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MANHATTAN — The Riley County Law Board approved a lease extension for the Riley County Police Department firing range during its meeting Tuesday. The move extends the lease an additional year to June 30, 2020. Riley County Counselor Clancy Holeman says this essentially buys time for the department to continue to negotiate options as the [...]

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Motorists were asked not to report non-injury accidents Tuesday after Riley County Police and Geary County Sheriff’s entered emergency accident reporting phase. The EARP ended at noon today. As a result, RCPD will have additional officers on duty at department headquarters today from noon to 4 p.m. to assist with filing accident reports while the [...]

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Officers responded to a report of an unattended death in the 100 block of Manhattan Town Center Plaza in Manhattan on January 22, 2019, at approximately 10:36 AM. Officers listed Justin Downie, 46, of Topeka as the victim. It is not believed to be suspicious at this time. Officers responded to the report of a [...]

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MANHATTAN — One person was injured Tuesday afternoon when an ambulance rollover crash occurred on an icy Riley County highway. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the ambulance was westbound on K-18 around 2 p.m. About a mile west of Manhattan, the driver, lost control of his vehicle, which then spun into the median and rolled [...]

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JUNCTION CITY — Police have arrested a third suspect in connection to an alleged capitol murder case involving the death of Junction City woman Jenna Schaefer. Junction City Police say 37-year-old Jeremiah Joseph Grubb was arrested around Tuesday afternoon in the 600 block of West 5th Street. Grubb was arrested on charges of conspiracy to [...]

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MANHATTAN — Travel by ground has been difficult in the Manhattan area and now air travel is also impossible until sometime Wednesday. Manhattan Regional Airport announced Tuesday evening it is closed due to cancelled flights and winter weather conditions. According to a release from the airport, staff began treating surfaces but ice continued to accumulate. [...]

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Icy conditions affecting the area didn’t spare Big Red One soldiers stationed at Fort Riley. Due to the weather, Fort Riley will be operating with minimal manning and limited services on Wednesday, Jan. 23. The Irwin Army Community Hospital will keep all scheduled patient appointments, though dental and medical clinics outside of IACH will not [...]

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The Manhattan City Commission will not meet for their bimonthly legislative session due to icy conditions on roads affecting Riley, Geary and Pottawatomie Counties that resulted in numerous accidents and road closures. Commissioners were set to consider a request by the Manhattan Area Housing Partnership’s request to purchase 19 lots in Lee Mill Village. The [...]

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JUNCTION CITY — A Hays teenager was killed Tuesday afternoon on an icy stretch Interstate 70 west of Junction City. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 19-year-old Ashlen Leigh Lemon, of Hays was westbound on I-70 when she lost control of her vehicle and slid into the median. Her vehicle then struck a guardrail. Lemon was [...]

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MANHATTAN — Travel deteriorated throughout the day Tuesday as freezing rain turned roads into an ice rink in the Manhattan area. Numerous slide-offs were reported in Riley, Pottawatomie and Geary counties as travel became near impossible for the afternoon and evening commute. I-70 was closed at various points from Riley County to Dickinson County with [...]

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