A 24 year-old from Manhattan was arrested by Riley County Police this past weekend. Friday evening, Yiping Zhu, 24, reported she had been battered at her residence in the 1600 block of Hillcrest by an acquaintance. Upon investigation, Hongyu Shi, 24, was arrested for aggravated battery. Shi is currently confined on $20,000 bond. ### A 46 year-old [...]
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Dear Manhattan Family, Much has happened in the past few days. The devastating and horrific shootings in Olathe have given us reason to pause and reflect. Manhattan is a diverse, welcoming and safe community; however, our sense of security is shaken by such acts of violence. Manhattan is a wonderful city with extraordinary people that work hard to make it a [...]
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Equifest in Topeka, managed by Ann White of Pottawatomie County, drew large crowds throughout the weekend with a sell-out. Morgans, Friesians, Gypsies, Paints, Draft Horses, Minis, donkeys and mules were just some of the breeds present at the Kansas Expocentre. A variety of clinics, lectures, speakers, dances and dance lessons, ferrier contests, and trade shows [...]
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Riley County Firefighters responded to a structure fire in Ogden at around 11:38 pm Saturday evening. Riley County firefighters from the Ogden, Keats, Konza Valley, Hunters Island, Manhattan FD and Ft. Riley stations were called to the fire at 201 Eleventh Street in Ogden.. It was reported the duplex was fully engulfed. MFD station 4 [...]
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Rep. Tom Phillips summed it up best for his colleagues Saturday morning, when speaking in front of constituents for the first “Legislative Coffee” session of the year inside the Sunset Zoo Educational Center in Manhattan. “We’ll just have to see how this plays out — I’ve never seen anything quite this challenging,” the Manhattan Republican said, [...]
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The first cornerstone of the 2018 Farm Bill was laid in McCain Auditorium on Thursday afternoon. In a time of slumping commodity prices and trade uncertainty, members of the Senate Committee of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry turned to Kansas producers on advice for next years’ update. U.S. Senators Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Deb Stabenow (D-MI) [...]
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Riley County commissioners past and present haven’t held back their disdain for Topeka. But Thursday morning, commission chairman Ron Wells went further than that during discussion concerning steps the board approved to further explore plans to replace the county’s aged emergency radio system. Commissioners learned a new system could come with a $9.9 million price tag. The [...]
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced the status of three maintenance projects scheduled to begin in the near future at Tuttle Creek Dam. These three maintenance projects include Kansas State Highway 13 Spillway Bridge Deck Replacement, Service Gates 3 & 4 Rehabilitation and Stilling Basin Rehabilitation projects. Spillway Bridge Deck Replacement Project: The [...]
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As KMAN earlier reported, a missing Wamego woman has been found. The Wamego Police Department told KMAN that Becky Walton, 37, was located late Wednesday morning and is safe. However, Riley County Police indicate Walton was taken into custody in the 1600 block of Fair Lane Wednesday afternoon on a Pottawatomie County District Court warrant [...]
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Three Kansas State University students have been diagnosed with mumps since January. The following is an excerpt from K-State Today: The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is using the term outbreak to describe the situation since all three cases have occurred in the Manhattan area and are within 21 days of each other. The [...]
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