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MANHATTAN — Kansas Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) is holding its annual conference at Kansas State University this week. On Monday, several events including presentations were held at the student union, including mock business proposals by students. Quin Napier from Shawnee Mission East High School, spoke with News Radio KMAN about his presentation. Napier [...]

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Update Thursday 2 p.m. MANHATTAN — The Manhattan Fire Department is offering tips after a clothes dryer sparked a fire at a Manhattan home Tuesday afternoon. Fire officials on Thursday corrected the loss estimate from the fire to $10,000 to the structure and $5,000 for the contents (A previous loss estimate released Wednesday noted a [...]

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BOISE, Idaho — Kansas State Dean of the College of Engineering Darren Dawson is one of five finalists to become the seventh president at Boise State University. Dawson heads the largest engineering program in the state of Kansas and rose to the level of Dean in 2014. Prior to his time at K-State, he also [...]

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Officers filed a report for theft in the 100 block of Blue Earth Pl in Manhattan on March 4, 2019, at approximately 11:25 AM. Officers listed Sandra Sedillos, 35 and a 17-year-old female both of Manhattan as the victims when it was reported an unknown suspect took their iPhone7. The estimated total loss associated with [...]

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MANHATTAN — The Riley County Police Department is reporting a slower than normal Fake Patty’s Day this year. RCPD Captain Richard Fink presented preliminary data from Saturday to Riley County commissioners Monday. Fink says the number of calls for service (the calls they respond to) was also down this year with 197 calls compared to [...]

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MANHATTAN — Riley County Police have released new details regarding an early Saturday morning shooting at the Blue Hills Shopping Center at 2300 Tuttle Creek Blvd. Police say an aggravated battery report was filed listing two 24-year-old Kansas City area men as victims from a shots fired call just before 2:30 a.m. Saturday. Both victims [...]

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MANHATTAN — Riley County Police have released new details regarding an early Saturday morning shooting at the Blue Hills Shopping Center at 2300 Tuttle Creek Blvd. Police say an aggravated battery report was filed listing two 24-year-old Kansas City area men as victims from a shots fired call just before 2:30 a.m. Saturday. Both victims [...]

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MANHATTAN — Pawnee Mental Health will be joining in on Mardi Gras celebrations taking place next week. Executive Director Robbin Cole says they’re celebrating Mardi Gras for Mental Health through a special pancake feed fundraiser to help support the organization.  It’s the first year for the event. The pancake feed will take place from 5 [...]

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MANHATTAN — Pawnee Mental Health will be joining in on Mardi Gras celebrations taking place next week. Executive Director Robbin Cole says they’re celebrating Mardi Gras for Mental Health through a special pancake feed fundraiser to help support the organization.  It’s the first year for the event. The pancake feed will take place from 5 [...]

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