MANHATTAN — Riley County Police responded to an unattended death in the 100 block of Manhattan Town Center Plaza Tuesday morning. The incident was reported just after 10:30 a.m. Officers listed a 46-year-old male as the victim. It’s not bel...
MANHATTAN — Riley County Police responded to an unattended death in the 100 block of Manhattan Town Center Plaza Tuesday morning. The incident was reported just after 10:30 a.m. Officers listed a 46-year-old male as the victim. It’s not bel...
Update 3:40 p.m. Hwy 177 is open, but traffic is down to 1 lane. Ice is making the route difficult. Tuttle Creek Blvd is back open. Hwy 24 in Pott. County from Onaga to Schoeman is back open. Original story: Slick roads are expected to stick around for the night as a winter weather advisory [...]
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A number of closures and cancellations continue to pour in as conditions deteriorate across the region. Be sure to check the closings and delays page for an up to date listing. Tuesday morning in Riley County, local law enforcement reported freezing rain on slick roads southeast of Keats. In Pottawatomie County a number of slide [...]
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Officers responded to the report of a non-injury accident in the 3300 block of Tuttle Creek Blvd on January 18, 2019, at approximately 4:05 PM. When officers arrived on scene they found a 2007 Buick Lucerne driven by Alan Tinsman, 19, of Wakefield had lost control and stuck multiple road signs. Tinsman was transported to [...]
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OLATHE — Business and industry leaders gathered with area political leaders for a two-day conference held in Olathe Friday and Saturday to identify strengths and weaknesses impacting the Manhattan area workforce and economy. One of those key aspects discussed during the Flint Hills Regional Leaders Retreat is the Tri-county Region Reimagined economic strategic plan. The [...]
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JUNCTION CITY — Geary County Sheriff Tony Wolf will be arraigned next month on allegations he gave away a gun owned by the county last year. Wolf was arrested Oct. 18 at the Geary County Sheriff’s Office in Junction City for felony theft for allegedly giving a county-owned firearm as a gift to a third [...]
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MANHATTAN — The theme for this years Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration and 2019 Art and Writing Contest was a quote from Dr King himself: “We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.” Peace Memorial Auditorium served as the backdrop for Saturday’s celebration of Dr. King’s legacy [...]
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WAMEGO — Nearly a month after a Wamego teen’s body was pulled from the Kansas River, investigators are still trying to determine how and why he died. A cash reward will hopefully aid in their investigation. The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office is investigating 19-year-old Jacob Bouck’s death as a homicide. Bouck’s body was pulled from [...]
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Researchers at Kansas State University are working on a system to make chemical crop treatments more efficient using robots have been awarded an $882,920 USDA grant. The focus of their work is a system that can identify the presence of crop pests and utilize focused chemical applications by autonomous robots. It’s an effort to reduce [...]
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