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Dennis Cook, the executive director of the Aggieville Business Association, said this is the fourth or fifth year in a row the organization has conducted the festivities at 12th and Moro streets. Aggieville traditionally drops an apple (because of Manattan’s nickname, the Little Apple) instead of a ball for the countdown to midnight. “This year the [...]

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James Kujath of James Gordon and Associates told Riley County Law Enforcement Agency Board members on Monday that RCPD was $130,000 under its 2023 budget. “That’s a good thing, as if they went over, they’d be violating state statute,” Kujath said. Kujath said personnel services increased by $2 million in 2023 because the department gave [...]

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Riley County commissioners on Monday approved three new members to the body overseeing police. Gary Olds and county commissioners Greg McKinley and Kathryn Focke will serve on the Riley County Law Enforcement Agency Board beginning Jan. 1. McKinley will fill the spot reserved for a county commissioner, currently held by John Ford, whose term is [...]

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Geary County USD 475 and the Junction City Education Association announced on Tuesday that Westwood Elementary kindergarten teacher Stephanie Sowell and Fort Riley sixth grade language arts teacher Mary McConnell were the district’s nominees for the Kansas Master Teacher Award. Sowell was named the USD 475 Elementary Master Teacher Award nominee while McConnell claimed the [...]

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RCPD filed a report for motor vehicle theft on Monday afternoon after it was reported someone stole a trailer from Midwest Ace Hardwear in Manhattan. Officers filed the report just after 12:30 p.m. in the 800 block of Tuttle Creek Boulevard when the owners of Midwest Ace reported an unknown subject had stolen a 6-by-12 [...]

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Riley County public works officials announced on Monday that the Kitten Creek Culvert Replacement project will begin at the start of the new year. Andrea Rose, administrative assistant with Riley County Public Works, said the project will begin on Thursday Jan. 2 and last 45 days with the hope of the project being completed by [...]

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A Manhattan man was taken to a local hospital on Friday after he drove his car into a concrete building. Officers responded to the corner of S. Seth Child Road and Farm Bureau Road at 3 p.m. on Friday afternoon to find a man injured after he struck a concrete building in his 2014 GMC [...]

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Leaders of a local youth football program have wanted to use Bishop Stadium for years, but the USD 383 Manhattan-Ogden school board hasn’t allowed it. Buck Driggs, president of the Manhattan Youth Football Association, said the organization has held five games a year at K-State’s Bill Snyder Family Stadium. However, efforts to use the district’s [...]

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Two Topeka residents were arrested at a local retailer on Wednesday for their role in three shoplifting incidents at Ulta Beauty, Best Buy and Water’s True Value in Manhattan. Officers arrested 53-year-old Christopher Stapleton and 50-year-old Nicole Hall just after 1:30 p.m. at the Best Buy in the 300 block of Tuttle Creek Boulevard. Stapleton [...]

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A local resident has been arrested in association with several motor vehicle burglaries that occurred across the area over the last few weeks. On Tuesday, officers arrested 19-year-old Alexander Darnell for his role in some of the burglaries. Officers charge Darnell is this case with probable cause offenses of motor vehicle theft with a value [...]

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