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U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, announced Monday he was seeking an exemption from the federal hiring freeze for necessary staff at the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan. Moran, a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, recently hosted U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden in Manhattan to highlight the [...]

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Crime continued to decline in October, according to Riley County Police Department Director Brian Peete. During his monthly report to county commissioners on Thursday, Peete delivered a mostly positive crime update, reporting sharp declines in several categories. “As of Nov. 1, our Part One crimes were 20% below the five-year average compared to last year,” [...]

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The Riley County Police Department is investigating a report of aggravated indecent liberties with a child filed Friday evening in Manhattan. Officers filed the report around 5:32 p.m. Nov. 21. A 3-year-old girl was listed as the victim, and a 22-year-old man known to the victim was listed as the suspect. Due to the nature [...]

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One person was transported to the hospital after a vehicle struck a pedestrian Saturday morning in downtown Manhattan. Riley County Police officers responded to the report of an injury accident involving pedestrians around 10:01 a.m. Nov. 22 near the 400 block of Poyntz Avenue. Police said a 2015 Nissan Altima driven by 76-year-old Bimel Kanti [...]

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A Manhattan woman was arrested Saturday afternoon following an incident involving theft, disorderly conduct and multiple counts of battery on law enforcement officers. Riley County Police officers filed a report around 4:35 p.m. Nov. 22, 2025, in the 3000 block of Anderson Avenue for theft of property or services, disorderly conduct and three counts of [...]

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The Kansas Livestock Association wrapped up its yearly convention Friday after swearing in its new president and approving two new policies. The event was Wednesday through Saturday at the Manhattan Convention Center and Hilton Garden Inn. Last year, its 130th anniversary, KLA had its convention in Manhattan for the first time. Ty Breeden, a 2003 [...]

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The Riley County Police Department is investigating a reported fraud incident involving a local retail store in Manhattan. Officers filed a report around 3:09 p.m. Nov. 20, 2025, in the 400 block of 3rd Place. Burlington Coat Factory was listed as the victim after an unknown male suspect allegedly called the store and instructed employees [...]

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On Wednesday, the Kansas Board of Regents approved a 20-year lease agreement between K-State Salina and the media company Pure Imagination Labs. Pure Imagination intends to lease space inside the new Kansas Artificial Intelligence Research and Entertainment Studio, or K-AIRES building, on the Salina campus. The lease will begin when the building opens in September [...]

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A panel of general officers found an Army colonel guilty of sexually abusing three adolescents he knew during his court-martial Nov. 6 at the Fort Leavenworth Courtroom. Some of the earliest abuse occurred at Fort Riley. Col. Scott C. Nauman, 53, an infantry officer assigned to the Special Troops Battalion, Combined Arms Command, was sentenced [...]

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The Riley County Police Department made two drug-related arrests Wednesday in unrelated cases. In the first incident, officers arrested 32-year-old Theresa Cleveland of Manhattan around 12:06 p.m. Nov. 19 in the 100 block of Courthouse Plaza. Cleveland was taken into custody on a Saline County District Court warrant listing charges of possession of opiate, opium, [...]

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