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Formal charges have been filed in Pottawatomie County against a former Manhattan Parks & Recreation Department employee accused of sex crimes. Zach Bayless faces two counts of sexual exploitation of a child. A criminal complaint provided by County Attorney Sherri Schuck, alleges that sometime between Nov. 30 and Dec. 4, Bayless feloniously promoted a performance [...]

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Girls On The Run of the Flint Hills is opening a summer camp. The camp, which debuted in 2019, will provide an experience geared towards fitness and mental health for girls grades 3-5. Both sessions will be in Manhattan. Session one will take place at Lee Elementary on June 21-25 from 8 a.m. to noon, while [...]

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Riley County Police Department budget The Riley County Law Board agreed Thursday to publish the 2022 Riley County Police Department budget once the revenue neutral tax rate becomes available. The proposed budget currently stands at about $23 million, up about 3.57 percent from the 2021 budget. Among the reasons for the budget increase is a [...]

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The USD 475 school district has appointed four new principals today. Kathleen Brennan was named principal of Fort Riley Middle School, Nicole Perez was named principal of H.D. Karns Innovations Academy, Melisa Burgess was named principal of Morris Hill Elementary, and Kathy Friesen was named principal of Seitz Elementary. Brennan takes on her new role as [...]

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The transition continues for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, as operations staff move and new hires continue to be made. Communications Director Katie Pawlosky said Thursday on KMAN’s In Focus that they see ongoing shifts in the demographics as the facility moves towards being operational in 18 months. NBAF Coordinator Dr. Ken Burton adds [...]

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USD 383 will receive over $3.2 million in federal funds during the second round of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funding and $7.5 million in the third round. Director of Business Services Lew Faust presented an overview to the school board Wednesday night on how the district intends to spend some of those funds, [...]

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More people spoke either for or against a recently approved and later withdrawn purchase of educator training sessions at Wednesday’s USD 383 school board meeting. The public outcry is largely influenced by the Riley County Republicans who strongly oppose culturally responsive teaching and learning training, which they said would lead teachers to instructing Critical Race [...]

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More people spoke either for or against a recently approved and later withdrawn purchase of educator training sessions at Wednesday’s USD 383 school board meeting. The public outcry is largely influenced by the Riley County Republicans who strongly oppose culturally responsive teaching and learning training, which they said would lead teachers to instructing Critical Race [...]

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Riley County Police say a Manhattan man’s body was recovered late Wednesday night from Tuttle Creek Lake after emergency response teams searched for nearly 10 hours. Shortly before 2:30 p.m., Riley County Dispatch received a call from a citizen reporting a vehicle and clothes near a shoreline by the intersection of Lakeshore Drive and Shady [...]

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A Texas jury has awarded $222 million to the widow of a man who was killed in a June 2018 accident at Evergy’s Jeffrey Energy Center power plant near St. Marys. The jury found Texas-based subcontractor Team Industrial Services 90 percent responsible for the death of Jesse Henson, of Manhattan. Henson and a co-worker, Damien [...]

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