Tariffs could spell trouble for farmers, according to the executive director of the Kansas Farmers Union. “Tariffs are not good,” said Nick Levendofsky, who was a guest Wednesday on Within Reason with Mike Matson on KMAN. “They don’t work. Nobody wins in a trade war.” Levendofsky said current trade policies being implemented by President Donald [...]

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WESTMORELAND — One year after a tornado ripped through Westmoreland, the community is still reeling, but looking toward the future. “Everything’s kind of still in progress right now,” Mayor Waide Purvis said in an interview last week. “I believe, from the last report I got, there was one house that was destroyed that is completely [...]

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A popular student food support program is likely coming to an end, its organizer said Wednesday. Konza Student Table, founded in 2021, has provided more than 100,000 meals to K-State students. Volunteers distribute the to-go meals weekly on campus, free of charge, to anyone who needs them. “Konza Student Table came to be because we [...]

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By Rose Gruenbacher A trans professor is suing K-State for more than $300,000 because he says the university discriminated against him because of his gender identity and sex. In a complaint filed this week in federal court, Harlan Weaver, a professor in K-State’s Department of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies, alleging discrimination and retaliation on [...]

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By Rose Gruenbacher Two men facing charges including distribution of a controlled substance causing death appeared via Zoom Wednesday in Riley County District Court to have their cases joined and tried together. Derrick Duncan, 22, of Manhattan is charged with distribution of a controlled substance causing death, distribution of a controlled substance within 1,000 feet [...]

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One person has been cited following a Wednesday morning crash in north Manhattan. According to the Riley County Police Department, two pickups collided at the intersection of Marlatt and College Avenue just after 7 a.m. Investigating officers determined the cause of the crash to be the result of a driver failing to yield right-of-way at [...]

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By Loryn Clauson – The Times Jared Tremblay, the Planning Director of the Flint Hills Metropolitan Planning Organization was back in front of Pottawatomie County Commissioners on Monday. Tremblay first presented the Commission with the Flint Hills MPO’s 2026 Budget Request of $5,226.63. This will be presented in the overall budget request. The second reason [...]

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The Riley County Police Department reported that two separate arrests were made Tuesday, for charges of sex crimes. 41-year-old Lamarques Channel, of Topeka, has been charged with criminal sodomy and rape. The arrest stems from the investigation of an incident that occurred in October 2019. Channel remains jailed on a $150,000 bond. 22-year-old Mason Dusseault, [...]

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Three teenagers have been arrested in connection to a stolen vehicle from an east Manhattan convenience store. According to the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office, dispatchers received a report shortly before 5 o’clock Monday that an SUV had been stolen from the Casey’s parking lot on East Highway 24. A short time later, dispatchers received a [...]

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