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Shelly Williams, the longtime director of Riley County Community Corrections, has announced she will retire in the spring, following three decades of service to the state of Kansas. The 1992 K-State graduate began her career at Central Kansas Community Corrections in Great Bend, before accepting a position in April 1994 with Riley County Community Corrections. [...]

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Riley County Police have made an arrest in an ongoing rape investigation. On Thursday, 21-year-old Jack Adams, of Iola, was jailed on a single count of rape. Police say the charge stems from an April 2022 incident. No further details will be released, due to the nature of the crime. Adams was released after posting [...]

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Authorities are investigating a theft reported Thursday at the Army National Guard on Levee Drive. RCPD says a 21-year-old woman reported an unknown suspect removed a lock and stole military gear. The estimated total loss is a little more than $3,200. ...

A Wamego woman and her child died following a collision with a semi truck Wednesday in rural Marion County. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the semi was stopped in a work zone on US Highway 56, waiting for a flagger. Shortly after 11 a.m. a passenger car driven by 43-year-old Jessica Henson, failed to stop, [...]

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Earlier this week, the Wamego School Board approved a memorandum of understanding regarding concurrent enrollment with Manhattan Area Technical College. Similarly, Manhattan-Ogden Schools will consider their agreement on Dec. 20. MATC has been working with its district partners since the summer on restructuring the existing agreement. A temporary fix was agreed upon in recent weeks, [...]

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One person was injured Wednesday after a crash on I-70 in Riley County. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, an eastbound motorhome went into the median just after 9 p.m., about four miles east of the Manhattan exit, then drove off an embankment into a creek. The driver, identified as 65-year-old Nilas Manley, of Spokane, [...]

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Wamego city officials were unable to find an interested buyer for the building locals refer to as “Not the Chrysler House,” at the southeast corner of Highway 99 and US 24. The historic house, once thought to be the birthplace of automotive industry executive Walter Chrysler, sits on property deeded to the city years ago [...]

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A property in the 2800 block of Blackjack Road is causing some concerns among Pottawatomie County officials, due to a potential health hazard that’s redeveloped. County Sanitarian Scott Schwinn provided an update at Monday’s meeting. The property has developed a lot of clutter, mostly in the form of metal, but it isn’t something the county [...]

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Retail thefts have been on the rise over the past few weeks. Riley County Police filed two more reports for theft over the weekend, this time at Walmart. On Saturday, police filed a theft report after two suspects stole multiple Lego sets, totaling over $1,000. On Sunday, the store reported to police that two suspects [...]

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A pedestrian was injured Friday night near Aggieville after being struck by a motorist. RCPD says it happened around 10 p.m. near the intersection of North Manhattan Avenue and Bluemont Avenue. Arriving officers found a Honda Civic, driven by 18-year-old Jacob Wuthnow, of Manhattan, had struck 18-year-old Isabella Rosario, also of Manhattan. Rosario was transported [...]

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