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A third person has died from coronavirus-related complications, according to a Wednesday Riley County Health Department release. Officials report the 61-year-old man died this morning after suffering COVID-19 related complications. He was on a ventilator since last week. “I extend my deepest condolences to his family and loved ones,” said Local Health Officer Julie Gibbs. [...]

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A Junction City police officer discovered a missing 15-year-old girl from El Salvador while conducting a traffic stop Tuesday. Officer Nick Blake was meeting with the occupants of a 2019 Nissan rental vehicle on westbound I-70 when it was discovered that one of the passengers had been reported as missing by a relative in Maryland [...]

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Officers filed a report for forgery in Manhattan on June 9, 2020, at approximately 8:50 PM. Officers listed a 62-year-old female, Diamond Real Estate Management, and Community First Bank as the victim when it was reported an unknown suspect cashed forged checks. The estimated total loss associated with this case is approximately $4,632.81. Anyone with information [...]

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K-State plans to open residence halls and dining centers for the 2020 fall semester and will put measures in place to promote the health and safety of students. Some of these measures include decreased housing density, increased cleaning of residence halls and dining centers, implementing a move-in schedule that lessens gathering sizes and adjusted student-dining [...]

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Even though local grocery stores may be in relatively short supply of certain baking essentials, local residents will soon have another option for getting flour. On June 18 from 3 to 7 p.m., the Kansas State University Department of Grain Science and Industry will host a drive-thru flour distribution to community members in need. The [...]

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Overland Rd. Bridge The Pottawatomie County Commission approved the advertising of bids for the replacement of bridge MCR17 on Overland Rd.. The bridge, which has one of the lowest sufficiency ratings of all 266 Pottawatomie County bridges, has a projected cost of about $328,933.80. In discussing this project, Peter Clark, the Pottawatomie County Public Works [...]

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The Kansas Bureau of Investigation continues to investigate after a 27-year-old Manhattan man claimed he was battered by a Riley County Police officer. The individual, identified in police records as Michael Rivera approached police shortly before 11 a.m. alleging he was battered outside his home in the 1500 block of Poyntz Ave. sometime around 3:30 [...]

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Voters will pick a new representative this year in Kansas’ Big 1st congressional district. One of the candidates hoping to win election is Dr. Bill Clifford, a Garden City ophthalmologist, Air Force veteran and current chair of the Finney County Commission. Clifford sat down with KMAN in a recent interview at the Manhattan Radina’s Coffeehouse [...]

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