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Interviews are scheduled to take place next week to fill a district magistrate judge vacancy in the 21st Judicial District, composed of Riley and Clay counties. According to the Kansas Judicial Branch, the District Nominating Commission will convene at 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 18 to visit with three nominees. They include Dan Brenner, of Holton; [...]

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The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office is asking for assistance in identifying a man who used a stolen financial card in several counties. The sheriff’s office says the male suspect was caught on video using the card in multiple counties. The estimated total loss is $120.00. Anyone with information in the case is encouraged to contact [...]

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Snowfall amounts are coming in from the Monday-Tuesday winter storm. Most reports around Manhattan and Keats ranged from about 4 to 5 inches. At the KMAN studios, 5 inches of snowfall was recorded Tuesday morning. The National Weather Service confirmed reports of 7.5 inches of snow at Onaga, with lower amounts in southern Pottawatomie County, [...]

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Several residents woke up without power across Kansas Tuesday. Evergy says a large number of outages are attributed to the winter storm from high winds in excess of 50 mph. It’s impacting customers in both Kansas and Missouri. Crews have restored power to more than 36,000 customers since the storm began Monday and continue to [...]

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Riley County Police have charged another individual in connection to past financial crimes. According to Tuesday’s police report, 23-year-old Zelayha Vincent, of Fort Riley, was arrested while in jail Monday on warrants alleging a host of charges including three counts of criminal use of a financial card and an attempted count, two counts each of [...]

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According to a K-State veterinarian, dogs might be more at risk for canine infectious respiratory disease complex as a repercussion from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Snow will be ending across the region Tuesday morning, but conditions will continue to be messy. Highways across Riley and Pottawatomie County remain completely snow covered and the Riley County Police Department has implemented the Emergency Accident Reporting Phase (EARP) until further notice. RCPD says K-18 and US 177 are particularly treacherous. When EARP is [...]

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A number of government offices and school facilities will take the day off Tuesday, due to the wintry conditions, which are expected to dump 6 to 8 inches of snow on the Manhattan area. The City of Manhattan announced late in the day Monday, it would be shuttering facilities early and closing all city-operated buildings [...]

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A Junction City man plead guilty to identity theft in Riley County District Court on Monday. 44-year-old Travis Calloway plead guilty to three counts of identity theft before Judge John Bosch on Monday. Calloway had previously been charged with over 15 counts of financial and property crimes for two seperate cases that occurred in December [...]

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A Riley County man was sentenced to prison on Monday for attempted involuntary manslaughter. 46-year-old Jarman Morgan was sentenced to 136 months in prison in Riley County District Court by Judge John Bosch on one count of attempted involuntary manslaughter. Morgan was also sentenced to 31 months for aggravated battery and 13 months for violating [...]

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