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A full-scale exercise taking place at Manhattan Regional Airport will include some traffic adjustments Tuesday. Airport Director Jesse Romo says the exercise is to test emergency responders’ abilities to respond to an aircraft incident. It’s scheduled from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday on the airport property near Wildcat Creek Road. A portion of Wildcat Creek [...]

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Junction City Police have arrested a 19-year-old man in connection to a weekend homicide. Michael Chavez was booked into the Geary County Detention Center on the charge of 2nd degree murder. According to Lt. Cory Odell, officers were dispatched Saturday night to the 500 block of West 7th Street in reference to a welfare check. [...]

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Riley County Police are investigating a report of shots fired early Monday morning in the 2400 block of Hobbs Drive. Officers arrived on scene shortly after 5 a.m. and found a 19-year-old male victim, suffering from a gunshot wound. He was transported to Ascension Via Christi for treatment of his injuries. Officers remained on scene [...]

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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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Two people escaped serious injury Sunday after wet roads led to a crash on Interstate 70 near Junction City. According to the Geary County Sheriff’s Office, an SUV driven by Carniecia Robinson of Manhattan hydroplaned in the eastbound lanes. The vehicle crossed the median and struck a westbound SUV driven by David Feist of Lenexa. [...]

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Kansas State University held its annual State of the University address virtually this year due to the pandemic. President Richard Myers started the address off saying this has been a year like no other and has seen the challenges everyone has been facing. All of these issues have led up to a lot of anxiety. [...]

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A small group of Sunset Zoo employees, Manhattan city officials, KBS Constructors, Inc. officials and zoo supporters came together Friday to break ground on the Sunset Zoo’s newest exhibit, Expedition Asia. The nearly $4.3 million project will feature a renovation and expansion of Malayan tiger, Amur leopard and sloth bear exhibits, some of which are [...]

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Riley County saw many more coronavirus patients added to the recovery column Friday, in large part due to increased availability of contact tracers to conduct follow-up interviews. Friday’s report showed 352 additional recoveries while also accounting for 73 new positive cases. The health department says with fewer new cases to call, contact tracing staff have [...]

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A 37-year-old man is jailed after police say he attempted to start a fire on another person’s property in Manhattan. According to the Riley County Police Department, officers were called out Thursday evening to a disturbance at a mobile home in Redbud Estates. Police arrested 37-year-old Jason Melton in connection to one count of attempted [...]

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