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U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, Kansas, will deliver the first Landon Lecture of the 2018-2019 school year at K-State, according to a news release from the university. Moran’s lecture, “Answering the call: Serving a global society post 9/11,” will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, in Forum Hall at the K-State Student Union, and is open [...]

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A 22-year-old man convicted of aggravated battery after hitting a Kansas State student with his truck in Manhattan has been sentenced to about two years in prison. Nicolas Blaha, of Platte City, Missouri, was sentenced Monday to 20 months for aggravated battery and eight months for failure to stop at the scene. The sentences will [...]

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Parking lot improvements at the Manhattan Regional Airport was the central point of discussion at the Manhattan City Commission meeting Tuesday. Airport Director Jesse Romo said they are about 60 percent done with the design process and that they currently plan to take bids on the construction in November. Romo said that the Airport Advisory [...]

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Anthony Williams Jr., 30, of Junction City, Kansas was arrested while near the intersection of 9th and Poyntz. in Manhattan on August 15, 2018 at approximately 1:20 AM. Williams Jr. was arrested on offenses of possession of marijuana, interference with LEO, possession of drug paraphernalia and a Riley County District Court warrant for criminal damage [...]

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Officers filed a report for aggravated domestic battery in Manhattan on August 13, 2018. Officers listed a 29 year old male as the victim and a female known to him as the suspect. Due to the nature of the crime reported, no additional information will ...

Aaron Estabrook, independent candidate for the District I seat of the Riley County Commission, had his petition rejected last week. Estabrook said 195 of the signatures he collected were thrown out, bringing him to 320 accepted petition signatures – short of the 408 required to be included on the November ballot. Riley County Clerk Rich [...]

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Multiple people were injured in a boat crash at Tuttle Creek Lake Saturday night. A Kansas Wildlife, Parks and Tourism official who was at the scene of the crash told KSNT it happened around 10:00 p.m. A family boat crashed into rocks at the reservoir, injuring those on board. Everyone on the boat was reportedly [...]

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Officers filed a report for rape in Manhattan on August 10, 2018. Officers listed a 23 year old female as the victim and a 26 year old male known to her as the suspect. Due to the nature of the crime reported, no additional information will be released. Officers filed a report for theft in [...]

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The Riley County Police Department made an arrest related to a 2017 homicide on Saturday. Officials wrote in a release that 32-year-old Steven Meredith of Junction City was arrested in connection with the October 2017 death of 48-year-old Carrie Jones of Junction City. Meredith’s was arrested on a warrant of “first degree murder” by the [...]

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Riley County Clerk Rich Vargo tells KMAN Independent candidate for Riley County Commission Aaron Estabrook only had 320 accepted petition signatures. He needed  408 to be on the November ballot. Vargo says Estabrook’s petition county commissioner was unsuccessful. The former Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 Board of Education member filed as a candidate last week. He was [...]

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