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KS Board of Education allows Rock Creek teacher to keep license after inappropriate conduct

A Rock Creek High School teacher will keep his teaching license despite admitting to inappropriate behavior with a student at a previous school, after the Kansas State Board of Education voted 8-0 in his favor on July 14. RCHS hired Mitchell Lahr as a math teacher in 2023 and he is also an assistant forensics [...]

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Man arrested after allegedly using anti-theft tag removal device in shoplifting attempt

A 48-year-old man was arrested Wednesday afternoon after police say he attempted to steal merchandise from a Manhattan retail store using a device designed to remove anti-theft security tags. The Riley County Police Department said officers filed a report just after 1 p.m. July 22 at Burlington, located in the 400 block of Third Place. [...]

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Former Manhattan Catholic priest arrested on child sex crime charges

A Catholic priest who previously served several parishes in Manhattan has been arrested on child sex crime charges stemming from an investigation in Republic County. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said agents arrested Father Ryan A. McCandless, 44, of Wichita, just after 5 p.m. Wednesday at a residence in the 2100 block of South Erie [...]

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Man loses more than $1,300 in bank impersonation scam

The Riley County Police Department is investigating a fraud case after a Manhattan man reported losing more than $1,300 to a scammer posing as a bank representative. Officers filed the report just after 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 21. A 35-year-old man told investigators an unknown suspect claimed to be calling from his bank and instructed [...]

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