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Manhattan residents have multiple options to ring in the New Year around the Little Apple. The Little Apple New Years Eve Ball Drop Celebration will once again be in Aggieville, centered around the Rally House where the ball — really an apple — will be dropped. Manhattan Mayor Mike Dodson along with former Kansas State [...]

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Lakota Carey, 22, of Leonardville was arrested at 101 S. Nevada Street in Leonardville, KS on December 27, 2018 at approximately 4:27 PM. Carey was arrested on a Pottawatomie County District Court warrant for possession of opiates, opium, narcotic or certain stimulant and interference with a law enforcement officer. Carey was issued a total bond [...]

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MANHATTAN — Officials with the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce continue to look at new ways to market the community to others traveling through Kansas. Lyle Butler, President and CEO of the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce, was on In Focus recently and provided an update on Marketing Manhattan and some of the recent contract [...]

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McFARLAND — There’s some good news for residents of the small Wabaunsee County community of McFarland. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has rescinded a boil water advisory that was initially issued Christmas Eve, due to a loss of pressure. Laboratory testing samples collected from the City of McFarland indicated no evidence of contamination [...]

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MANHATTAN — No injuries have been reported after a fire broke out Friday morning at Manhattan’s Short Go Boot Outlet, at 420 Tuttle Creek Blvd. Manhattan Fire crews were called to the scene sometime before 6 a.m. and the building was fully engulfed. As of 7 a.m. the fire was still an active scene but [...]

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JUNCTION CITY — One person is behind bars in Geary County after eluding officers on a high speed pursuit Wednesday afternoon. The Geary County Sheriff’s Office says Scott Keady of Kansas City, Missouri was arrested on multiple charges including flee and elude, possession of a stolen vehicle, possession of heroin, drug paraphernalia and stolen property. [...]

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MANHATTAN — A public hearing is scheduled next month in Manhattan to consider the adoption of proposed regulations for the Industrial Hemp Research Program. Due to the passage of Senate Bill 263 by the 2018 Kansas Legislature, the Kansas Department of Agriculture is proposing the promotion of new rules and regulations relating to the research [...]

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MANHATTAN — Kansas lawmakers will head to Topeka in less than three weeks and a major focus will again be on education. Following this year’s Kansas Supreme Court ruling that current funding laws passed by the state require adjustment for inflation, there is optimism that the funding issue gets resolved in 2019. 66th District Representative [...]

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Diedre Hogan, 29, of Manhattan was arrested while in the 100 block of N 4th St in Manhattan on December 26, 2018, at approximately 3:25 PM. Hogan was arrested on two Manhattan Municipal Court warrants for failure to appear and an offense of unlawful possession of stimulants. Hogan was issued a total bond of $7,250.00 [...]

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WAMEGO — Authorities in Pottawatomie County are investigating a death of a man whose body was pulled from the Kansas River Christmas Eve near Wamego. According to Pottawatomie County Sheriff Greg Riat, the man’s name has not been released as investigators work to positively identify him. The death is being investigated as suspicious. Multiple agencies [...]

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