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Charleston, S.C. — The Association of Defense Communities (ADC) and the Defense Communities Caucus today designated 10 communities from across the nation as “Great American Defense Communities” for providing unwavering support to service members and military families.   The Great American Defense Communities program was launched this year to acknowledge the unique contributions cities, counties

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Due to high winds forecast by the National Weather Service, there will be no prescribed burning allowed in Riley County on Tuesday.   The post Wind puts hold on prescribed burning appeared first on 1350 KMAN.

Officers with the Riley County Police arrested Dominique Tisdale, 38, of El Dorado, Kansas on a warrant with a bond of $15,000.00 for the offense of distributing opiates, opium, narcotics, or other certain stimulants. Tisdale was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on February 29, 2016 at approximately 12:15 PM. He was no

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Monday was a busy day full of approvals for Pottawatomie County Commissioners, with three projects awarded contracts. Public Works Director Peter Clark says work on the Elbo creek subdivision in the Blue Township area will begin, awarded to Larson Construction of Manhattan. Other projects that saw bid approvals include construction on Flush Road and a

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                The City of Manhattan will host an open house from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, for the City Hall expansion project. A ribbon cutting with comments from those involved in the project will be at 4:30 p.m. The public is invited to tour the new

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A Wamego man was sentenced to 55 months with the Department of Corrections Thursday. Pottawatomie County Attorney Sherri Schuck told KMAN Gerald Holley, 53, was convicted on five counts that included possession of methamphetamine and marijuana with intentions to distribute. Also, Schuck said Brian Duzan, 38, of Manhattan, pled no contest to charges that included

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A Fort Riley man was found guilty in Riley County Court Thursday, after entering pleas in a murder case. Tierre Wall pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter and attempted aggravated assault. After entering his plea, Judge David Stutzman found Wall guilty of shooting 27-year-old Casey Lindley in the forehead, during a March 2015 road rage

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A fourth person has been charged in the 2014 kidnapping and killing of a woman on the Fort Riley military base. U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said in a news release Tuesday that 26-year-old Shantrell Woody is charged with one count of kidnapping resulting in death. The Associated Press left a phone message

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TOPEKA – An indictment unsealed in federal court Thursday charges one more defendant with the kidnapping and killing of a Junction City woman, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. Shantrell D. Woody, 26, of Fort Riley, is charged with one count of kidnapping resulting in death. Three other defendants charged previously with the same count were

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Riley County Police arrested a Manhattan man Saturday afternoon for an incident involving arson and theft. Donnie Hill (43) was picked up in the 1000 block of South Seth Child Road and he was charged with arson of a dwelling and theft of property. Hill was confined at the Riley County Jail on a $5,000

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