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A local animal shelter announced on Monday that it is closing temporarily due to symptoms resembling kennel cough were going around the shelter. The Junction City Animal Shelter announced in a social media post that the shelter will be closing for a minimum of one week so they could monitor symptoms of kennel cough. The [...]

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Officials from area businesses last weekend took advantage of the highly successful opening of “Wicked,” the movie version of the Broadway show that serves as a prequel for the 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz” and L. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.” The movie brought in an estimated $114 million between [...]

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By Megan Moser A K-State professor is suing the university because she said her supervisor discriminated against her because of a disability. Rebecca Hackemann-Bahlmann, professor of photography, filed a lawsuit last month in federal court. She alleges discrimination on the basis of disability, retaliation for engaging in a protected activity, interfering with the exercise of [...]

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A Manhattan man was scammed Friday after he was sold a mobile home and never received ownership. Riley County Police Officers filed a report of theft by deception around 8:30 p.m. and listed a 42-year-old man as the victim after he purchased a mobile home from a person known to him and never received access [...]

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One man was taken to a local hospital following an injury accident on Saturday night at the corner of Kimball and College Avenues. Officers filed the report just after 11:30 p.m. when 55-year-old Brian Anderson of Manhattan hit 46-year-old Jamie Dolan of Manhattan who was trying to cross the street. Anderson turned right at a [...]

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A local woman has been arrested by RCPD for criminal damage to property. Police arrested 37-year-old Allyson Gann just prior to 10:30 a.m. on Sunday at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in the 600 block of Poyntz Avenue. Officers charge Gann in this case with single counts of criminal damage to property with a value between [...]

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Manhattan city commissioners on Tuesday will consider funding part of the CiCo Park improvement project with a proposed resolution allowing parks and recreation staff to authorize naming rights for new and existing facilities and their amenities. The goal is to reduce the overall tax subsidy of the park upgrades by increasing private funding through donations [...]

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Tequila Modern Mexican, located near Target at 322 Southwind Plaza, will have a soft launch Monday and open at its full capacity Dec. 2. It will be closed Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving. The restaurant put up a sign months ago, but there’s been a delay in its opening. Co-owner José Reyes said fellow investors [...]

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The Bluemont and 4th Street roundabout in Manhattan saw the most accidents in the 3rd quarter of this year, which is between Jul. 1 and Sept. 30. In total, eight accidents occurred at that roundabout during that time frame, while the intersection at Tuttle Creek Boulevard and McCall Road saw seven accidents. The intersection of [...]

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