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The Riley County Jail saw its inmate medical expenses increase dramatically over this year. Riley County Clerk Rich Vargo mentioned at Monday’s Riley County Commission meeting that inmate medical expenses are over $36,000 so far this year, an increase of more than 1,600 percent. Commissioner John Ford spoke with KMAN Tuesday saying this was due [...]

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WESTMORELAND, Kan. — Road and bridge damage, some of which is due to an August that saw about 10 inches of rain, was one of the main topics of discussion during the Pottawatomie County Commission meeting Monday morning. Public Works Director Peter Clark displayed a map showing sites of storm damage that occurred between April [...]

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The Manhattan Fire Department was called out to a fire alarm Tuesday morning at K-State’s Hale Library. Fire officials were dispatched at 6:30 a.m. to a report of a sprinkler issue in the basement of the library. According to the fire department, a construction worker accidentally hit a sprinkler head. The issue was shut down [...]

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JUNCTION CITY, Kan. — Junction City Police Chief Dan Breci is retiring after 43 years of public service. Breci’s last day with JCPD is September 20. He’s spent 20 years with the department including the last three years as the Chief of Police. The department announced Monday that Lt. Kirt Nichols will serve as interim [...]

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Officers filed a report for criminal damage to property in the 4200 block of Spook Rock Way in Manhattan on September 6, 2019, at approximately 8:40 AM. Officers listed a 25-year-old male as the victim when he reported an unknown suspect damaged the paint on his vehicle. The estimated total loss associated with this case [...]

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Riley County Police say no foul play is suspected after a person was found dead Monday morning in the 600 block of Tuttle Creek Blvd. Officers were called out around 7 a.m. to the area near the Manhattan Crossing shopping center to perform a welfare check. Officers found a deceased male. No further details have [...]

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The NBAF facility is slowly making progress toward the finish line, nearing the $1 billion mark of the budgeted $1.25 billion project. The NBAF Facility has made a new hire recently that will focus on the safety and environmental aspects of the facility. One of the new members of NBAF is David Keffer, who is [...]

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The Riley County Commission held a work session Thursday about what should be done about Main Road in the White Canyon subdivision . While the road is not a county road, the residents still pay for access to propane and emergency services. This has been difficult since the road has been flooded since March, denying [...]

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The 190th Landon Lecture was delivered Friday by US Secretary of State and former Kansas Congressman Mike Pompeo. Speaking for about 20 minutes to a packed house at K-State’s McCain Auditorium, Pompeo spoke about refocusing American diplomacy on the promotion of unalienable human rights. He described politicians as framing pet causes as fights for “rights” [...]

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The Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Saturday rescinded the boil water advisory for Ogden in Riley County. The advisory was issued because of a loss of pressure in the system late Thursday. Failure to maintain adequate pressure may result in a loss of chlorine residuals and bacterial contamination. Original story – Thursday, Sept. [...]

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