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MANHATTAN — The Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 Board of Education held a special work session Wednesday with Kansas lawmakers regarding some of the issues they hope to see brought up in the upcoming legislative session. The full meeting can be viewed below. (Video courtesy USD 383 Manhattan-Ogden Schools) One of the questions was related to improving school [...]

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WESTMORELAND — A slew of capital improvement projects are on the horizon in Pottawatomie County, to the tune of approximately $290,000. Many of those projects were approved at Monday’s meeting and are underway. Some of the projects also will begin after the start of the new year. During this week’s meeting of the Pottawatomie County [...]

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Officers filed a report for aggravated robbery and aggravated burglary in the 1300 block of Garibay Ln. in Manhattan on December 19, 2018, at approximately 7:00 AM. Officers listed Latasha Olson, 34, of Manhattan and Anthony Stevens, 45, of Manhattan as the victims and an unknown male as the suspect. Police ask that anyone with information [...]

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An ad-hoc committee formed by the Riley County Law Board found no pattern of racial bias by RCPD in their study of marijuana arrests in the county. They presented their findings at the Law Board’s meeting Monday. The committee was formed in 2017 after residents and members of the Manhattan Alliance for Peace and Justice [...]

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The Manhattan City Commission approved multiple ordinances at their meeting Tuesday. Those ordinances rezoned property on the 1800 block of Todd Road, accepted the donation of a tract of land in the Scenic Meadows subdivision, approved the creation of development and land donation agreements for the developers of the Stonehaven subdivision, and approved multiple contracts [...]

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MANHATTAN — The new head of the Riley County Police Department will be officially sworn in later this month. Incoming Director Dennis Butler take the oath during a special ceremony at 10 a.m. Dec. 31. Riley County District Court Judge Meryl Wilson will preside. Butler will succeed Brad Schoen who is retiring. Butler has been [...]

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MANHATTAN — Christmas will be a little brighter for four individuals who located the second G. Thomas Jewelers Manhattan Running Company Jingle Bell Rock. Mitch and Tim Innes, Philip Braddock and Matt Prather located the second rock hidden and claimed their winnings Wednesday morning at the KMAN studios. The four have been lucky enough to [...]

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JUNCTION CITY — A new superintendent has been named for USD 475 Geary County Schools. At a meeting Monday, board members announced they had selected Dr. Reginald Eggleston to lead the district. The decision was unanimous (7-0). Dr. Eggleston will begin his position as Superintendent in April. Eggleston has spent more than 24 years in [...]

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Officers filed a report for criminal damage to property in the 100 block of Pine Dr. in Manhattan on December 18, 2018, at approximately 10:00 AM. Officers listed a 17-year-old female as the victim when it was reported an unknown suspect damaged her Chevy Malibu. The estimated total loss associated with this case is approximately [...]

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MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. — A Kansas man stationed at Fort Riley is under investigation in Arkansas after allegations surfaced over the weekend that he tried to meet up with a 16-year-old girl for sex. According to a release from the Baxter County, Arkansas Sheriff’s Office, 31-year-old Andrew O’Brien of Junction City was arrested early Saturday [...]

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