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One person was transported to a nearby hospital following a two-vehicle accident on Friday morning in Pottawatomie County. The accident occurred near Highway 24 and Schoeman Road earlier this morning. According to early reports from Pottawatomie County Sheriff Doug Adams, one of the vehicles was on fire and an individual was transported to Stormont Vail [...]

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School districts across the country have been impacted by a cybersecurity breach affecting the PowerSchool Student Information System. PowerSchool is a software used to keep track student’s report cards, fill out school forms or put money in cafeteria accounts. USD 320 Wamego was affected by the breach. Superintendent Rob McKim said that the district was currently [...]

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Megan Steele, the newly elected Republican representative for Kansas’ 51st House District, will take office next week with a focus on balancing her conservative principles with a willingness to collaborate across ideological divides. Steele on Monday will replace fellow GOP Rep. Kenny Titus, who successfully ran for the State Senate, leaving the 51st District seat [...]

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A Junction City woman is behind bars on Thursday after being arrested on a charge of failure to appear in court. Anastasia Kenyon, 24, was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant at approximately 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday on the charge that stems from previous charges of two counts of making false information and [...]

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Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a Marysville man for aggravated criminal sodomy. Deputies arrested Adam Tennyson just prior to 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday on a Marshall County District Court warrant for the charge. Tennyson’s bond is unknown a...

A Manhattan man finds himself in trouble after he was arrested by police on charges anywhere from identity theft to forgery. Officers arrested Myles Vaughn, 32, on probable cause offenses of theft of property or services with a value between $1500 and $25,000, forgery and identity theft just after 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Bond has [...]

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A woman was injured in an accident on Tuesday morning that occurred in Manhattan. The accident occurred at approximately 10:15 a.m. at mile marker 306 on Tuttle Creek Boulevard. Roxanne Brown, 32, was transported by EMS to Via Christi after she lost control of her vehicle on the ice on the road. Her injuries are [...]

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A fire that engulfed a semitrailer has restricted traffic on I-70 just west of Topeka on Wednesday. The fire was reported just prior to 5:30 a.m. this morning on westbound I-70 about 2 miles west of the Shawnee-Wabaunsee County line. The semi was reported to be fully engulfed in flames. Initial reports from the scene [...]

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Kansas state Senator Kenny Titus (R-Manhattan) has filed a bill that would exempt the state of Kansas from Daylight Savings Time. The issue of Daylight Savings has been a topic of discussion at the federal level, as several bills have been filed to exempt the United States from Daylight Savings while others have looked to [...]

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Kansas state Senator Kenny Titus (R-Manhattan) has filed a bill that would exempt the state of Kansas from Daylight Savings Time. The issue of Daylight Savings has been a topic of discussion at the federal level, as several bills have been filed to exempt the United States from Daylight Savings while others have looked to [...]

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