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Members of the military and their immediate families can take advantage of some discounted shopping just in time for last minute holiday purchases. The Manhattan Town Center is hosting their annual Military Appreciation Weekend this weekend. Multiple stores, even those who don’t typically offer military discounts, have exclusive discounts for military members and their families [...]

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Geary County Public Works will be burning brush collected at the county landfill site starting Friday. As a result, the landfill will close around noon and will remain closed until Wednesday, Dec. 26. Rural Fire Chief Garry Berges made the announcement, saying the location has served as a dump site for trees and brush. “They’re [...]

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WICHITA — A Kansas State University student has been sentenced to life in prison plus 43 months for killing his ex-girlfriend who was studying psychology at Wichita State University. The Wichita Eagle reports that 29-year-old Dane Owens was sentenced Thursday for first-degree felony murder and aggravated burglary in the 2016 death of 22-year-old Rowena Irani. [...]

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Officers filed a report for theft in the 100 block of Manhattan Town Center on December 20, 2018, at approximately 5:20 PM. Officers listed Gregory Roark, 29, of Manhattan as the victim when he reported an unknown suspect took his iPhone X. The estimated total loss associated with this case is approximately $1,100.00. Police ask that [...]

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Bill Snyder left an indelible mark on the City of Manhattan. His record on the field is well known, but Snyder’s impact reaches further than wins and losses. Snyder, credited for orchestrating “the greatest turnaround in the history of college football,”  is the winningest coach in Kansas State University football history with a record of [...]

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State agencies, firefighters and emergency managers are preparing communities for a potential earlier start to the wildfire season in Kansas. Projections by the Kansas Mesonet and National Weather Service have elevated the threat of wildfire in southwest and central Kansas in 2019. According to K-State Research and Extension, that news came during the 2019 Wildfire [...]

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MANHATTAN — The Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 Board of Education held a special work session Wednesday with Kansas lawmakers regarding some of the issues they hope to see brought up in the upcoming legislative session. The full meeting can be viewed below. (Video courtesy USD 383 Manhattan-Ogden Schools) One of the questions was related to improving school [...]

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WESTMORELAND — A slew of capital improvement projects are on the horizon in Pottawatomie County, to the tune of approximately $290,000. Many of those projects were approved at Monday’s meeting and are underway. Some of the projects also will begin after the start of the new year. During this week’s meeting of the Pottawatomie County [...]

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Officers filed a report for aggravated robbery and aggravated burglary in the 1300 block of Garibay Ln. in Manhattan on December 19, 2018, at approximately 7:00 AM. Officers listed Latasha Olson, 34, of Manhattan and Anthony Stevens, 45, of Manhattan as the victims and an unknown male as the suspect. Police ask that anyone with information [...]

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An ad-hoc committee formed by the Riley County Law Board found no pattern of racial bias by RCPD in their study of marijuana arrests in the county. They presented their findings at the Law Board’s meeting Monday. The committee was formed in 2017 after residents and members of the Manhattan Alliance for Peace and Justice [...]

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