Scott Alexander, 25, of Manhattan was arrested while in the 400 block of Fremont St. in Manhattan on January 3, 2019 at approximately 8:55 AM. Alexander was arrested on offenses of distribute opiate/narcotic/certain stimulant, distribute or possess with the intent to distribute marijuana within 1000′ of a school, and possession of paraphernalia (x2). Alexander was [...]
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MANHATTAN — Flu season is here and local health officials are re-emphasizing the need to get your flu shot. During KMAN’s In Focus Wednesday, Riley County Health Department Clinic Supervisor Leslie Campbell says while a vaccination doesn’t guarantee you won’t get sick, it is better than the alternative. Flu season generally begins in September and [...]
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Junction City’s government will see a small change in personnel after a recent leadership vote. The City Commission unanimously voted for current Mayor Pat Landes to stay on for another year in the position while Jeff Underhill was chosen to replace Phyllis Fitzgerald as vice mayor. Landes was first elected to the commission in 2011 [...]
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Update 1:30 p.m. 1/7/19 The murder of a Junction City woman is being handled as a contract killing, according to a release by Geary County Attorney Krista Blaisdell on Monday. Mashaun Baker, 33, is charged with first degree murder and is suspected of hiring Dion Green to kill 31-year-old Jenna Schafer. Green, 33, is charged [...]
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“Police, at all times, should maintain a relationship with the public that gives reality to the historic tradition that the police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full-time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the [...]
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MANHATTAN — Baby watch 2019 officially came to an end in Manhattan Wednesday. Via Christi Hospital announced that baby Vincent was born at 11:22 a.m. Jan. 2 to mother Cheyenne Russell of Junction City. The baby was the first delivered at the hospital in 2019. Vincent came in weighing 7 pounds, 11 ounces and was [...]
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MANHATTAN — A Manhattan man is in custody after Riley County Police say he violated the terms of his offender registration. Samuel Sargent Kempf, 42, was arrested Wednesday in the 1100 block of Vattier on a charge of violating offender registration, second conviction. A search of the Kansas Offender Registry finds that Kempf was convicted [...]
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Tuttle Creek Eagle Day, hosted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Tuttle Creek Lake, returns Saturday, Jan. 5, during peak eagle-watching season. It starts at 9 a.m. and runs until 12:30 p.m. The event has been held for more than 20 years with help from the Northern Flint Hills Audubon Society, the Tuttle [...]
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Alonzo Revada Jr., 36, of Manhattan was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on January 1, 2019, at approximately 5:40 PM. Revada Jr. was arrested on offenses of aggravated burglary, aggravated interference with parent custody, domestic battery and endangering a child. Revada Jr. was issued a total bond of $20,000.00 causing him to remain confined at [...]
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A Manhattan native will be the next assistant city manager, according to a release from the manager’s office Wednesday. Dennis Marstall, a Manhattan High School graduate, was selected out of four finalists for the job who were identified through a national search process. Prior to this, Marstall worked for 14 years with the City of [...]
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