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The City of Manhattan held an open house Tuesday for its newly completed addition, which now houses the Parks and Recreation Department. The was previously housed in a converted shop in City Park. It was supposed to be a temporary location; but over 30 years passed and Parks and Rec started to feel the impact of a deteriorating facility.

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A Fort Riley solider was identified as the victim in a Feb. 29 collision on I-70 in Topeka. Pfc. Coral Lynn Clark, 24, was a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear specialist. “The officers, NCOs and enlisted members of the 1st Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade extend our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Pfc. Coral

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The Geary County Sheriff’s Office and Geary County Rural Fire Department responded to Old US 40 Highway near Crider Road for a burning vehicle last week. The initial investigation into the February 24th incident revealed the vehicle, a 2013 Jeep Wrangler, had been recently reported stolen in Junction City and that the fire was intentionally set. Further investigation

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Riley County Emergency Management Director Pat Collins received applause and congratulatory handshakes from county commissioners and supporters during Monday morning’s meeting in Manhattan. Collins was recognized as the 2015 Kansas Emergency Management Association Owen U. Turrentine EM Professional of the Year. “Congratulations, Pat,” commissioner Robert Boyd said. “You have a wonderful reputation.” Collins was presented

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GEARY COUNTY, Kan. – A two-month long investigation into Junction City drug distribution, concluded with two arrests. The Junction City/Geary County Drug Operations Group – along with the Riley County Police Department Special Investigations Unit, executed search warrants that led to the arrests last week. 29-year-old Michael Anthony Washington was was charged with one count of

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Officers with the Riley County Police Department filed a report for the offenses of burglary and criminal damage to property in the 2500 block of Farm Bureau Road in Manhattan on February 26, 2016 at approximately 10:50 PM. These crimes are said to have occurred on the 26th of this month and involved the theft

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For Manhattan’s first-ever large scale comic book convention, event co-organizer and former Fort Riley solider Joshua Smith hoped for somewhere around 500 attendees when he and his wife, Ali, thought it would be a good idea to get one started a couple months ago. Saturday at the Manhattan Conference Center inside the Hilton Garden Inn,

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Police arrested Justin Kendrick, 19, of Manhattan on February 25, 2016, at approximately 4:10 p.m. while at the Riley County Police Department. Kendrick was arrested on a warrant for probation violation from Nemaha County, Kansas and was given a bond of $5,000. At the time of this report he was confined at the Riley County

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This week was a rare win for counties in the state of Kansas. Riley County commissioners were informed Thursday morning that the Kansas Supreme Court ruled 5-2 in favor of counties in a case that dealt with appeals on appraised property values. Assistant County Counselor Craig Cox told commissioners that the court said the state

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Riley County Emergency crews responded to the intersection of Kimball Avenue and Plymouth Road in Manhattan at approximately 5:15 PM Wednesday for a report of an injury collision. Officers on scene found that 4 vehicles traveling east on Kimball were involved when a 2009 GMC Yukon, driven by Erika Lowery, 42, of Manhattan struck the rear

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