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A local man who was previously arrested for child sex crimes is set to be in court on Tuesday for the start of a three-day jury trial. 29-year-old Tristian Gooden-Heit was arrested in Aug. 2022 on 15 counts of sexual exploitation of a child and single counts of a computer crime and interference with law enforcement [...]

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By Emma Loura K-State will demolish the International Student Center after the Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday approved the action. The plan is to return the site to green space. K-State’s request to raze the building was on the consent agenda of the Kansas Board of Regents’ meeting Wednesday, so the regents did not [...]

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WAMEGO, Sept. 21 – A 23-year-old man was injured in a train incident this morning, according to Paul Schliffke, Wamego Police Chief. In a press release, Schliffke said that at approximately 5:10 a.m., the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s dispatch received notification from Union Pacific Railroad that a train had struck a pedestrian on the tracks located [...]

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A second juvenile has been arrested in the ongoing investigation of threats posted on social media towards USD 475 schools. Junction City Police announced on Saturday that the second juvenile has been charged with an aggravated criminal threat which is a Level-5 person felony. As with the first juvenile who was arrested, they were transported [...]

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Will Manhattanites soon be able to walk around with a beer during special events? Manhattan city commissioners at Tuesday’s meeting will discuss possible approaches to adopting a common consumption area (CCA) ordinance. A CCA allows a person to consume and possess an alcoholic beverage within the area and can include city property, sidewalks and streets. [...]

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An Ogden man is behind bars after a registered Kansas offender was arrested Thursday on new allegations. Just before 3:30p.m. Thursday, police arrested 41-year-old Marcus Grant for failure to appear. The original charge in this matter is for violation of the offender registration act. Grant has been listed in Kansas as a registered offender since [...]

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USD 383 school district offices are moving to the Lincoln Education Center starting Monday, September 30. The district offices will be closed on Thursday, September 26 and Friday, September 27, to facilitate the move. They will be unable to answer the phones or emails on those days and the Robinson Education Center will be closed [...]

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Six K-State students have been awarded the nationally competitive Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship for international study opportunities. The selected students are Hannah Macke a senior from Baileyville in agribusiness, Kadin Waterman, a sophomore from Fontana in park management and conservation, Thomas Worstell, a graduate student from Blue Springs, MO in architecture and Richard Charlton, a [...]

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Law enforcement agencies across Kansas have been on high alert after a series of school threats that have targeted at least 12 schools in the northeast Kansas area. Six northeast Kansas school districts have had threats made against them recently, prompting some law enforcement agencies to heighten enforcement efforts. Of the districts impacted, at least [...]

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By Megan Moser The northern part of the K-State campus, known as the Campus Edge, will have a steakhouse, brewery, hotel, condos and park, according to new renderings. Officials presented updated plans for the area last week at the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours event. They said the goal is for the [...]

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