Riley County commissioners approved pay structures for incoming EMS and ambulance positions Thursday morning after the review of a wage study by McGrath Human Resources Group. The positions result in a wage and benefit total of $2.8 million. This compares to the county’s prepared and approved 2018 EMS/Ambulance budget of $2.2 million — an increase of [...]

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Two apparent financial card readers or “skimmers” were found inside fuel pumps at two Wamego convenience stores Wednesday. These were seized by the Wamego Police Department after discovering them during routine fuel pump inspections at The Last Stop and Red Raider Express.  It is unknown how long the skimmers had been inside the pumps.  Wamego PD says [...]

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Updated 11:30 a.m. Thursday: Wamego Fire Chief Phil Stultz tells KMAN a gas line break occurred during road construction in the area of fourth and Parkview on the west side of town Thursday morning. Stultz adds some residents close to Fourth were told to evacuate, with others living farther away being notified but given the [...]

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The Pottawatomie county Sheriff’s Department is investigating the theft of a construction trailer this past week. Sheriff Greg Riat indicates on Monday deputies responded to the 9000 block of Roepke Road in rural Manhattan, for the theft of a construction trailer. The trailer is described as a white 2000 Pace enclosed trailer.  The trailer reportedly was stolen [...]

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A fatal accident was reported in Clay County  Wednesday evening. Mary Rowland, 57, of Longford died in the two vehicle crash on K-82 westbound at K-15, one mile south of Clay Center.  According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a Chevrolet Silverado driven by Zachary Howard, 28, of Clay Center was westbound on K-82 and failed [...]

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The Manhattan Fire Department will observe National Fire Prevention Week by educating the community about fire safety. That’s according to MFD Driver, Gregg Van De Creek who spoke to KMAN after accepting a Fire Prevention Week proclamation from the Manhattan City Commission meeting on Tuesday. “We’ll be going around the schools to teach children,” Van [...]

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Updated Friday, 2:15 p.m. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has rescinded a boil water advisory for the Riverchase Mobile Home Park in Riley County. KDHE officials issued the advisory Wednesday because of positive bacteriological samples from the source water. Public water suppliers in Kansas take all measures necessary to notify customers quickly after [...]

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The Manhattan City Commission approved a clean 2016 City Audit Tuesday evening. “This has been a great year in terms of audit,” said Assistant Director of Finance, Hillary Badger. “We had no significant findings.” Manhattan has received the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting every year since 1996. The Commission also approved updates [...]

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A woman walked away Tuesday morning after a fiery crash into a pole in front of the McDonald’s in Westloop. There were no reported injuries and the driver, whose name was not released, told emergency personnel she experienced brake failure before the collision.

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The Big Red One will welcome its newest leader with a Victory with Honors ceremony at 4 p.m. today at the 1st Infantry Division’s headquarters on Fort Riley. Brig. Gen. Stephen G. Smith will serve as the 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley deputy commanding general for support. Smith comes to the division from Kuwait [...]

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