MANHATTAN — The Center of Excellence for Emerging Zoonotic and Animal Diseases, or CEEZAD, at Kansas State University will use a $2.3 million federal grant to study the safety in livestock of a newly developed vaccine to protect humans from the Ebola Zaire virus. The grant is from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency in […]

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Derek Shepard, 31, of Ogden, Kansas was arrested while in the 400 block of 15th Street in Ogden on Wednesday August 3 at approximately 11:05 PM. Shepard was arrested on the offense of failure to appear (X2) with an original offense of domestic battery. He was given a bond of $9,000. On Wednesday August 3rd […]

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Mark your calendars for August 17, because after months of political turmoil and budgetary suspense, USD 383 board of education members approved the 2016-2017 budget at Wednesday’s board meeting. A public hearing will be held before the regular meeting on August 17 at 6:20 p.m. Lew Faust, director of business services, made his final presentation […]

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The Wamego City Commission set the 2017 budget hearing date. At Tuesday’s meeting, City Manager Merl Page reviewed the minutes of the July 25 special meeting, where the Commission approved the rough draft of the 2017 Budget that reflected a mill levy increase of 1.772 mills over last year’s budget. The Budget Hearing date was set […]

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Shiela Huffman, 34, of Manhattan was arrested while in the 2600 block of 60th Ave. on Tuesday August 2 at approximately 2:00 PM. Huffman was arrested on a warrant with the offense of theft which was listed multiple times. This warrant had a bond of $5,000 and at the time of this report she was […]

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The Manhattan City Commission approved three requests Tuesday, all having to do with rezoning, annexing and changes to development plans. The first request was to annex and rezone lot 1 of the Blueville Nursery subdivision from County C-4 to C-5, highway service commercial district. As part of the request, the Commission set a public hearing […]

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(updated 8:13 p.m.) Riley County: County Commission District 2: (7 of 21 precincts reporting) Robert Boyd – 439 votes / 45% Marvin Rodriguez – 542 votes / 55% Pottawatomie County: Sheriff: Greg Riat – Daniel Costlow – County Commission District 2 Dennis “Pat” Weixelman – Dana Wethington – County Commission District 3 Stan Hartwich – Travis Altenhofen […]

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A former army private who was stationed at Fort Riley pleaded guilty and was sentenced Tuesday to two years in federal prison for stealing his fellow soldiers’ identities. According to a statement from U.S. attorney Tom Beall, 24-year old Todd M. Newbrough will pay $23,400 in restitution. Newbrough pleaded guilty to one county of aggravated identity […]

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A 1st Infantry Division Soldier died July 30 at the Salina Regional Health Center in Salina. A news release from Fort Riley Tuesday indicates Pfc. Luis Ortiz, a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter repairer with Company D, 3rd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Inf. Div., lost consciousness while running June […]

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Explosive ordnance disposal technicians and military police are investigating a suspicious package that arrived Tuesday at the installation’s U.S. Post Office.   Personnel at the post office, located at 5302 Ashby Ave., and buildings in the area were evacuated as authorities continue their investigation. The area of Normandy Road between the Army and Air Force […]

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