The Kansas Highway Patrol offered tips to help motorists stay safe with harvest and hay season underway. There are more farm trucks, tractors, combines, and other implements on the road during harvest time. Statewide statistics for 2017 report 118 crashes involving farm equipment, resulting in three deaths and 41 people injured. This year has already seen [...]

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(Staff photos by Tyler Dreiling) Pictured above is the Miller Ranch area following the June 11, 2008 tornado that blew through Manhattan. Today is the 10-year anniversary of that tornado. There were no deaths in Manhattan caused directly by the tornado, but the storm did destroy 45 houses and 3 businesses and damaged hundreds more structures. [...]

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Officers filed a report for vehicle burglary in the 1300 block of Flint Hills Pl. in Manhattan on June 8, 2018 at approximately 2:20 AM. Officers listed Julieta Alcantara, 30, of Manhattan as the victim when she reported an unknown suspect took her back pack and miscellanous electronics. The estimated total loss associated with this [...]

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Fort Riley bid farewell to their outgoing commanding general with a Change of Command ceremony on Friday. Before the ceremony began, KMAN caught up with outgoing commanding general Major General Joseph M Martin.  He said his feelings during the ceremony where bittersweet because it will be his last day assigned at the fort, but he has [...]

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Officers filed a report for theft and attempted theft in the 100 block of Manhattan Town Center in Manhattan on June 7, 2018 at approximately 5:05 PM. Officers listed JC Penney as the victim when it was reported a known female suspect took jewelry from the business. The estimated total loss associated with this case [...]

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Fort Riley warns of loud noise stemming from a training exercise on select days between June 7 and June 19. Residents are told to expect small arm fire, artillery as well as demolitions. The exercise known as Gauntlet is part of the 1st Infantry Division commander’s Combat Training Center certification program. More than 18,000 soldiers [...]

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Cowboy poets will face a distinguished panel of judges as they compete for the coveted trophy buckle at the finals of the 2018 Kansas Cowboy Poetry Contest tonight at the Flint Hills Discovery Center. There is no charge for admission and the public is invited to attend. “We invite folks to come out and enjoy [...]

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The 1st Infantry Division will bid farewell to their old commanding general and welcome their new leader at a change of command ceremony at Fort Riley’s Cavalry Parade Field on June 8. Maj. Gen. John S. Kolasheski will take over command of the “The Big Red One”. He most recently served as deputy chief of [...]

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Kansas Secretary of State and Republican candidate for governor Kris Kobach told KMAN Wednesday afternoon in Manhattan that much has been learned from the Sunflower State’s well-documented budget woes that have made national headlines throughout much of this decade. But for Kobach, the lesson learned has nothing to do with former Gov. Sam Brownback’s 2012 [...]

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Officers filed a report for theft by deception in the 3700 block of Peach Tree Cir. in Manhattan on June 6, 2018 at approximately 5:30 PM. Officers listed Rebecca Topham, 44, of Manhattan as the victim when she reported an unknown suspect scammed her out of money by impersonating the IRS. The estimated total loss [...]

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