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Kansas Rep. Angel Roeser is changing her name — at least personally. She said since it’s a slow process, she won’t change her name for her work in the Legislature right away. Roeser is a Republican representing the 67th District, which includes part of Manhattan. She’s in the second year of a two-year term and [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested Friday morning following a reported domestic disturbance. Riley County Police say officers filed the report around 9:24 a.m. Jan. 16 in Manhattan. A 39-year-old woman reported that a 44-year-old man known to her battered her and caused property damage. Officers arrested Kevin Harbaugh, 44, of Manhattan, at approximately 9:47 a.m. [...]

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A Kansas City, Missouri man is jailed in Riley County on a number of past fraud-related charges. Riley County Police say 47-year-old Kahlil Kilian was taken into custody Friday evening on three counts of forgery, three counts of identity theft, two counts of theft by deception, one count of attempted theft by deception and three [...]

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Riley County Police are investigating the theft of an electric bike. A 19-year-old woman in the 900 block of North Manhattan Avenue reported the theft just after 4 p.m. Monday. The bike is valued at approximately $1,500. Anyone with information about a crime can contact Crime Stoppers. Using Crime Stoppers allows you to remain anonymous [...]

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Rich Vargo will not serve a ninth term as Riley County clerk. Vargo has been in office since 1997 and is in his eighth term as Riley County’s top administrator. “I do not intend to seek reelection in 2028,” Vargo said in an email to KMAN and The Mercury Thursday. He declined to comment further. [...]

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Two Manhattan men facing a laundry list of drug charges made their first appearances in Riley County District Court Friday afternoon. Both deny the allegations against them. David Alan Labombarbe, 39, and Scott Charles Marchand, 48, appeared in front of Judge Grant Bannister. Labombarbe appeared via Zoom in custody of the Riley County Jail, while [...]

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Authorities are investigating a fatal shooting in Junction City. The Junction City Police Department says officers were called to the 300 block of West Fourth Street late Saturday afternoon for a person possibly suffering from gunshot wounds. When officers arrived, they discovered 66-year-old John Day, of Junction City, with an apparent gunshot wound. Day was [...]

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Local government officials will soon get some concrete data on the feasibility of a second river crossing that would connect Manhattan and residents who live in Pottawatomie County. The topic is one that residents, especially those living east of the Big Blue River, have had at least some interest in debating, though it never materialized [...]

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Kansas State University officials gave a tour of its research-focused nuclear reactor facility on Thursday, explaining how 60-plus years of operation have aided fields beyond nuclear engineering, from health care to agriculture to manufacturing. K-State’s low-enriched uranium-fueled reactor is one of only 25 university-operated research reactors in the country, and the only one in Kansas. It [...]

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A fire at Marlatt Elementary on Friday caused an evacuation of the school. According to a social media post from the Manhattan Fire Department, firefighters were called to respond to a small fire at the school shortly before noon. The fire was extinguished and students were let back into the building. No injuries were reported. [...]

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