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A Manhattan man is facing charges after allegedly threatening multiple individuals with a firearm in the Aggieville area. According to the Riley County Police Department, 30-year-old Skylar Scheible was arrested shortly before noon Tuesday in the 1100 block of Fremont Street. He was charged with aggravated assault and interference with a law enforcement officer. No [...]

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The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a series of burglary and theft reports from the past week. Among the thefts, Sheriff Shane Jager says the department is investigating the theft of about $22,000 in tools taken from an enclosed trailer at the construction site of the new Oliver Brown Elementary School in Blue Township. [...]

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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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Several members of the K-State marching band and Classy Cats dance team have earned a prestigious honor. Twelve members of The Pride of Wildcat Land and the entire K-State Classy Cats dance team have been selected for the College Band Directors National Association Intercollegiate Marching Band. The band will perform “End of Time” by Beyonce [...]

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Kansas State University is considering starting the spring semester in a fully remote setting. In a statement Tuesday, President Richard Myers said the university hopes to see progress in the fight against the pandemic. The university remains in Phase 3 of its reopening plan and Myers says administrators are working on contingency plans for the [...]

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Riley County Health Department Director Julie Gibbs says her department believes more groups will be able to get the COVID vaccine within a few weeks. “It’s hard to give a definite timeline right now. It’s simply because we don’t have an idea of how much vaccine we’ll be getting and when we’ll be getting our [...]

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For the first time since its creation in 1974, the board that governs the Riley County Police Department will have four women on it in 2021. Manhattan City Commissioner Linda Morse and incoming Riley County Commissioner Kathryn Focke are the two elected representatives to the Law Board. BeAtta Stoney and Patricia Hudgins are the two [...]

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A new executive director has been announced for the Wonder Workshop Children’s Museum. Suzanne Reese will assume the position, vacated by the death of the late Richard Pitts, who helped create the Wonder Workshop in 1995. Pitts’ widow Cindy has served as interim director since her husband’s death in March. Reese has served on the [...]

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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 city officials are looking to state lawmakers for help to persuade federal officials to maintain the current width of the Manhattan Regional Airport runway. The city, which has started design of a replacement runway, says it disagrees with the Federal Aviation Administration’s position that the airport doesn’t need a 150-foot wide runway based on [...]

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