WICHITA — A Kansas man will stay behind bars until trial for his role in an alleged conspiracy by a militia group to detonate truck bombs at an apartment complex where 120 Somali immigrants live. Curtis Allen waived his detention hearing Monday and entered a not guilty plea, the only plea a federal magistrate judge can accept […]

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It’s not very often the local intergovernmental group that meets on the fourth Mondays of most months takes action, but the group seems to be close to doing so–with Manhattan City manager Ron Fehr offering to craft a resolution for the next meeting. The resolution would support more funding for education, specifically in the area of impact aid […]

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The Riley County Police Department issued a citation for the offense of discharge of a weapon in the city limits to Taylor Pearson, 25, of Manhattan, on Friday at approximately 6:10 p.m. Police responded to the accidental discharge and were told that the firearm went off while Pearson was cleaning it. No injuries were reported. Officers […]

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Riley County Police arrested a Manhattan man saturday night for battery. Corman Smith (29) was taken into custody shortly after eight p.m. and charged with using a weapon to cause bodily harm. He was also charged with domestic battery. Smith was conf...

Maybe this is of no surprise, but being the Commander of the U.S. Strategic Command is a gig that demands abundant brain power. Navy Adm. Cecil Haney made that clear Friday on the campus of Kansas State University as a part of KSU’s Landon Lecture Series inside McCain Auditorium. “Strategic deterrence is a complex subject […]

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Bluestem Electric Cooperative (Bluestem) and the Pottawatomie County Economic Development Corporation (PCEDC) announces the purchase of approximately twelve acres of land by Bluestem in the Wamego Industrial Park east of Wamego.  The land purchase was precipitated by a nearly two year study and review in which the Bluestem Board of Trustees assessed the cooperative’s facility […]

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WICHITA — Prosecutors say an anti-Muslim terror group in Kansas first came to the government’s attention when one member contacted FBI agents and became a confidential source. One of the men, 51-year-old Gavin Wright, is a former Manhattan resident. The new details came in a government court filing in the case of three men accused of conspiring to […]

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Manhattan Firefighters responded to a structure fire at 2:43 a.m. Friday at 3809 Kates Court. Upon arrival, crews found a single story residential structure with smoke showing from the garage. The fire was contained within ten minutes. A total of 19 firefighters responded on six fire apparatus with the last units clearing at around 4:41 a.m. There […]

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The Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce is officially joining a coalition of other chambers of commerce who plan on pushing state leaders to expand Medicaid in Kansas in January. A Thursday morning press conference in downtown Manhattan featured speakers from Via Christi, Stormont Vail and state advocacy groups. While many people feel the Affordable Care […]

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TOPEKA- A federal grand jury has indicted three Kansas men who are suspected of plotting to attack Somali immigrants in Garden City. Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall says the grand jury indictment returned Wednesday is based on the same facts presented Friday in U.S. District Court in Wichita. Forty-nine-year-old Curtis Allen and 51-year-old Gavin Wright, […]

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