The mystery illness that has sent several students and faculty members home with vomiting, diarrhea and nausea symptoms since Aug. 22 is still an enigma. “We don’t know,” Riley County Health Department Director Jennifer Green told KMAN Thursday afternoon. “What I think was getting reported before was just absences. And what we really need is the […]

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Raymond Wood, 25, of Wamego, Kansas was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on September 8, 2016 at approximately 2:25 PM. Wood was arrested on the offense of distribution of opiates, opium, or narcotic drugs, unlawful use of a communication device for a drug sale and possession of drug paraphernalia. These offenses were […]

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The City of Manhattan will host four open houses to educate local residents about a question that will appear on the General Election ballot on November 8th. Voters living within Manhattan city limits will be asked to consider a two-tenths of a cent increase in the Manhattan sales tax to fund street repairs and Safe Routes to School […]

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TOPEKA — Sentencing has been postponed for a 29-year-old Topeka man accused of helping a would-be jihadist’s unsuccessful plot to bomb Fort Riley. U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree said Thursday he’s considering whether Alexander Blair’s crime qualifies for the five-year sentence prosecutors want. Blair’s attorney is seeking a sentence of five years’ probation. Sentencing is now set […]

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Officers with the Riley County Police Department are investigating a report of sexual exploitation of a child in the city limits of Manhattan. This investigation began on September 7 and due to the ongoing nature of this investigation no further information is available at the time of this report. Police arrested 49-year-old Clarence Douglas III, of […]

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TOPEKA – A 29-year-old Topeka man is waiting to be sentenced for helping a would-be jihadist’s unsuccessful plot to bomb an Army post in northeast Kansas. U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree was having a sentencing hearing Thursday for Alexander Blair. Court documents say Blair loaned $100 to another man who tried to plant what they […]

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A process spanning the last five months came to its’ completion in the Robinson Education Center on Wednesday evening. The board members of USD 383 unanimously voted to partner with BG Consultants of Manhattan for long range facilities planning following a lengthy round table discussion. The journey started back in April when the district expressed […]

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Don Most, best known for his co-starring role as Ralph in the long-running television series “Happy Days,” is coming to Marshall County in October. While here he will perform a concert at the Waterville Opera House and he will conduct an acting workshop for drama students from Marysville High School and Valley Heights High School. […]

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The Military Police regiment has grown the most of any other branch of the Army since 9-11–that’s according to Lt. Col. Alex Murray, the 97th Military Police Battalion Commander at Fort Riley, who addressed members of the Manhattan Military Relations Committee Wednesday. One M-P company with 170 soldiers is aligned with each combat team at […]

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The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and Riley County Health Department are conducting an online survey of parents with students who attend Manhattan High School West Campus. School personnel notified public health officials about an apparent increase in students with gastrointestinal illness at the school beginning August 18. This includes students who reported […]

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