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Captain Jeff Hooper of the Riley County Police Department will be the new chief of police in Hutchinson starting October 22nd. The 27-year veteran of the RCPD was announced last week to be one of the four finalists to replace the retiring RCPD Director Brad Schoen, but is now withdrawing his candidacy. Hooper will replace Hutchinson Chief Dick Heitschmidt. Heitschmidt served [...]

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A boil water advisory has been issued for St. Marys in Pottawatomie County by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Thursday. A break in the water lines resulted in a loss of pressure in the system, which may result in bacterial contamination due to loss of chlorine residuals. The advisory will remain in [...]

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Jorge Figueroa-Franquiz, 30, of Manhattan was arrested while in the 100 block of N 4th St. in Manhattan on September 13, 2018, at approximately 11:00 AM. Figueroa-Franquiz was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for probation violation. Figueroa-Franquiz was issued a total bond of $5,000.00 causing him to remain confined at the time [...]

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Top candidates to be the director of the Riley County Police Department will take part in a public forum at the Riley County Public Works Department building on Monday, September 17 starting at 6 p.m. The four finalists were chosen from 16 applicants to replace current Director Brad Schoen, who is retiring at the end [...]

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Pawnee Mental Health Services’ planned new regional mental health stabilization center might see a funding gap from July 1 and December 31 of 2019, Executive Director Robbin Cole told the Manhattan City Commission at their Tuesday work session. Pawnee was awarded a $725,000 state grant this past July to establish the new Manhattan facility as [...]

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Officers filed a report for burglary in the 5200 block of Tuttle Creek Blvd. in Manhattan on September 10, 2018 at approximately 9:40 AM. Officers listed Abel Desta, 24, as the victim when it was reported a known male suspect took miscellaneous items from the victim. The estimated total loss associated with this case is [...]

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          Multiple federal, state and local officials toured the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) currently under construction adjacent to Kansas State University Monday. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, Senator Pat Roberts, Senator Jerry Moran, Gov. Jeff Colyer, Lt. Gov. Tracey Mann, Kansas 1st District Representative Roger Marshall and [...]

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Riley County commissioners approved a public health nuisance complaint order against Genesis Health Club in Manhattan Monday morning. Riley County Health Department Jennifer Green was present at the commission meeting to present the order.  According to Green, they had received several health complaints from people leaving the gym following the flooding event last Monday.  She [...]

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Sylvester James “Jim” Gates Jr., an American theoretical physicist, Ford Foundation professor of physics and affiliate professor of mathematics at Brown University, will deliver a fall Neff Lecture at K-State, according to the university. Gates will present “What Abdus Salam Taught Me About Jazz” at 4:15 p.m. Tuesday in 105 Umberger Hall. This lecture is [...]

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