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JUNCTION CITY — One person is behind bars in Geary County after eluding officers on a high speed pursuit Wednesday afternoon. The Geary County Sheriff’s Office says Scott Keady of Kansas City, Missouri was arrested on multiple charges including flee and elude, possession of a stolen vehicle, possession of heroin, drug paraphernalia and stolen property. [...]

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MANHATTAN — A public hearing is scheduled next month in Manhattan to consider the adoption of proposed regulations for the Industrial Hemp Research Program. Due to the passage of Senate Bill 263 by the 2018 Kansas Legislature, the Kansas Department of Agriculture is proposing the promotion of new rules and regulations relating to the research [...]

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MANHATTAN — Kansas lawmakers will head to Topeka in less than three weeks and a major focus will again be on education. Following this year’s Kansas Supreme Court ruling that current funding laws passed by the state require adjustment for inflation, there is optimism that the funding issue gets resolved in 2019. 66th District Representative [...]

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Diedre Hogan, 29, of Manhattan was arrested while in the 100 block of N 4th St in Manhattan on December 26, 2018, at approximately 3:25 PM. Hogan was arrested on two Manhattan Municipal Court warrants for failure to appear and an offense of unlawful possession of stimulants. Hogan was issued a total bond of $7,250.00 [...]

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WAMEGO — Authorities in Pottawatomie County are investigating a death of a man whose body was pulled from the Kansas River Christmas Eve near Wamego. According to Pottawatomie County Sheriff Greg Riat, the man’s name has not been released as investigators work to positively identify him. The death is being investigated as suspicious. Multiple agencies [...]

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MANHATTAN — The Kansas State University Department of Animal Sciences and Industry Analytical Lab has been renamed. The lab, located in Weber Hall was renamed earlier this month in honor Dr. Ben E. Brent. Dr. Brent spent 36 years serving K-State and Animal Sciences and Industry stakeholders. He joined the K-State ASI faculty in 1966. [...]

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Residents in the small Wabaunsee County town of McFarland received an unwanted Christmas gift this week in the form of a boil water advisory. That advisory remains in place until further notice after a loss of pressure was noted late Christmas Eve by officials at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Failure to maintain adequate [...]

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JUNCTION CITY — Police say one person is dead and another is in custody following an alleged murder on Christmas Day. Junction City Police Officers were sent to an apartment at 948 Grant Ave. where they found 31-year-old Jenna Schafer of Junction City dead from an apparent gunshot wound. Detectives and officers worked throughout the [...]

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WAMEGO — With some restrictions on industrial hemp being lifted thanks to this year’s Farm Bill, Kansas legislators will begin to determine what impact that may have on the future of the agricultural economy. 51st District Representative Ron Highland (R-Wamego), a guest on KMAN’s In Focus recently, says after lawmakers passed a bill last year [...]

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MANHATTAN — You can’t have Christmas without a Christmas tree. One local organization has been busy selling them this season in an effort to raise money for youth activities in the Manhattan area. The Manhattan Breakfast Optimists Club shut down tree sales this week and club president Keith Behnke says they nearly sold out all [...]

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