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Officials have revised the total acres burned in a Monday evening wildfire in far northeast Riley County. According to a Tuesday news release from the county, the Harmony Road fire scorched an estimated 650 acres, down from initial estimates of 1,000 acres. No injuries were reported to people or livestock and no structures were threatened. [...]

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By Rose Gruenbacher A Manhattan man received a sentence of almost two years in prison in Riley County District Court on Monday for four cases with similar charges. Ronnie Summerset Jr., 26, was found guilty last month of the charges of multiple counts of criminal threat, multiple violations of protective orders and two counts of [...]

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By Rose Gruenbacher A Manhattan man appeared in court Monday to plead not guilty to charges filed against him in multiple cases. Luke Johnson, 22, appeared before Judge John Bosch to enter a plea of not guilty to 10 counts against him which spread across three separate cases. He was arrested last May by the [...]

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Pottawatomie County officials are set to honor more veterans at a ceremony next week. “We are ready to install another plaque on the veterans memorial that has 50 names of citizens that reside or have resided in the county,” said Becky Ryan, Pottawatomie County Public Information Officer. The ceremony is scheduled for 11 am Monday [...]

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Aggieville: a place to eat and drink at a local restaurant, then get some shopping in. And if you’re lucky, the sighting of cattle. The fifth-annual Aggieville Showdown was held Friday and Saturday in Manhattan. It gives exhibitors across the nation an opportunity to show off their cattle in a different environment. Christian Calliham, a [...]

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Firefighters are responding to a brush fire in extreme northeastern Riley County. According to Riley County officials, firefighters were dispatched around 3:30 pm to a prescribed burn that got out of control. As of 6:45 pm a large area was still burning in a mostly rural area of northeast Riley County, near the borders of [...]

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By Emma Loura At Monday’s county commission meeting, the planning director presented a draft with updated language on licensing requirements and other rules for commissioner feedback. One planned requirement for short-term rentals (also called vacation rentals, commonly rented on sites like Airbnb and VRBO) is a responsible agent. Webb added a rule that the responsible [...]

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A St. Marys woman was seriously injured Saturday in an accident in Jackson County. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 56-year-old Carol Jacas was westbound on a rural county road near Highway 75 when she ran a stop sign, striking a vehicle driven by 31-year-old Sierra Phillips. Jacas was transported to Stormont Vail in Topeka [...]

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One person was injured Friday in work zone crash on I-70 in Geary County. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol crash, a Toyota Highlander was traveling eastbound around 9:15 pm near mile post 301, when the driver swerved to avoid an animal in the road. That caused a trailing semi truck to strike the Highlander [...]

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By Emma Loura The federal government cut two grants for the Riley County Health Department related to the prevention and treatment of diseases, officials said Thursday. Effective March 24, the federal government discontinued four grants for health departments across Kansas, two of which affect Riley County. All health departments in the state received notices March [...]

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