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A Manhattan man is in prison on Friday following an arrest on a slew of drug charges that includes drug distribution that caused death. 21-year-old Lucas Johnson was arrested at approximately 1:45pm in the 100 block of North 1st Street on probable cause charges. The main charge is one count for distribution of controlled substance [...]

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Pottawatomie County officials say significant progress has been made on the cleanup effort in Westmoreland following Tuesday’s devastating tornado. “There’s still a lot to do but we kind of considered we’ve made it to the next phase of operations. We were able to send volunteers home this (Thursday) afternoon and we will not need volunteers [...]

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Phase 3 of a pavement improvement project along K-18 and K-177 is scheduled to begin Friday, weather permitting. Traffic will be head-to-head on the southbound/eastbound lanes while the northbound/westbound lanes are reconstructed. The section of Zeandale Road/K-18 between K-177 and the local access road will also be reconstructed. Work will be done in subphases in [...]

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Pottawatomie County officials have identified the woman who died in Tuesday’s tornado in Westmoreland. Ann Miller, 58, was killed when the tornado struck her home. Miller was a long term county resident and health department employee. “Ann was the welcoming face of the Health Department for many years,” said Becky Ryan, Pottawatomie County Public Information [...]

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Konza United Way is supporting relief for Westmoreland in the aftermath of Tuesday’s tornado. Emergency Management officials noted late Wednesday that there is not a need for additional volunteers until debris and safety can be checked and double checked. Konza United Way has activated the Communities Active in Disaster (or COAD) response to help with [...]

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Plans for potential facility upgrades at various Manhattan parks drew mixed reactions from city commissioners Tuesday night. City officials offered the commission a first look at the Move MHK! master plan, which includes a possible indoor aquatics center and overhauls of City Park, Northeast Community Park and Northview Park. A facility in City Park with [...]

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A protest was held on Kansas State’s campus Wednesday evening as demonstrators vocalized their anger with the U.S. involvement in the Israel-Palestine war. The K-State Young Democratic Socialists of America, YDSA, also demanded earlier this week for President Richard Linton to resign from the Binational Agricultural Research and Development foundation because he accepted various grants [...]

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Preliminary data collected by the National Weather Service has determined Tuesday’s tornado that struck Westmoreland was rated an EF-3 storm on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. The storm descended about a mile and a half southwest of the city before carving a destructive path through residential areas. The storm boasted peak wind speeds of 140 mph, [...]

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Tuesday’s storms were the third such strong wind event to impact the Flint Hills in the past two weeks and the first ever to hit Westmoreland directly, in what’s been an active few weeks for severe weather. On April 18, a downburst struck St. Marys, and while it wasn’t classified as a tornado, it did [...]

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