During the long holiday weekend, a Manhattan man was arrested for possession of marijuana with a high bond set. According to Saturday’s Riley county Police arrest report Geoff Robison, 20, of Manhattan, was taken into custody by Riley County Police on Friday evening and charged with three offenses including possession of marijuana and paraphernalia. Bond was [...]
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“A nice way to finish the year” is the way Manhattan Finance director Bernie Hayen describes the end of year sales tax numbers for the city, with a 2% annual increase. Hayen adds that isn’t bad given what other communities across the state have experienced. And a ‘milestone’ was reached of exceeding $11 million in annual collections from the city’s [...]
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The second phase of the terminal expansion project at Manhattan Regional Airport (MHK) is now substantially complete, and operations began Friday (Dec. 23) out of the new area. Passengers using MHK over the holidays can expect a new baggage carousel, a larger hold room and revolving doors out of the secure room that do not allow [...]
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A Manhattan man was arrested for probation violation on Thursday evening. 26-year-old Jamie Berges was arrested on two Riley County District Court warrants shortly after 5 o’clock. Berges’ bond totaled $10,000.
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A Kansas Department of Corrections inmate serving time for several Geary County charges including first degree murder apparently has been passed over for parole. 44-year-old Mikel Dreiling’s next possible earliest release date is now December of 2018. Dreiling was convicted in connection with a prominent Geary County murder case in 1994, with public comment sessions [...]
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A special work session at the Robinson Education Center brought some special guests to the table preceding Wednesday’s USD 383 board of education meeting. The Capitol Building will be bustling with the energy of a new session in just three weeks, and board members had the opportunity to discuss school finance with the elected officials representing [...]
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The Wamego City Commission opened the last meeting of 2016 with a Public Hearing. At Tuesday’s meeting, City Manager Merl Page reviewed the petition for the Hearing at the request of Bluestem Electric. The Public Hearing was to vacate a street (Shanote Lane) for development in the eastern most part of the Industrial Park. With [...]
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“After Burn” is the name of an emergency preparedness exercise led by the Kansas Department of Agriculture this week with a foot and mouth disease outbreak scenario. Kansas Department of Agriculture Secretary Jackie McClaskey spoke with K-MAN during this week’s four day state-wide exercise, which was testing responses to just such a scenario with an [...]
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A man and woman who evaded police were apprehended late Tuesday night after they crashed their vehicle and fled on foot near I-70 by McDowell Creek Road. According to a press release from the Geary County Sheriff’s Office, authorities arrested 35-year-old Joshua Garcia of Biloxi, Miss., and 31-year-old Jamieson Townsend of Blue Springs, Mo. After their [...]
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Joseph Brown, 33, of Manhattan, was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department yesterday morning. Brown was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for failure to appear. Brown’s bond was set at $5,000.00 and he was not confined at the time of this report. Officers with the Riley County Police Department filed a [...]
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