A couple of injury accidents involving motorcycles were reported in the K-MAN listening area Saturday, with one involving a fleeing and eluding case. Saturday afternoon Devin Booth, 20, of Peoria, Illinois was injured while driving his 2002 Honda Motorcycle in Geary County. Booth was merging onto I-70 westbound from K-18 and accelerated to a high rate […]

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The League of Women Voters of Manhattan/Riley County held a public forum Sunday night at the Manhattan Fire Station Headquarters. The forum in its entirety is can be heard below. 1.Riley County Commission, District 3: Incumbent, Ron Wells (Republican) & Levi Smith (Democrat) 2. Kansas House: District 51- Incumbent, Ron Highland (Republican) & Adrienne Olejnik […]

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The K-State College of Business will dedicate its new building Friday afternoon. The college expects over 1,000 people to attend the dedication. Those in attendance will be able to tour the new building, hear tunes from the marching band and snack on food. The new building is a substantial improvement over Calvin Hall, where the […]

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When he’s not busy catching criminals and cracking cases, it turns out Geary county sheriff Tony Wolf has a lesser-known talent — eating brisket. On Oct. 1, Wolf and four other competitors chowed down at Cox Brothers BBQ to help the establishment celebrate their five-year anniversary. And celebrate they did. Wolf said he had no […]

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Riley County commissioners were updated on the local housing market Thursday. County appraiser Greg McHenry told the commission positive trends continue. There were 1,051 real estate sales in 2015 through Sept. 30. The median sale price for homes was $187,500, compared to $188,00 at the same point last year. The average sale price was $206,319, […]

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A Manhattan man was arrested on Wednesday evening on a Geary county warrant. Bradley McGuire was arrested by Geary County sheriff’s deputies in Junction City on a warrant for rape. No further information is available at this time.

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The logistics of an upcoming Nov. 30 public forum are becoming more clear for the administration at USD 383. At Wednesday’s board meeting, President Marcia Rozell was able to clarify the format of the upcoming session which will give the public an opportunity to issue their opinions on the controversial Manhattan high school mascot. Students […]

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The Wamego City Commission approved an engineering study at Tuesday’s meeting. City Manager Merl Page informed the Governing Body that he’d talked to an engineer about a study to eliminate a lift station in the northern part of the City.  Page said the engineering study would cost about $23,000 and would include a field evaluation […]

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RCPD filed a report for the offense of motor vehicle theft in the 2300 block of Stagg Hill Road in Manhattan yesterday. Officers were told that Enterprise had become the victim of theft when a 2016 Chevy Cruze was not returned or paid for by a customer. At the time of this report, officers were […]

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Marlin Fitzwater, less than two months away from his 74th birthday, walked into a room of reporters Tuesday like he’d done countless times before during his storied career as the only press secretary in U.S. history appointed by two different presidents. Hale Library on the campus of Kansas State University may as well have been on 1600 […]

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