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Manhattan City commissioners on Tuesday will vote on adding a question to the general election ballot that would impose a general citywide retailers’ sales tax of 0.5% for street maintenance for 10 years. The proposed 0.5% would replace the existing 0.2% to fund the street maintenance program. The 2016 sales tax will expire March 31, [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested Thursday following a reported domestic disturbance. According to the Riley County Police Department, Daniel Devon Leverette, 22, of Manhattan, was arrested around 11 a.m. in the 3300 block of Kennsington Court on suspicion of aggravated domestic battery and domestic battery. A 20-year-old woman was listed as the victim. Leverette was [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested Thursday afternoon on multiple allegations stemming from reports filed earlier this year. According to the Riley County Police Department, Austin Dean Carter, 29, was arrested around 4 p.m. in the 1800 block of Humboldt Street. Carter was arrested on suspicion of three counts of aggravated assault, five counts of harassment [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested Thursday evening on multiple Riley County District Court warrants and additional allegations stemming from an earlier police investigation. According to the Riley County Police Department, Adrian Tyrone Watson, 56, was arrested around 8:30 p.m. in the 4400 block of Tuttle Creek Boulevard. Watson was arrested on two failure-to-appear warrants and [...]

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Dangerous heat will continue across the Manhattan area through Saturday, with another chance for strong to severe thunderstorms both Friday and Saturday evening. The National Weather Service in Topeka says an Extreme Heat Warning remains in effect for most of the area into Saturday evening. Heat index values in Manhattan are expected to reach about [...]

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By Nathan Gaddie The Kansas 4-H Foundation Board of Trustees announced Monday it is considering selling Rock Springs Ranch. The camp and conference center, 15 miles south of Junction City, has hosted Kansas 4-H since 1946. Board leaders are considering changes to who owns and operates the site. “This is an important process, and there [...]

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A teenage boy from Manhattan received convictions on multiple charges, including two counts of attempted murder, Saturday afternoon after his trial ran past its scheduled completion and jury deliberations carried into the weekend. A jury found Dontaivious Amaru Temple, 19, guilty of two counts of first-degree attempted murder, criminal discharge of a firearm, aggravated robbery, [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested Saturday on two outstanding Johnson County District Court warrants. According to the Riley County Police Department, Adrian Jerome Coffee, 32, was arrested around 6 p.m. in the 2500 block of Farm Bureau Road. The warrants stem from original charges of robbery, harassment by phone and possession of drug paraphernalia. Coffee [...]

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Two people were injured Friday morning in a two-vehicle crash on Fort Riley Boulevard in Manhattan. According to the Riley County Police Department, officers responded around 7:30 a.m. to the 6300 block of Fort Riley Boulevard. Police said a 2023 GMC Sierra driven by 40-year-old Andrew Biery of Manhattan collided with a 2023 Chrysler Voyager [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested early Sunday after a traffic stop led to drug-related allegations. According to the Riley County Police Department, officers responded around 2 a.m. to the 3500 block of Tuttle Creek Boulevard. Jonathan Paul White, 35, of Manhattan, was arrested on suspicion of driving while suspended, possession of drug paraphernalia and distribution [...]

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