Republican. Yenzer spoke more about why he’s running for the [...]

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Junction City said goodbye to its longtime city manager Allen Dinkel on Wednesday in a retirement reception at the Municipal Building in Junction City. Dinkel, who has served 35 years in local government and the last 10 in Junction City said he doesn’t have any concrete plans at this time during retirement, but he hopes [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested on Wednesday night for trying to traffic contraband into a correction or care facility. Latorris Franklin, 45, was arrested just after 9:45 p.m. in the 2400 block of Hobbs Drive on probable cause charges. Franklin is charged with one count of trafficking contraband into a corrections or care facility, one [...]

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The list of the four finalists for the position of Manhattan City Manager have been released to the public and they’re coming to Manhattan to meet with the public and commissioners next week. “We’re very excited to introduce the candidates to the public,” said Manhattan mayor Susan Adamchak. “We had nearly 50 candidates apply from [...]

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A Manhattan man remains jailed following his arrest for making criminal threats over the phone. 29-year-old Larry Wilms Jr. was arrested just after 10 p.m. in the 4700 block of Observation Point Drive on 13 counts of making a criminal threat by causing either terror, evacuation or disruption. Wilms is also charged with two counts [...]

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All eyes will be on Junction City this afternoon as officials and residents will say goodbye to city manager Allen Dinkel. Dinkel, who has spent over 35 years in city government and most of the last 10 in Junction City, announced his retirement back in April. He spoke more about his career in an interview [...]

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