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Six people were arrested at Flint Hills Place on Sunday after a fight broke out between multiple parties. Officers responded to the 1400 block of Flint Hills Place just after 6 p.m. on Sunday evening where arrests were made of 19-year-old Kelonnie Patterson of Manhattan, 49-year-old Antwone Baggett of Manhattan, 33-year-old Daundra Brown of Manhattan [...]

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The Riley County Police Department is investigating a recent theft at was reported Sunday at Weisner’s Sewing Center at approximately 12:30 p.m. RCPD officers filed the report of theft by deception in the 300 block of Poyntz Ave. when it was reported a known subject passed a check for two sewing machines that did not [...]

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One person died in an accident involving a motorcycle and pedestrian just before 10 p.m. Friday in Riley County. According to the Riley County Police Department, a Honda Custom motorcycle driven by Kameron Banks, 19, of Manhattan, was westbound in the 2300 Block of Tuttle Creek Boulevard between Kimball Avenue and Northfield Drive. The motorcycle [...]

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A financial contribution from the estate of Donald and Susie Wilson developed in collaboration with the KSU Foundation and K-State’s College of Architecture, Planning and Design, is now the largest commitment to date for the college. Valued at approximately $13 million, the charitable trust fund established by the late Donald Wilson, a graduate of the [...]

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A jury found a Manhattan man guilty of 17 counts of child sex crimes Friday in Riley County District Court. Tristian Gooden-Heit, 29, hung his head as Judge Grant Bannister announced the jury’s verdict on Friday afternoon on 15 counts of sexual exploitation of a child, one count of a computer crime and one count [...]

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By Megan Moser A candidate running for the Kansas House District 67 seat said this week that she voted in a 2022 referendum that would have removed the Kansas constitutional right to abortion, but public records show she did not participate in that election. Angel Roeser, the Republican candidate for the office, faced Democratic opponent [...]

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By AJ Shaw and Peter Rice news@1350kman.com Two and a half years after a biological manufacturing company announced its plans to build a facility in Manhattan, there are few answers about when — and if — it’s going to happen, but local and state officials say discussions still are ongoing. Scorpius, formerly called Scorpion, announced [...]

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By Emma Loura The association this year is celebrating 150 years of tradition, community and purple pride. With that milestone comes a celebration and the start of a strategic plan. The Alumni Association began June 24, 1874, when K-State was still Kansas State Agricultural College. Graduates from the college met at Manhattan’s First Presbyterian Church, [...]

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City commissioners on Tuesday discussion a new $10 million cemetery master plan that would catch up on deferred maintenance, improve operational efficiency, make the cemeteries more ADA-accessible and bring in more revenue. Some of the proposed upgrades to Sunrise Cemetery include the construction of a new shop and office, renovating the existing shop, paving a [...]

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People packed the K-State Student Union Wednesday night to see the candidates for the District 67 seat in the Kansas House of Representatives square off in a debate touching on healthcare, education and reproductive rights. K-State Young Democrats, the Riley County Republican Party, the K-State political science department and the K-State Institute for Civic Discourse [...]

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