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A Manhattan man and Junction City woman were arrested Tuesday for multiple charges, including interference with law enforcement and unlawful discharge of a firearm. The arrests stem from an investigation into a report of shots fired on Sunday morning. Yabdiel Manuel Fargas Rodriguez, 22, and Jazmine Laureta Smith, 20, were arrested by Riley County Police Officers in [...]

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A Manhattan man is jailed on a host of charges after Riley County Police say he interfered with police trying to execute a felony arrest warrant. 22-year-old Yabdiel Rodriguez faces two counts of interference, for trying to flee from being arrested Wednesday afternoon. He was also charged with two counts of interference with law enforcement [...]

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By Tim Everson After 33 years, it will be happy trails for Kansas State director of bands Dr. Frank Tracz, who announced that he will be retiring at the end of this season, wrapping up more than three decades of leading the Pride of Wildcat Land. The K-State marching band announced the news on social [...]

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By Rose Gruenbacher The township of Ogden’s former treasurer will serve four years of probation, after pleading guilty previously to misappropriation of public funds and submitting false expenses. Jimmy Bond, 71, was sentenced to 31 months with the Kansas Department of Corrections for the misuse of between $25,000 and $100,000 public funds and 13 months with [...]

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Plans are in motion to construct a new shelter on Bluemont Hill near the scenic overlook. The Manhattan Parks and Recreation Advisory Board moved Monday to recommend the city partner with the Manhattan Kiwanis Club on the project. It’s now up to the city commission to decide the shelter’s fate. “We felt that a shelter [...]

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It’s been a summer of swift changes at Manhattan Regional Airport. Travel ticked up during the month of July, with 7,835 passengers boarding flights at MHK. Envoy Air general manager Brennan Walter told Manhattan’s Airport Advisory Board on Monday it represents an 82% load factor, the metric used to calculate the percentage of occupied seats [...]

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Neighbors say they are not happy about a proposed cattle feeding operation near the town of Riley. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment last week issued public notice that Falcon Land LLC has filed for a federal water pollution control permit to start a “confined animal feeding operation” (CAFO) on its property at the [...]

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Pottawatomie County commissioners on Monday took a step toward bringing a new fire station to Blue Township. The board unanimously approved a resolution, declaring the need for the facility in Fire District Number 5, which serves the southwestern area of the county, east of Manhattan. The resolution authorizes the county to issue up to $2 [...]

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By Emma Loura Property owners in Riley County will see an average 5% increase in their county taxes in 2026 after county officials on Monday approved publishing a public hearing notice for its new budget. The mill levy for the 2026 budget is 37.951, a 0.002 mill decrease from 2025, when the mill levy was [...]

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