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Though Veterans Day is on Sunday, the Flint Hills Discovery Center will continue appreciating them on Monday. The Discovery Center, with assistance from the Greater Manhattan Community Foundation, will be free for all veterans, active duty or retired soldiers as well as their families and gold star families for Veterans Appreciation Day on Monday, November [...]

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Following snowfall Thursday with more forecast for the weekend, residents are being reminded to exercise extra caution on the roads in winter driving conditions. Pottawatomie County Public Works Director Peter Clark told KMAN that roads can become slushy or even snow-packed in the winter season. He said that motorists should watch the weather and plan [...]

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A local homeless shelter is back open after months of repairs following a water leak earlier this year. The Manhattan Emergency Shelter closed in March after a contractor accidentally struck a sprinkler line on the building’s third floor, flooding the building and knocking out power. Executive Director Emily Wagner tells KMAN there were delays in repairs and [...]

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A Manhattan man has been arrested on suspicion he intentionally set a fire last weekend to his home. The Riley County Police Department says 37-year-old Michael Ray Watt was arrested Wednesday and charged with one count of arson to a dwelling with intent to injure or defraud. He’s confined in the Riley County Jail on [...]

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Old man winter returns to the Manhattan area Thursday and it could be the first healthy dose of snowfall for the region. Riley and Pottawatomie counties and areas north and west of I-70 will enter a Winter Weather Advisory Thursday morning through Thursday evening. National Weather Service Meteorologist Shawn Byrne says for Manhattan specifically, snow [...]

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WICHITA — A Kansas State University student has been convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend in Wichita. The Wichita Eagle reports that jurors found 29-year-old Dane Owens guilty Tuesday of first-degree felony murder and aggravated burglary in the October 2016 killing of 22-year-old Rowena Irani. She was studying psychology at Wichita State University. Prosecutors say Owens [...]

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Gregory Rich, 37, of Alma was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on November 6, 2018, at approximately 10:20 AM. Rich was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for probation violation. Rich was issued a total bond of $5,000.00 causing him to remain confined at the time of this report. Officers [...]

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The District 66 House seat will have a familiar name once again as Democrat Sydney Carlin, on Tuesday won re-election. Carlin says she’s happy to take care of her constituents and says it’s one of her key strengths. Perhaps the biggest challenge facing the House once again in January will be the prospect of fully [...]

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Kansas State University Police are investigating after a racist note was left on a student’s on-campus apartment door. K-State newspaper The Collegian reports that sophomore Brodrick Burse returned to his home Monday night, finding the sign with a racial slur on the door frame of his Jardine Apartments residence. Burse posted an image of the [...]

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It was a big win Tuesday night for the USD 383 Manhattan-Ogden school district after the passage of a $129.5 million bond referendum. The bond passed by a 63 percent margin with 11,179 votes in favor. Board member Leah Fliter says she was cautiously optimistic heading into election night and says she believes the business [...]

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