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A flash flood warning was issued in Riley County after heavy rain falls beginning Sunday evening. A flood evacuation notice was issued for properties along Wildcat Creek as well as on Hunters Island through the Northeast Kansas Regional Notification System. Evacuations were also issued for the Pebblebrook apartments, Garden Way apartments and Highland Ridge apartments, [...]

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Kansas State University Director of Bands Dr. Frank Tracz was taken to the hospital during the season opener for K-State Football on Saturday. The cause of his hospitalization has not been released, but the K-State Marching Band Facebook page wrote that Tracz is in good spirits and is “passing every test with flying colors.” He [...]

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A Junction City man was arrested Friday on suspicion of murder, attempted murder and aggravated battery, according to the Junction City Police Department JCPD arrested Fontelle Jolly, 21, of Junction City in the course of investigating the shootings of 29-year-old Felix Snipes and 25-year-old Cartavius King that occurred near 2306 Wildcat Lane in Junction City. [...]

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A professor at K-State has been awarded a grant to lead a multi-million dollar interdisciplinary agricultural study. K-State Professor of Agronomy Stephen Welch, Oklahoma State Assistant Professor of Agronomy Phillip Alderman and Langston University Chair of the Department of Technology Franklin Fondjo Fotou were granted $4 million from the National Science Foundation to research new [...]

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Officers filed a report for burglary in the 12800 block of Kansas Ave. in Riley on August 30, 2018, at approximately 9:30 AM. Officers listed Trisha Reichert, 44, of Riley as the victim when she reported an unknown suspect took tires and rims from her 79′ Chevy Blazer. The estimated loss associated with this case [...]

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K-State’s first home football game is Saturday at 6:10 p.m. and there are some construction projects on access roads that may cause traffic delays, according to the City of Manhattan. US-24 at McCall Road and the east leg of McCall Road are reduced to one lane. K-13 (over Tuttle Creek Dam) is closed at the [...]

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Officers filed a report for theft in the 4300 block of Ladasa Cir. in Manhattan on August 29, 2018. Officers listed Mary Ellen Avery, 41, of Manhattan as the victim when she reported an unknown suspect took her purse from her vehicle. The estimated total loss associated with this case is approximately $1,275.00. Police ask that [...]

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Officers filed a report for aggravated burglary in the 1600 block of Fairchild Ave. in Manhattan on August 28, 2018, at approximately 10:40 AM. Officers listed Nathan Rapue, 20, of Manhattan and Cory Neill, 21, of Manhattan as the victims when it was reported an unknown suspect took miscellaneous items from their residence. The estimated [...]

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(Photos courtesy of MFD) Updated Thursday, 8:50 a.m. Manhattan Fire Department inspectors have ruled the fire was accidental, caused by the self-heating of discarded staining materials. They have estimated the fire caused $10,000 in damage to the contents of the building and $20,000 in smoke damage. The section of the building where Habitat for Humanity [...]

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A Manhattan man was handed a long sentence Monday for multiple offenses including the murder of another Manhattan man last year. Steven Harris was sentenced to 58 years and two months in prison by the Riley County District Court for the May 2017 shooting death of 39-year-old German Gonzalez-Garcia and the shooting of Adrian Ortega. [...]

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