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Riley County dispatch officials said the storm siren activation that occurred just after 10 a.m. Wednesday was accidental and was believed to have been caused following testing of K-State’s emergency notification system. Officials said there was no emergency reported. Typically, the sirens are tested on the first Monday of each month, unless the first Monday [...]

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A Manhattan woman is facing charges after police say she stole a car in the downtown area Tuesday morning. Officers were called just after 10:30 a.m. to the 600 block of Bluemont Avenue, where a 35-year-old woman reported her 2013 Acura was stolen. Police later recovered the vehicle and arrested 37-year-old Sarah Way of Manhattan. [...]

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An 83-year-old Manhattan man is jailed on several charges including assault and child endangerment. Riley County Police say Allen Frazier was arrested Tuesday on five counts of aggravated assault, one count of interference with a law enforcement officer and one count of aggravated child endangerment. The charges are alleged from a Monday incident. Victims listed [...]

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By Emma Loura A road surfacing project in southwest Manhattan may take longer than expected. On Monday, John Ellermann, Riley County’s public works director, said it may take until October to complete the new overlay on a road project involving Skyway Drive, Stagg Hill Road, Rosencutter Road and South Manhattan Avenue. Ellermann said he expects [...]

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Two people were injured after a semi slid off the road Tuesday afternoon in Clay County. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2015 Freightliner was westbound on Kansas Highway 9, two miles east of Clifton when it drifted into the north ditch, overcorrected and then entered the south ditch and struck an embankment. The [...]

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A construction-related flood forced Auntie Mae’s to close briefly over Labor Day weekend. The Aggieville bar was filled with customers following K-State’s first home football game around midnight on Aug. 31. Owner Jeff Denney said Monday someone noticed water was seeping into the building from a nearby pit that had filled with rain. “All of [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested Monday morning after allegedly battering a police officer during an incident on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Riley County Police filed a report just before 8:50 a.m. Sept. 8, stating that 35-year-old Wylee Schmit acted disorderly, interfered with an officer’s investigation, and struck an officer in the 500 block of [...]

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By Emma Loura Enrollment numbers at K-State show continued growth this semester. At Friday’s State of the University address, K-State’s president Richard Linton said there are 3,813 first-time freshmen this fall, one of the highest in the university’s history. The number of first-year students is up by 320 since fall 2024, when there were 3,493 [...]

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The trial of an Olathe man charged with rape and aggravated sexual battery began Monday, with the start of jury selection. Kane Everett Harris, 20, was arrested on September 7, 2023 by Johnson County Sheriff’s officers. According to documents filed in Riley County District Court, he is alleged to have committed the crimes in September [...]

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A Manhattan woman is in jail following an arrest Friday afternoon on several charges. Riley County Police say 33-year-old Tanasha Dupree was arrested at the courthouse on a warrant for probation violation, stemming from earlier charges of aggravated assault, interference with law enforcement, criminal threat fleeing and eluding and battery. Online court records show most [...]

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