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Hundreds of people had to be evacuated Tuesday from the Manhattan Public Library and several nearby homes after a gas main was struck by storm water construction crews in the area of 6th and Houston Street near downtown. The incident kept a portion of Poyntz Ave. closed for several hours and forced the library and [...]

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A joint agreement has been reached between the Pottawatomie and Wabaunsee County Commissions to move forward with a $200,000 engineering study for repair of the Belvue Bridge. The two boards met for close to an hour Monday before agreeing to have their attorneys draw up an agreement for research into the eventual $7.5 million project [...]

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Road construction is set to begin on K-99 from Frankfort to Wamego on Wednesday. Two crews from Shilling Construction will be working on the 4.5-million-dollar mill and overlay project. The portion of the project in Frankfort is expected to be finished in a week while the remaining parts of the project will continue as weather [...]

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Update on officer-involved shooting Dennis Butler, Riley County Police Department director, gave the Riley County Law Board an update Monday on an investigation of an officer-involved shooting that occurred earlier this month. The Lawrence Police Department began a third-party investigation earlier this month after two RCPD officers reportedly shot Jarred Kemp, 41, of Manhattan, who [...]

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Pottawatomie County health officials are now on quarantine after one of its employees were recently exposed to someone with COVID-19. Health Officer Leslie Campbell informed commissioners Monday about some adjustments that is causing. “So some of us will be working here as essential workers and some will be working from home. We’re going to be [...]

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Riley County health officials are monitoring 72 active COVID-19 cases, as the percent positive has fallen to under 6 percent locally. The health department says it added 10 new positive cases between Friday and Monday and 45 additional recoveries. Ascension Via Christi has no COVID positive patients currently in its care. It’s been seven months [...]

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Riley County is expecting greater numbers for voter turnout and voting by mail this election. Speaking to the Riley County commission, County Clerk Rich Vargo says he was wrong when he predicted over 10,000 vote by mail applicants.  Instead, that number will be closer to exceeding 12,000 applications, as the county has already received 11,667.  [...]

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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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  The AirScout NPBI may provide the solution to eliminating coronavirus from the air and surfaces in public places and provide more confidence for individuals returning to work, classrooms and public gatherings. Dave Ogle is the founder of Tech-UV, which came about recently during the pandemic, after a 25-year career in HVAC maintenance from a [...]

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