Students are back in classes today at USD 383 Manhattan/Ogden Schools. Wednesday is a half day for all students. The first full day of classes is Thursday. Students and staff are required to wear masks in all indoor school spaces, regardless of vaccination status. Unlike last fall when students attended class remotely and in person [...]
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School speed zones are in effect beginning Wednesday across Manhattan. Riley County Police Department officer Josh Berard says those speed zones aren’t just a recommendation. Berard says if you’re someone who tends to run late, give yourself some extra time on your morning commute. He shares some specific tips for pedestrians at crosswalks. Fines for [...]
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The Pottawatomie County Commission met with department heads Monday to discuss how to spend federal COVID-19 stimulus funds. Pott. County has so far received about $2.4 million, with another approximately $2.4 million set to arrive in the near future. Ideas ranged from Justice Center security upgrades and a storm-water detention pond to a drone program, [...]
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The suspect involved in a multi-county pursuit Monday involving a stolen vehicle was brought into custody Tuesday afternoon in Ogden without incident. According to the Riley County Police Department, 32-year-old Joshua Jones was arrested shortly after 1 p.m. Police blocked off a stretch of 10th Street in Ogden Tuesday in a follow up to the [...]
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A former Junction City High School athletic trainer will spend two months in jail and three years on probation for sending obscene photos and text messages to an underage student. Brandon Martino was sentenced Monday in Geary County Court after entering a no contest plea last month to a single count of sexual exploitation of [...]
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Riley County EMS reported July was their busiest month in the history of the department for calls for service. Speaking to the county commission, EMS Director David Adams says they answered a total of 501 calls for the month. Adams broke the call volume down by each of the four stations in the county. The [...]
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Riley County EMS reported July was their busiest month in the history of the department for calls for service. Speaking to the county commission, EMS Director David Adams says they answered a total of 501 calls for the month. Adams broke the call volume down by each of the four stations in the county. The [...]
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A former Northview Elementary paraprofessional charged with multiple counts of sexual exploitation will appear in court Tuesday afternoon for a status hearing. Online court documents show that 31-year-old Aaron Zachry was charged with 15 new counts on Friday out of Geary County, all of which include sexual exploitation of a child. Zachry was arrested at [...]
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A new report from the Riley County Police Department shows more thefts of motor vehicles in the month of July than at any other point of 2021. Keys were left in five of the ten stolen vehicles in July. The jump in thefts comes during a stretch that has seen double digit numbers of vehicles [...]
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Riley County emergency personnel responded to two injury crashes north of Manhattan over the weekend, both of which resulted in driver citations. According to Monday’s RCPD activity report, the first occurred Friday evening at the intersection of Seth Child and Marlatt Ave. Police say a passenger car driven by 73-year-old Doris Henson, of Manhattan, drove [...]
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