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Formal charges are pending against a former Manhattan Parks & Recreation employee arrested last week in Pottawatomie County on charges of sexual exploitation of a child. Zachariah Bayless turned himself in to the Pottawatomie County Jail in Westmoreland May 21. Sheriff Shane Jager says the alleged crimes occurred between December 2020 and May 2021. Pottawatomie [...]

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Details from Wednesday night’s domestic disturbance at The Links apartments in north Manhattan have been released. Riley County Police made two arrests, including one for criminal trespass after 22-year-old Mariah Garcia reportedly violated an October court order. She was also charged with domestic battery. Court documents show Garcia had a warrant out for her arrest. [...]

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The Wamego school board has hired Greg Mann as its interim superintendent for the 2021-22 school year. The board approved the hire Tuesday during a special meeting in a 7-0 vote. Mann’s first day with the district will be June 14 with a salary of $115,000 and the district will pick up the KPERS penalty. [...]

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In its weekly report Wednesday, Riley County health officials identified 27 new positive coronavirus cases and 17 additional recoveries. While the percent positive for the week of May 16 was 3.1 percent, that was due to 30 percent fewer COVID tests being performed. Ascension Via Christi is caring for one COVID positive patient. Fewer than 700 [...]

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Manhattan city commissioner Wynn Butler has filed for re-election. Butler, who is currently serving as Mayor, was first elected to the commission in April 2011. He retired from the Army in 1997 and spent two decades as an administrator and faculty member at Barton County Community College Fort Riley Campus and serves as an Associate [...]

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A Manhattan woman was arrested Tuesday on several charges after police say she damaged property and injured another woman. According to RCPD’s activity report, 31-year-old Makia Harris allegedly hit a 39-year-old female with a baseball bat causing minor injuries to the victim’s hand as well as her head. Harris also allegedly smashed the car windshield [...]

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State of the General Fund Manhattan officials discussed the state of the General Fund, which is the city’s main operating fund, during the city commission meeting Tuesday. The meeting was the first of several that will be held over the next few months to create the 2022 budget. Despite the pandemic, city manager Ron Fehr [...]

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Severe weather is a possibility this evening and overnight for much of north central and northeast Kansas. The Storm Prediction Center has placed the Manhattan area in an enhanced (level 3) risk for severe storms tonight, starting after dark. Brief tornadoes are possible, along with damaging winds, large hail and flash flooding. The National Weather [...]

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A new veterans’ memorial walkway has been installed at Valley View Memorial Park, with the ribbon cutting coming up Thursday. VFW Lee Pierson Post Commander Dan Watkins on KMAN’s In Focus said Monday this is a project that began in one form in the early 2000’s, but were left, essentially, abandoned after plans changed. The [...]

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The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has issued a boil water advisory for a portion of southwest Manhattan’s public water supply until further notice. The area of town under the advisory includes a northern boundary from Wildcat Creek at Seth Child Road near the RCPD headquarters and Poyntz Avenue at Delaware, two blocks east [...]

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