Charleston, S.C. — The Association of Defense Communities (ADC) and the Defense Communities Caucus today designated 10 communities from across the nation as “Great American Defense Communities” for providing unwavering support to service members and military families.   The Great American Defense Communities program was launched this year to acknowledge the unique contributions cities, counties

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A Fort Riley solider was identified as the victim in a Feb. 29 collision on I-70 in Topeka. Pfc. Coral Lynn Clark, 24, was a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear specialist. “The officers, NCOs and enlisted members of the 1st Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade extend our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Pfc. Coral

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Due to high winds forecast by the National Weather Service, there will be no prescribed burning allowed in Riley County on Tuesday.   The post Wind puts hold on prescribed burning appeared first on 1350 KMAN.

Officers with the Riley County Police arrested Dominique Tisdale, 38, of El Dorado, Kansas on a warrant with a bond of $15,000.00 for the offense of distributing opiates, opium, narcotics, or other certain stimulants. Tisdale was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on February 29, 2016 at approximately 12:15 PM. He was no

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Monday was a busy day full of approvals for Pottawatomie County Commissioners, with three projects awarded contracts. Public Works Director Peter Clark says work on the Elbo creek subdivision in the Blue Township area will begin, awarded to Larson Construction of Manhattan. Other projects that saw bid approvals include construction on Flush Road and a

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The Geary County Sheriff’s Office and Geary County Rural Fire Department responded to Old US 40 Highway near Crider Road for a burning vehicle last week. The initial investigation into the February 24th incident revealed the vehicle, a 2013 Jeep Wrangler, had been recently reported stolen in Junction City and that the fire was intentionally set. Further investigation

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Riley County Emergency Management Director Pat Collins received applause and congratulatory handshakes from county commissioners and supporters during Monday morning’s meeting in Manhattan. Collins was recognized as the 2015 Kansas Emergency Management Association Owen U. Turrentine EM Professional of the Year. “Congratulations, Pat,” commissioner Robert Boyd said. “You have a wonderful reputation.” Collins was presented

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GEARY COUNTY, Kan. – A two-month long investigation into Junction City drug distribution, concluded with two arrests. The Junction City/Geary County Drug Operations Group – along with the Riley County Police Department Special Investigations Unit, executed search warrants that led to the arrests last week. 29-year-old Michael Anthony Washington was was charged with one count of

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Officers with the Riley County Police Department filed a report for the offenses of burglary and criminal damage to property in the 2500 block of Farm Bureau Road in Manhattan on February 26, 2016 at approximately 10:50 PM. These crimes are said to have occurred on the 26th of this month and involved the theft

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For Manhattan’s first-ever large scale comic book convention, event co-organizer and former Fort Riley solider Joshua Smith hoped for somewhere around 500 attendees when he and his wife, Ali, thought it would be a good idea to get one started a couple months ago. Saturday at the Manhattan Conference Center inside the Hilton Garden Inn,

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