(The Associated Press contributed to this article) Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has vetoed a bill that would have extended the state’s health coverage for the poor under former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law. The conservative Republican governor made the move Thursday. He explained that he thinks the expansion would fail to serve the [...]

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A docked boat that broke loose due to rising river waters caused quite the commotion near the lunch hour on Thursday, according to a press release from the Manhattan Fire Department. At 10:51 a.m. MFD was dispatched to the area of Pillsbury Drive and Linear Trail for a report of an out of control boat with [...]

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(an investigation regarding a hit and run injury accident on I-70 is listed in a separate news report) Riley County Police Officers filed a report for burglary and criminal damage to property in the 200 block of Plymate Ln. on March 29, 2017 at approximately 8:40 PM. Officers listed Shengming Wang, 26, of Manhattan, as [...]

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Riley County Police are investigating a reported hit and run injury accident Wednesday night. Officers responded to a report of an injury accident on I-70 at approximately mile marker 316 Wednesday night at approximately 10:10. When officers arrived on scene, they found a black 1991 Mazda Protege, driven by Javier Gali-Rodriguez, 30, of Junction City, had been struck [...]

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Two injury accidents were reported in Geary County Wednesday, with at least one attributed to slick road conditions.  Elijah Lewis, 25, of Fort Riley and  Kody Seiler, 19, of California were both taken to Geary Community Hospital following a Wednesday evening accident on I-70 near the westbound Fort Riley exit. Lewis was driving a 1990 [...]

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Rain the past few days has led to standing water in some areas around Manhattan, although nothing serious is being reported. KMAN shares just a few photos of locations with standing water. However, Lyon County had some flooding issues, with K-99 (Lyon County) north of Emporia closed for a while over Dow and Stillman Creeks from [...]

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Fifteen members of a new committee set on discussing the Manhattan High School mascot sat down face-to-face for their inaugural meeting on Wednesday at the Robinson Education Center. The group was formed nearly four months ago when the Manhattan-Ogden board voted to retain the mascot at a meeting on Dec. 7 of last year. The [...]

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On April 5, weather permitting, construction on a new diverging diamond interchange project will begin at the existing K-113 and K-18 interchange. The project includes replacing the existing diamond interchange with a new diverging diamond style interchange (DDI) on K-113 at K-18 (K-18 bridges will not be affected). Work will take place during daylight hours, [...]

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Wendy Montgomery, 46, of Manhattan, was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department yesterday at approximately 12:40 PM. Montgomery was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for aggravated burglary. Montgomery’s bond was set at $5,000.00, causing her to remain confined at the time of this report. Officers filed a report for theft Tuesday at [...]

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The pending acquisition of Topeka-based Westar Energy by Great Plains Energy, of Kansas City, Mo., would mean lower electric bills for residents of central and eastern Kansas and northwest Missouri. The Manhattan City Commission heard a briefing on the proposed acquisition at Tuesday night’s city commission work session. Chuck Caisley, vice president of marketing and public affairs, [...]

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