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By Emma Loura Crowds waved their American flags Monday morning along Poyntz Avenue in honor of those who have served in the military. An honor guard led the annual Veterans Day Parade, followed by Boy Scout Troop 74 and the Fort Riley cavalry unit. More than a thousand people and 62 organizations participated in the [...]

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A pair of local teens were arrested Sunday afternoon after they broke into Dunkin Donuts and attempted to set the store on fire. RCPD officers arrested two 15-year-olds Sunday around 3 p.m. on charges of Aggravated arson, criminal trespass, burglary, and child misconduct. The two boys were not held in the Riley County Jail because [...]

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A manhattan man spent the weekend in jail after trying to break into a government building. 23-year-old Andrew Farklin is being held on a $250,000 bond after attempting to break into the Riley County Shop, located in the 6200 block of Tuttle Creek Boulevard. Franklin was arrested around 6:30 a.m. Friday on counts of Burglary, [...]

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A high-speed case ended in Blue Rapids Friday morning as law enforcement officers sought an “armed and dangerous” Manhattan man. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, the man is believed to have been involved in a string of burglaries. He allegedly stole his grandmother’s car and a handgun. A Marshall County officer pursued the man, [...]

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RCPD is investigating following a report that someone threw a rock through a window at Wal-Mart and then stole an unknown quantity of shotgun shells. Officers filed the report just before 11:30 p.m. on Thursday evening and are listing this case as aggravated burglary and criminal destruction of property. The total associated with the case [...]

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RCPD is investigating following a report that someone threw a rock through a window at Wal-Mart and then stole an unknown quantity of shotgun shells. Officers filed the report just before 11:30 p.m. on Thursday evening and are listing this case as aggravated burglary and criminal destruction of property. The total associated with the case [...]

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Gov. Laura Kelly announced Wednesday that she had granted clemency to seven individuals who were incarcerated which included a Manhattan man who was serving a prison sentence for a drug charge. Deshaun Durham had been serving a 92-month prison sentence for possession with intent to distribute 2.4 pounds of cannabis. Even though cannabis is illegal [...]

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The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) is investigating a death that occurred at the Northeast Kansas Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Junction City. The KBI was contacted Tuesday morning to investigate the death of a 17-year-old male from Dodge City. The teen had been at the detention facility since early August as a result of [...]

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A man was taken to a local hospital following an injury accident late Wednesday afternoon in Manhattan. Officers responded to the scene in the 2200 block of Fort Riley Boulevard just after 5 p.m. to find a single vehicle crash of a 2009 Honda Accord driven by Javier Rascon Ruiz, 30, of Manhattan. Officers learned [...]

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By Emma Loura/Manhattan Mercury Megan Steele will take over the District 51 seat in the Kansas House of Representatives after a landslide victory. Steele, a Republican, beat out Democrat Linda Morse with 7,903 votes, or nearly 70%, Tuesday evening. Morse received 3,602 votes. The full story can be read at The Mercury.

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