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K-State’s enrollment for the 2024-25 school year went up for a second straight year. University president Richard Linton on Monday told local government officials that the small uptick in enrollment partially is a result of attracting in-state students to Manhattan. “They come here because they’re overwhelmed by the authenticity and the realness of the people [...]

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By Annie Wolfe/Times of Pott County Pottawatomie County Commissioner Dee McKee continues to be under scrutiny for her reimbursement claims. County resident Michelle Campbell told commissioners at their Monday meeting she has been looking closely at the public records concerning McKee’s reimbursement requests and questions what she is finding. Dating back to November 2023, Campbell [...]

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The Riley County Police Department is investigating a reported case of a stolen motorcycle in Manhattan. RCPD officers filed a report of motor vehicle theft on Sunday at around 12:30 PM in the 1000 block of Osage Street where a 22-year-old male was the victim. His 2012 Suzuki motorcycle was stolen overnight by an unknown [...]

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The City of Manhattan recently announced that Martin Luther King Jr. Drive will be reduced to one lane starting on Monday, September 23rd for street repair work at the intersection with Fairchild Avenue. The northbound lane will be closed and the southbound lane will remain open with one-lane traffic control signage in place. No timetable [...]

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According to statistics from the Flint Hills Association of Realtors and Wichita State University’s Center for Real Estate, 163 homes sold in Riley, Pottawatomie and Geary counties in August, a 1.9% increase from the 160 homes sold in August 2023. It’s also a jump from the 156 sales in July, though it was a drop [...]

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By Emma Loura Big Lakes Developmental Center officials want to expand their services, but that may have to wait. Big Lakes director Lori Feldkamp on Monday told Riley County commissioners that the organization providing services and support to people with disabilities has reached capacity for all of its services. However, there are some barriers to [...]

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RCPD is investigating a theft that was reported on Saturday evening around 4:30 p.m. at Walmart in Manhattan Officers listed Wal-Mart as the victim after it was reported a known suspect stole over $1,400 worth of merchandise from the store. Anyone with...

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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