A researcher with Kansas State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine will use a five-year, $2.1 million grant from the National Health Institutes of Health to work on a vaccine for E. coli-associated diarrhea for both humans and animals. The grant to Weiping Zhang, professor of microbiology, is his third in three years to develop vaccines […]

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Officers with the Riley County Police Department filed a report for and are now investigating aggravated criminal sodomy involving a 7-year-old male victim and a 12-year-old male suspect. The suspect and victim in this investigation are known to each other. Due to the nature of this investigation no further information was released on this incident […]

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The Manhattan City Commission may approve funding for a mental health professional to interface with law enforcement and the community. “It’s not just Pawnee Mental Health or the PD that’s asking for this position, it’s the community that’s asking for this position,” said Jeremy Boyle, director of crisis services for Pawnee Mental Health. During Tuesday […]

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Riley County EMS would like the thank Larry Couchman for 27 years of service with the agency.  Couchman will now oversee the Via Christi Hospital Emergency Department on a full time basis.  Director of Pottawatomie County EMS David Adams will now manage both Riley and Pottawatomie EMS services.  Adams is a past employee of Riley […]

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Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall helped open a conference on human trafficking in Manhattan Tuesday morning. Almost 200 law enforcement officers and victim service providers from across Kansas are in Manhattan Tuesday and Wednesday to team up in the fight against human trafficking. “Human trafficking is the modern form of slavery,” Beall said. “It’s here now. […]

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Wamego’s USD 320 Board of Education went through the reorganization process for the new 2016-17 school year.  The Monday meeting opened with the election of Board Officers.  Board member Amy Schwein was not present.  Rob Adams was re-elected as President by a vote of 5 to 0 and Ryan Hergitt was elected Vice President by […]

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For 27 years Leslie Campbell has been working with the Pottawatomie County Health Department–but she’s stepping down as director in the near future, taking on a position as a clinic manager with the Riley County Health Department. Pottawatomie County Commission Chair Dee McKee tells KMAN Campbell has been a real asset to the county, with […]

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Last week Riley County commissioners voted to keep their salaries flat and eliminated any cost of living adjustment (COLA) increases and step increases for themselves for the 2017 budget. Monday afternoon, commissioners agreed to eliminate COLA increases for employees as well for 2017, but did keep normal step increases. Before the decision, commissioners and department […]

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A Manhattan man was taken into Riley County Police Department custody on Saturday. Joshua Foster,23, was arrested by the RCPD for probation violation at 115 N 4th St on Friday.  He was given a bond of $10,000. A Manhattan man was arrested on Sunday. Riley County Police Department arrested Kevin Harbaugh, 34, while at the […]

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Thursday night’s police shooting in Dallas gripped a nation already well-entrenched in violence and racial tension. Friday at noon in front of the Riley County Law Enforcement Center, members of the Manhattan community and RCPD officials gathered to find a sense of peace and good will after five Dallas PD officers were murdered. The impromptu vigil […]

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