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The Riley County Law Board approved a resolution Monday to conditionally authorize the board chair to sign an agreement for new license plate reader technology, which the Riley County Police Department will utilize to help with crime reduction. The board pulled the agreement from its consent agenda Monday after the board’s attorney Mike Gillespie learned [...]

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Three people were hospitalized Monday night in a wreck on K-18 near the airport. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, the crash occurred when a Ford Fusion rear-ended a Lexus in the eastbound lanes, shortly before 9 p.m. The crash led to traffic being diverted in the area for a short time. Among those injured [...]

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In our continuing news series looking back at the career of long-time Manhattan City Manager Ron Fehr, we hear from some of the city commissioners and others who worked alongside him. Bruce Snead came on the commission in 1995, serving until 2011 and recalls his first meeting with Fehr. A few years later, in 2000, [...]

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Members of the Riley County Law Board on Monday received the first proposed RCPD budget for 2025, targeting a roughly 6.6% increase in year over year spending. This year’s ask is around $2 million more than the current budget, with department administration pointing to inflationary challenges and rising insurance costs. The total overall budget is [...]

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Riley County is preparing for the groundbreaking on their new EMS station, which is being held next Monday. EMS Director David Adams says a final rezoning request for the new station site was recently submitted to the city and is anticipated to be approved quickly. Once approved, the last document that the county needs completed [...]

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An investigation is underway after an individual sustained a gunshot wound this weekend in Aggieville. According to the Riley County Police Department, officers on routine foot patrol early Sunday morning heard a possible gunshot coming from the 1100 block of Moro Street. The incident occurred shortly after 1:30 a.m. Responding officers found a 22-year-old man [...]

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In 24 years at the helm of city administration, Ron Fehr has seen Manhattan transform into a regional hub for commerce, tourism and research and innovation. All this week on News Radio KMAN, we’ll be hearing from those who saw firsthand Fehr’s leadership guiding the city to bring in major economic development to Manhattan, including [...]

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By Beth Day, Pottawatomie County Times Wamego celebrated its annual Tulip Festival over the weekend. With over 200 vendors on hand at Wamego’s City Park, festival goers were treated to plenty of activities, live music flowers. Tulip Festival is one of three major community events held in Wamego annually and doesn’t happen without a number [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested on Friday evening for stalking and on a slew of charges related to violating a protection order. 44-year-old Robert Martin was arrested at the Riley County Courthouse at 5:00 pm on a warrant stemming from charges that include eight separate charges for violating a protection order, one count of stalking [...]

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An investigation is underway following an unapproved grass fire that destroyed a home near Manhattan last week. According to Riley County Public Information Officer Vivienne Leyva, fire crews from both Manhattan and Riley County Fire District No. 1 were dispatched around 7 p.m. on April 5 to the out-of-control grass fire at 200 Waterbridge Road, [...]

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