1:35 pm Tuesday update Riley County officials say the portion of Wildcat Creek Road that closed Tuesday morning, due to a turned over semi truck has reopened to traffic. Original story 11:25 a.m. Tuesday Wildcat Creek Road is currently closed, due to a semi that turned over sometime before 11 am Tuesday on an icy [...]

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WTC commitment approved Riley County commissioners moved Monday to commit $5,000 toward a grant application to expand public WiFi hot spots to under-served areas of the county. The action follows a request from WTC last week seeking support for a 10% match toward an ADOPT grant from the Kansas Office of Broadband Development. The program [...]

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Riley County USD 378 has placed its superintendent on administrative leave following action earlier this month. The school board on voted 4-3 on Jan. 8 to place Cliff Williams on administrative leave with pay, for currently unspecified reasons. Erin Flair has been named interim superintendent. Flair declined comment on the matter, in a phone call [...]

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One person was transported Monday morning following a two-vehicle crash near 3rd Street and Fort Riley Blvd. The Riley County Police Department says the crash happened just after 11 a.m. Names of the parties involved weren’t immediately available, but the injuries were not believed to be life threatening. The other driver was not injured, but [...]

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Riley County officials say a local resident lost their pet and their home to a weekend fire near Hunter’s Island, south of Manhattan. Crews from Riley County Fire District No. 1 were dispatched Saturday evening for reports of smoke and flames and found a mobile home fully engulfed in flames near several other outbuildings and [...]

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A March hearing is scheduled for a California man accused of firing multiple rounds of ammunition into a car parked in Aggieville. The Manhattan Mercury reports that 31-year-old Travell Hairston made his first court appearance Friday, via Zoom. Hairston is charged in Riley County District Court with attempted first-degree murder, stemming from a February 2020 [...]

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Belvue residents are being advised to conserve water until further notice. A water main break was reported around 3:30 a.m. for Rural Water District No. 4, which encompasses primarily southeastern and central Pottawatomie County. It’s unclear if a boil advisory will be necessary. Last week, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment issued one for [...]

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Temperatures will warm back to near normal this week, but precipitation chances could make travel dicey over the next few days. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory from Sunday evening through noon Monday, for the potential of freezing rain or drizzle causing a glaze up to one-tenth of an inch of [...]

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Business leaders from across the region gathered at the Manhattan Conference Center Friday for the annual Flint Hills Regional Leaders Retreat. Hosted by the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce, the event featured community updates from Manhattan, Junction City, Wamego, Kansas State University and Fort Riley. One of the keynote speakers Clint Runge is a founding [...]

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