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A March hearing is scheduled for a California man accused of firing multiple rounds of ammunition into a car parked in Aggieville. The Manhattan Mercury reports that 31-year-old Travell Hairston made his first court appearance Friday, via Zoom. Hairston is charged in Riley County District Court with attempted first-degree murder, stemming from a February 2020 [...]

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Belvue residents are being advised to conserve water until further notice. A water main break was reported around 3:30 a.m. for Rural Water District No. 4, which encompasses primarily southeastern and central Pottawatomie County. It’s unclear if a boil advisory will be necessary. Last week, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment issued one for [...]

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Temperatures will warm back to near normal this week, but precipitation chances could make travel dicey over the next few days. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory from Sunday evening through noon Monday, for the potential of freezing rain or drizzle causing a glaze up to one-tenth of an inch of [...]

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Business leaders from across the region gathered at the Manhattan Conference Center Friday for the annual Flint Hills Regional Leaders Retreat. Hosted by the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce, the event featured community updates from Manhattan, Junction City, Wamego, Kansas State University and Fort Riley. One of the keynote speakers Clint Runge is a founding [...]

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The Pottawatomie County Economic Development Corporation (ECODEVO) has a new executive director. Local author and small business coach Shanna Goodman, of Wamego, was introduced by the organization during Friday’s Flint Hills Regional Leaders Retreat. The Wamego businesswoman has spent the better part of the last decade working in marketing, public relations and business development. Originally from the [...]

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Pottawatomie County authorities are investigating after a Salina man fell to his death at a Belvue grain elevator. The Sheriff’s Office says a 911 call came in around 6 p.m. Wednesday from an individual working at the Ag Partners Coop (305 Noble Ave.), who reported a co-worker had fallen from a significant height with severe [...]

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The Riley County Police Department is planning a series of town hall meetings with Director Brian Peete later this month where he’ll discuss his Crime Reduction Plan. Peete will host three one hour discussions with community members, at the Riley City Hall Jan. 29, at Peace Memorial Auditorium in Manhattan Jan. 30 and at the [...]

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A Wamego man convicted last month of distributing Fentanyl, resulting in another man’s death, has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison. McKaine Farr was sentenced Thursday by Pottawatomie County Judge Jeff Elder to 13 years and 9 months behind bars for the offense, which led to Jayson Ebert’s overdose death in September [...]

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Riley County commissioners agreed Thursday to contribute $5,000 toward a grant application to expand public Wi-Fi in the county. The Kansas Office of Broadband Development’s Advancing Digital Opportunities to Promote Technology program will award nearly $15 million to organizations addressing the challenges of broadband availability in the state.  WTC Manhattan Market Manager Jeff Sackrider says his company [...]

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Riley County Police are investigating after a known suspect shot his firearm multiple times near Redbud Estates. According to Thursday’s RCPD activity report, officers were called out just before 11 pm Wednesday to the 2500 block of Farm Bureau Road. Officers did not identify the suspect, but noted he shot the firearm multiple times at [...]

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