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A friendly competition between the Manhattan area emergency services is coming soon with the 16th Annual Battle of the Badges as the Riley County EMS, Riley County Police and Manhattan fire Department will be competing against each other for votes of the people and donations of blood. The event takes place Monday, July 22 and [...]

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Riley County Police were called out to Redbud Estates Wednesday night after emergency dispatchers reported receiving multiple calls for shots fired in the 2500 block of Farm Bureau Road. Officers arrived on scene shortly after 9 p.m. and attempted to make contact with a 35-year-old man inside the residence where the shots were reportedly coming [...]

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  After nearly a year with little to no progress to renovate or demolish and no communication from the owner, the City of Manhattan will hold a hearing September 3 on the safety of a Plaza West building damaged in the Labor Day flood of Wildcat Creek. Code officials say that 3003 Anderson Avenue — [...]

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While still a ways off, Manhattan may see electric scooters become a community fixture in the future. With cities like Topeka and Wichita joining in the wave of cities with E-Scooter specific regulations — which are cropping up across the U.S. — the City Commission at its Tuesday meeting was open to further exploring allowing [...]

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A Manhattan teenager is reported missing. According to Kansas Missing & Unsolved, 17-year-old Bailey Collier has been missing since Monday, July 15. There is concern for Collier’s safety because she is known to represent herself as an adult online. She was last seen getting into a red car, though a detailed vehicle description hasn’t been [...]

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A total of 120 design submissions were whittled down to seven, and following a public vote a winner has been named in the Manhattan Flag contest. The design submitted by Kim Medvid called “Little Apple on the Prairie” won with 29 percent of the vote, which overall saw more than 3000 ballots cast online and [...]

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Ascension Via Christi Hospital and the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce will hold a ribbon-cutting on July 19th to open the hospital’s new cardiac rehabilitation gym. Director of Rehabilitation Brian Howells stopped by the KMAN studios to discuss the impact of the project and why it’s important for those with heart issues. The new gym [...]

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WESTMORELAND, Kan. — Pottawatomie County Commissioners are evaluating how they’ll move forward on the position of County Administrator. The position became vacant last week after longtime administrator Robert Reece announced plans to retire. He’ll transition out of the job over the next six months. At Monday’s meeting, commissioners reviewed the job description and plan to [...]

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WAMEGO, Kan. — Hundreds of people were victims of identity theft recently in Wamego, according to law enforcement officials. An investigation is trying to determine where the breach occurred and who is responsible. Wamego Police said Tuesday that it’s become a felony criminal investigation after reports started pouring in to the office over the weekend. [...]

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Manhattan Fire officials added pig wrangling to their resumes Monday after four swine fell from the back of a truck. MFD and Riley County Police responded to the scene at Tuttle Creek Boulevard and Kimball Avenue around 8:40 a.m. They had received multiple calls regarding pig sightings on the highway, one near 3rd Street and [...]

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