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MANHATTAN — The Kansas State University Department of Animal Sciences and Industry Analytical Lab has been renamed. The lab, located in Weber Hall was renamed earlier this month in honor Dr. Ben E. Brent. Dr. Brent spent 36 years serving K-State and Animal Sciences and Industry stakeholders. He joined the K-State ASI faculty in 1966. [...]

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Residents in the small Wabaunsee County town of McFarland received an unwanted Christmas gift this week in the form of a boil water advisory. That advisory remains in place until further notice after a loss of pressure was noted late Christmas Eve by officials at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Failure to maintain adequate [...]

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JUNCTION CITY — Police say one person is dead and another is in custody following an alleged murder on Christmas Day. Junction City Police Officers were sent to an apartment at 948 Grant Ave. where they found 31-year-old Jenna Schafer of Junction City dead from an apparent gunshot wound. Detectives and officers worked throughout the [...]

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WAMEGO — With some restrictions on industrial hemp being lifted thanks to this year’s Farm Bill, Kansas legislators will begin to determine what impact that may have on the future of the agricultural economy. 51st District Representative Ron Highland (R-Wamego), a guest on KMAN’s In Focus recently, says after lawmakers passed a bill last year [...]

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MANHATTAN — With the holidays just around the corner, T. Russell Reitz Animal Shelter Director Deb Watkins says gifting a pet can be a wonderful thing at Christmas time if it’s well thought through. Watkins says that you have to consider all the factors when looking for a pet during the holidays, sometimes it’s better to wait. [...]

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MANHATTAN — You can’t have Christmas without a Christmas tree. One local organization has been busy selling them this season in an effort to raise money for youth activities in the Manhattan area. The Manhattan Breakfast Optimists Club shut down tree sales this week and club president Keith Behnke says they nearly sold out all [...]

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President Donald Trump signed the 2018 farm bill on Thursday. When he did, standing not far behind him was Glenn Brunkow, director of the Kansas Farm Bureau’s first district which includes multiple counties including Pottawatomie County. The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, commonly referred to as the farm bill, passed with support from both sides [...]

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MANHATTAN — After opening presents on Christmas, be careful how you dispose of your boxes. What you have in your trash pile could be a potential advertisement to would-be burglars looking for an opportunity to take your new gifts. Riley County Police Department Officer Rachel Pate says it’s best to not leave that stuff in your [...]

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MANHATTAN — Time is running out for holiday shopping and the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce hopes residents will continue to do their shopping here locally. One of the ways the chamber is encouraging that is through Little Apple Dollars, or gift certificates that can be used at most any Manhattan business. Chamber President and [...]

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TOPEKA — Kansas Labor Department figures show the state’s November unemployment rate of 3.2 percent was just barely lower than the previous month’s rate and down from 3.5 percent in November 2017. Labor Secretary Lana Gordon shared optimism about what that means for job-growth. Seasonally adjusted job estimates indicate total nonfarm Kansas jobs increase by [...]

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