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A local woman and the executive director of The Crisis Center, Inc. was recognized Tuesday by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center for her work to end sexual violence. Kathy Ray was selected as the recipient of the visionary voice award for the state of Kansas. The NSVRC offers the visionary voice awards, in conjunction [...]

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By Nathan Gaddie The annual Chester Peterson Jr. public lecture series offered Kansas State University students and faculty the chance to hear from a Nobel Prize-winning physicist. Eric Cornell, a physics professor at the University of Colorado, discussed uncovering cosmic fossils within a lab setting. In his lecture, “Looking for Fossils of the Big Bang [...]

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Manhattan High School athletes are receiving a significant upgrade to their uniforms next year thanks to a new five-year athletic apparel agreement with Adidas. USD 383 school board members voted 7-0 Wednesday to approve the contract, which provides uniforms, practice gear and sideline apparel for Manhattan High School varsity athletics. The contract provides exclusive rights [...]

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Police arrested a 16-year-old boy Tuesday afternoon at Manhattan High School for charges including criminal damage to property and battery. Noah Dean Weber of Manhattan was arrested at 1:26 p.m. for criminal damage to property valued less than $1,000, criminal threat causing terror or disruption, disorderly conduct and battery. Officials released Weber from custody without [...]

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Authorities say a Dickinson County man charged with multiple counts of child sexual exploitation is in custody following extradition from Iowa. According to the Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office, 44-year-old Ellsworth Primmer, of Enterprise, was arrested April 2 in Des Moines on a warrant listing 45 counts of sexual exploitation of a child. Each of the [...]

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City commissioners on Tuesday responded to Riley County’s decision to indefinitely cut involvement in joint meetings between Manhattan, Riley County and Pottawatomie County commissions — a move Mayor Susan Adamchak said underscores the county’s “cold shoulder” to city input. “It has been an issue for the two years that I’ve been on the commission, that [...]

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Police are investigating a reported vehicle theft involving a motorcycle in Manhattan, according to the Riley County Police Department. Officers filed a report at approximately 8:14 a.m. April 14th in the 1500 block of Waterford Place. A 21-year-old man reported that an unknown suspect stole his red 2022 Honda Navi motorcycle. The estimated loss associated [...]

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A Wamego man was arrested Tuesday afternoon at the Riley County Law Enforcement Center on multiple warrants, according to authorities. Nathaniel Avery Busby, 32, was taken into custody at approximately 3:10 p.m. April 14th in the 1000 block of South Seth Child Road. He was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for failure [...]

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A Wichita man was arrested Tuesday afternoon at the Riley County Law Enforcement Center on a Seward County warrant, according to authorities. Nicholas Ellis Biddle, 21, was taken into custody at approximately 4:50 p.m. April 14th, 2026, in the 1000 block of South Seth Child Road. The Seward County District Court warrant includes charges of [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested Tuesday afternoon following a reported aggravated assault involving a knife, according to the Riley County Police Department. Officers filed a report at approximately 2:02 p.m. April 14th in the 1500 block of Pillsbury Drive. A 55-year-old man and a 45-year-old man were listed as victims after it was reported a [...]

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