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The Junction City and Geary County Drug Operations Group is warning that counterfeit OxyContin pills laced with Fentanyl have been seen at an increasing rate in the region. These pills are stamped to match the appearance of OxyContin, but carry a potency between 50 to 100 times that of morphine. Overdoses and deaths have increased [...]

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Commencement ceremonies at K-State are planned later this month and the university has announced some of the details surrounding each event. In person ceremonies will honor all university graduates from 2020 as well as graduatiion candidates for May and summer 2021.The ceremonies are not open to the public and graduates are able to invite up [...]

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Pottawatomie County commissioners reviewed a contract with Bartlett and West to continue a plan for road and thoroughfare improvements in the Green Valley area. While not finalized, the nearly $75,000 contract will include an overall project scope, complete with an outline for how and when those projects can occur. County Planner Stephan Metzger says the [...]

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Two co-defendants accused in a November 2019 murder at a west Manhattan apartment complex will appear in separate settings later this summer. At a status hearing Monday, Shamar Sutton’s attorney Jeff Adam informed Judge Grant Bannister that they are awaiting a jury trial for Sutton’s co-defendant Richard Goens, before entering into any plea agreement. Sutton [...]

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The following summary of calls for service/reports filed by the Riley County Police Department is a portion of those received by police.  Some names, addresses, and case details are withheld to follow local, state, and federal law as well as in an attempt to protect community members from being victimized further.  Those arrested are presumed innocent [...]

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Manhattan area state lawmakers fielded questions at a virtual legislative forum Friday, hosted by the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce. On the topic of the legislature’s likely veto override of proposed income tax cuts in Kansas, 51st District Rep. Ron Highland (R-Wamego) says he believes it’s one of the first things the legislature will consider [...]

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Riley County Police are seeking the public’s help identifying a truck involved in an incident where shots were fired in the early morning hours of April 23 at the Park Place Apartment complex on Cambridge Place. Police say a criminal report was filed that morning when an unknown suspect fired approximately seven shots in the [...]

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Developing individual plans and studies to give students the chance to acquire the skills to investigate the careers and employ strategies to attune to their future career goals, the Pottawatomie County Economic Development Corporation has recognized the efforts of counselors in Wamego High School and elsewhere in the community to network, mentor, job shadow, and [...]

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Business is starting to pick up at Manhattan Regional Airport. Manhattan Regional Airport is seeing a relatively significant increase in enplanements when compared to last year. Enplanement numbers at Manhattan Regional Airport this year during the month of April are 785 percent higher than in 2020. However, numbers are still down from where they were [...]

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Business is starting to pick up at Manhattan Regional Airport. Manhattan Regional Airport is seeing a relatively significant increase in enplanements when compared to last year. Enplanement numbers at Manhattan Regional Airport this year during the month of April are 785 percent higher than in 2020. However, numbers are still down from where they were [...]

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