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COVID-19 test results Pottawatomie County commissioner Dee McKee expressed frustration Monday over the process of getting COVID-19 test results. She says that despite being tested in Manhattan on Dec. 23, she still has not gotten her results back. “My frustration is, frankly, I’ve been trying to isolate since the 23rd of last month and I [...]

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Riley County Police arrested a 31-year-old Wamego resident on charges of soliciting a minor for sex. According to its Monday arrest report Jaime Lara was charged Sunday with one count of indecent solicitation of a child and one count of indecent liberties. The victim in the alleged incident was under the age of 16. Lara [...]

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Officers filed a report for aggravated assault near mile marker 184 on Fort Riley Blvd. in Manhattan on December 31, 2020, at approximately 4:20 p.m. Officers listed a 24-year-old female and 24-, 4-, and 2-year-old males as the victims when it was reported a 21-year-old male suspect pointed a gun at them. Abed Sbeih, 21, [...]

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Manhattan’s first baby of 2021 has arrived. Ascension Via Christi Hospital announced that Hans, a baby boy, was born at 4:27 p.m. on Friday (New Year’s Day). He came in at 6 pounds, 14 ounces and 21 inches long. He was born to mother Dominica and father John Fern. Friday also marked the birthday of [...]

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A structure fire that occurred near Manhattan Friday evening forced residents to evacuate the building. Fire crews responded to reports of suspected electric fire at around 10 pm Friday at a residence northwest of Manhattan on Fawn Circle. Crews responding to the call arrived to flames inside the residence and emerging from the chimney. Although [...]

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2020 is a year most of us would probably prefer to forget about. As we enter 2021, it seemed only fitting to put a wrap on the year that was and look back at some of the top stories we followed at the local level. The list was compiled based on engagements seen through our [...]

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It is not every day that Manhattan can claim one of its own as the winner of a nationally televised game-show. But this very thing happened when Fred Nelson, a former Manhattan High School science teacher, became a Jeopardy champion in late 2020. With the final episodes of Jeopardy featuring Alex Trebek as its host [...]

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Despite an ongoing pandemic for the majority of 2020, local area state parks saw an increase in traffic and rentals. State Park Manager Todd Lovin says 2020 saw the highest revenue and visitation numbers for state parks across the entire country.  Lovin attributes the increase to the outdoor activities being an outlet for people while [...]

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Two additional COVID-19 related deaths have been confirmed by Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. Hospital president Bob Copple says one patient was a resident of Riley County and the other a resident of Pottawatomie County. The hospital continues to care for 15 positive patients as of Thursday. As the year draws to a close, [...]

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