Residents of the USD 378 Riley County School District overwhelmingly rejected a $22.5 million bond issue question Tuesday night. The monies would have okay’d significant infrastructure renovations and expansions to the Riley County High School. With 100 percent of the vote tallied Tuesday night just before 8:30 p.m., 803 voted “no” — or just over
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A Riley man facing second-degree murder for the death of his 6-year-old daughter was in the Riley County District Court Tuesday afternoon in Manhattan for a motions hearing. Joshua Mall, 39, was allegedly driving with a blood alcohol content of 0.13 when he collided with another vehicle and then struck a tree on the evening
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Officers with the Riley County Police Department arrested Branden Ross, 21, of Grand View Plaza, Kansas on Monday. Ross was arrested for the offenses of criminal trespass, possession of opiates, opium, or narcotic drugs, use of possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia and criminal possession of a weapon. Police made contact with Ross in
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You could smell the chlorine and sunscreen in city hall Monday night, as city commissioner’s dove into an aquatic discussion. The joint meeting of the city commission and parks and recreation advisory board was originally scheduled for April 26, but was cancelled when severe weather rolled into Manhattan. The local government officials gathered to hear the results
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Results on a proposed $22.5 million bond issue for USD 378 school improvements are expected Tuesday night. Riley County clerk Rich Vargo told county commissioners Monday morning his office has already received 105 advance votes so far from advanced voting, which closed Monday at noon. Polls will open Tuesday at 7 a.m. and will close at 7
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More subdivision bid openings and road updates at Monday’s Pottawatomie County Commission meeting. Construction projects continue in Pottawatomie County on two major areas–including highway 24 and Excel as well as Highway 24 and Flush Road. Public Works Director Peter Clark updated commissioners on the highway 24/Excel Road Project saying the re-inforced concrete box on the
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On May 1, 2016 at approximately 2:05 PM officers with the Riley County Police Department arrested Dewuan Shorter, 21, of Manhattan on a warrant for the offenses of aggravated robbery (X2) and robbery. He was also arrested on the offenses of conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery as well as use of possession with intent to
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The 4th Annual Wamego Honor Flight was welcomed home early Saturday morning. The Honor Flight bus was met at the I-70 and Hwy 99 intersection and escorted into Wamego by a contingent of American Legion Riders. Despite the early hour (3:30 a.m.) and the rain, a large group of family and friends welcomed the Veterans
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Kansas State University has made national headlines over the past two weeks and not for the reasons it would like. On April 22 two female K-State students filed lawsuits against the university in U.S. District Court alleging it has ignored rapes that have happened at off-campus fraternity houses. The lawsuits accuse KSU of not following
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Wamego police responded to an armed robbery Friday afternoon that put schools on a brief lockdown just after 2:45 p.m. Police dispatch responded to a 9-1-1 call reporting an armed robbery had just occurred at Red Raider Express convenience store, located at 403 Spruce Street in Wamego. The clerk on duty reported that a white
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