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Junction City police have arrested a juvenile for making threats directed at Junction City Middle School students and staff. According to a release from Junction City Police Department spokesperson Cadin Sanner, officers on Tuesday identified and arrested the juvenile believed to be responsible for a Snapchat post Friday that included a list of names of [...]

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An Ogden man finds himself in hot water with law enforcement following his arrest Monday for aggravated domestic battery. Timothy Hill, 35, was arrested at 11 p.m. on Monday night in the 100 block of Tenth Street on probable cause charges of aggravated domestic battery, making a criminal threat and criminal restraint. Hill was booked [...]

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A Manhattan man was injured in an accident just before 1:30p.m. Sunday in Manhattan. According to the Riley County Police Department, a 2018 Hyundai driven by Cody Copeland, 23, Manhattan, failed to yield right of way at the intersection of Pillsbury Drive and McDowell Creek Road. The vehicle struck a 2006 Yamana motorcycle driven by [...]

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By Emma Loura/Manhattan Mercury The University Park lagoon project is still on, but the county is going to need a loan to complete it. The Riley County commission on Monday unanimously approved a 20-year loan from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s State Revolving Fund to cover any costs of the project beyond what [...]

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By Annie Wolfe/Times of Pott County Pottawatomie County Commissioner Greg Riat was unwilling Monday to sign a reimbursement request submitted by Commissioner Dee McKee at a previous meeting and County Counselor John Watt informed the commissioners they would need to “cuss and discuss” the issue during the public meeting. “A voucher was turned in, and [...]

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The third annual Wabash on the Prairie tried out a new location Sunday afternoon. The fundraising event for the Sunflower Children’s Collective featured performances from the K-State marching band and the Classy Cats dance team at the university’s World War I Memorial Stadium, bringing the festivities inside city limits for the first time. Wabash on [...]

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K-State on Friday reported that a student had tested positive for tuberculosis. The student is undergoing medical treatment and is isolating according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, officials said in a written statement. They said K-State is working closely with the Riley County Health Department to identify any people who had [...]

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A Junction City man and former Fort Riley soldier who had been previously arrested and convicted for child sex crimes was arrested over the weekend for violating his probation. 23-year-old Jamichael Strahan was arrested around 3:30 p.m. on Saturday afternoon on a Riley County District Court warrant for probation violation stemming from a charge of [...]

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A man was transported to Via Christi after he was injured in a car v. motorcycle accident on Friday afternoon in Manhattan. The accident occurred just before 2:30 p.m. at the interesection of Research Park Court and N. Manhattan Avenue when Barbara Ench, 75, of Manhattan failed to yield the right of way to Thomas [...]

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A federal jury convicted a Kansas man of assault with a deadly weapon following an incident on a United States Army installation, according to the United State’s Attorney. In Nov. 2023, Jordan Thompson, 24, assaulted an adult male victim while at Fort Riley. According to evidence presented at trial, Thompson was involved in a domestic [...]

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