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Two additional COVID-related deaths have been confirmed by the Riley County Health Department, bringing the pandemic total for the county to 57. In the latest report, published Wednesday, the health department said a 51-year-old unvaccinated woman died Sept. 3 after testing positive three weeks earlier. The other individual, a 75-year-old man, was identified by the [...]

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COVID numbers are said to be improving at St. George Elementary following an outbreak of cases last week. At one point, as many as 22 cases had been reported since Sept. 2, the most of any active cluster in the state according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s website Wednesday. Rock Creek Schools [...]

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The Manhattan City Commission approved an ordinance on first reading to set the budget for 2022, a budget that will see a 3.499 mill levy increase. Mayor Wynn Butler noted the frustration he’s hearing from property owners as he provided the only “no” vote. Commissioner Aaron Estabrook, though, made clear that he’s concerned with a [...]

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10:30 a.m. Thursday update A 7 year-old boy is recovering at a Topeka hospital after being struck by a car while waiting at a bus stop Wednesday morning. The boy, identified in RCPD’s activity report as Tommy Hagadorn-Brecken, was crossing the roadway when he was hit by a 2017 Chevy Cruze driven by 78-year-old Andrew [...]

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The Manhattan Fire Department continues to strive for excellence in protecting the community. Jake Powell, MFD Fire Marshall, says the technology continues to advance and they have started to use those new technologies to their advantage. Powell talks more about one program called Neighbors Public Safety Service offered by Ring Doorbells. “They allow Ring users [...]

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Over the past year, the Konza Student Table has been giving out free meals every Wednesday. The partnership between K-State, the Food and Farm Council, and St. Isidore’s has been helping to feed those in the community affected by the pandemic. Father Gale Hammerschmidt says the reality of the situation is the food insecurity in [...]

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Geary County authorities apprehended a wanted man Tuesday morning after he briefly eluded police officers. The Geary County Sheriff’s Office says David Paul Jones, was brought into custody shortly before 11:30 a.m. He was wanted out of Dickinson County for domestic battery. Authorities say Jones ran from police after he had been spotted near the [...]

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A total of seven vehicles sustained damage from an early Tuesday morning fire at an east Manhattan auto repair shop. Shortly after 4 a.m. the Manhattan Fire Department was dispatched to 130 Sarber Lane (Dillon’s) for the report of the smell of smoke and then redirected to A&M Auto Repair at 6th and Fair Lane [...]

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An April trial date is set for a Manhattan man accused of murdering two people last fall in the Stagg Hill area. At a Tuesday hearing, Judge John Bosch set a trial date of April 5, with a two-week setting for Montrell Vassar, who is charged in the shooting deaths of 23-year-old Javon Gray and [...]

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Police say a 62-year-old man was the most recent victim of an internet scam Monday which saw him purchasing nearly $6,000 in gift cards for an unknown suspect. RCPD says a report for theft was filed Monday afternoon in the 1900 block of Casement Road. According to the report, the suspect stole $5,950 in miscellaneous [...]

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