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Update 10:30 a.m. Monday Junction City Police have identified the person who died Saturday following a seven-hour standoff. Captain Trish Giordano says 39-year-old Damien Paul St. Julien died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Officers had been attempting to arrest him on a felony warrant out of Douglas County. St. Julien was initially located in his [...]

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Fort Riley museums and the 1st Division celebrated the 75th anniversary of the victory of Europe during World War II, or VE Day on Friday. Fort Riley Museums Dr. Robert Smith showed KMAN some of the museums artifacts that involved the 1st Division during the war.  Over 43,000 soldiers served in the big red one [...]

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As the Manhattan City Commission kicks around a potential ordinance requiring masks to be worn in public, there is some push back coming from the Riley County Police Department. The topic of masks was brought up Thursday during the weekly meeting of the Manhattan Area Recovery Task Force. RCPD Director Dennis Butler says he would [...]

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An additional positive coronavirus case was announced Friday morning by the Riley County Health Department. The patient is a Riley County woman and is a family member of a previous positive case. It’s the second case in two days, after a 62-year-old man tested positive Thursday. Public Information Officer Vivienne Uccello says Ascension Via Christi [...]

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Riley County commissioners approved streaming meetings and where to stream them during their meeting Thursday. IT/GIS Director Kevin Howser was tasked with researching options for streaming meetings.  The requirements he was given include minimal cost, not a long-term contract, and not a long implementation time.  He returned this meeting with three options for the commission; [...]

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State revenues are projected to be halved due to the pandemic, leaving possible cuts to Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 for 2021. Preliminary numbers related to the 2021 budget planning process were presented Wednesday to the USD 383 school board.  Business Services Director Lew Faust says overall, their general fund and local option funds are down around [...]

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Issues with meat supply chains may be affecting national fast-food franchises, but local restaurants are still going strong. Within the last week, it has been reported that several Wendy’s restaurants across the country have stopped selling hamburgers due to supply shortages. Local restaurants, such as Vista Drive In, have yet to experience such problems. This [...]

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A Manhattan man arrested in March on criminal threat and violation of a protection order now faces additional charges including rape and domestic battery. Riley County Police have charged 38-year-old Traveil Lyn Lewis with one count of rape, one count of aggravated criminal sodomy, domestic battery and two counts of violating a protection order. RCPD [...]

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