A longtime Topeka-area Girl Scout camp that closed last year will become a camp for people with disabilities and their families. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Hope Ranch Inc. plans to turn the former Camp Daisy Hindman into its Mission Creek Camp and Conference Center. Executive Director Ken Scroggs said there aren’t many opportunities for [...]

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Officers filed a report for motor vehicle theft in Manhattan on September 4, 2018 at approximately 7:20 PM. Officers listed a 47 year old male as the victim and a female known to him as the suspect. Due to the nature of the crime reported (domestic) no additional information will be released. Molly Meeks, 29, [...]

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Officers responded to the report of an injury accident near the intersection of Anderson Ave. and 60th Ave. in Manhattan on September 3, 2018, at approximately 2:05 PM. When officers arrived on scene, they found a 2006 Red Ford Freestyle driven by Laura Mendez, 28, of Manhattan crashed with a 2001 Red Hyundai Tiburon driven by Abigail [...]

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A flash flood warning was issued in Riley County after heavy rain falls beginning Sunday evening. A flood evacuation notice was issued for properties along Wildcat Creek as well as on Hunters Island through the Northeast Kansas Regional Notification System. Evacuations were also issued for the Pebblebrook apartments, Garden Way apartments and Highland Ridge apartments, [...]

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Kansas State University Director of Bands Dr. Frank Tracz was taken to the hospital during the season opener for K-State Football on Saturday. The cause of his hospitalization has not been released, but the K-State Marching Band Facebook page wrote that Tracz is in good spirits and is “passing every test with flying colors.” He [...]

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A Junction City man was arrested Friday on suspicion of murder, attempted murder and aggravated battery, according to the Junction City Police Department JCPD arrested Fontelle Jolly, 21, of Junction City in the course of investigating the shootings of 29-year-old Felix Snipes and 25-year-old Cartavius King that occurred near 2306 Wildcat Lane in Junction City. [...]

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A professor at K-State has been awarded a grant to lead a multi-million dollar interdisciplinary agricultural study. K-State Professor of Agronomy Stephen Welch, Oklahoma State Assistant Professor of Agronomy Phillip Alderman and Langston University Chair of the Department of Technology Franklin Fondjo Fotou were granted $4 million from the National Science Foundation to research new [...]

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Officers filed a report for burglary in the 12800 block of Kansas Ave. in Riley on August 30, 2018, at approximately 9:30 AM. Officers listed Trisha Reichert, 44, of Riley as the victim when she reported an unknown suspect took tires and rims from her 79′ Chevy Blazer. The estimated loss associated with this case [...]

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K-State’s first home football game is Saturday at 6:10 p.m. and there are some construction projects on access roads that may cause traffic delays, according to the City of Manhattan. US-24 at McCall Road and the east leg of McCall Road are reduced to one lane. K-13 (over Tuttle Creek Dam) is closed at the [...]

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Officers filed a report for theft in the 4300 block of Ladasa Cir. in Manhattan on August 29, 2018. Officers listed Mary Ellen Avery, 41, of Manhattan as the victim when she reported an unknown suspect took her purse from her vehicle. The estimated total loss associated with this case is approximately $1,275.00. Police ask that [...]

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