Pottawatomie County residents who serve as jurors for district court trials in 2022 will receive extra compensation for their service. Commissioners unanimously adopted a wage increase Monday. Those who get called for jury duty will receive $25, plus mileage for the first day they’re summoned to court, and $50 a day after that. According to Chief [...]

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A convicted felon formerly from Junction City has been found guilty of kidnapping and strangling a woman in Manhattan in 2017. A Riley County jury found David Lee Gollahon guilty Wednesday on the charges of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated burglary and attempted aggravated robbery. Sentencing is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. on Dec. 7. The charges stem [...]

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Riley County as of the end of Thursday is just 224 advance ballots short of the mark set in 2019, the last election headlined by local government races. “These are the people making decisions for your schools and your streets and your cities,” says Riley County Clerk Rich Vargo on KMAN’s In Focus Friday. “I [...]

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Think elections don’t matter? Tell that to the eight candidates running for the Manhattan city commission, who all told spent the last three months, raking in nearly $39,000 from donors to get them elected. Candidates were required to submit campaign finance reports Oct. 25, ahead of the general election. The totals account for all contributions [...]

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Just days remain before voters head to the polls to determine two key local races. As candidates continue to try and sway voters, partisan politics have crept into the city commission and USD 383 school board races, which are traditionally seen as nonpartisan. Whether it’s in a radio spot, a Facebook ad, a comment at [...]

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The founder of Kansas State University’s Office of Military and Veterans Affairs shared lessons from his research and practice on how to better aid soldiers transitioning out of the military with the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Wednesday. Dr. Arthur DeGroat testified to the committee in Washington D.C. during a hearing titled ‘Success After [...]

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Two teachers have been nominated at Manhattan-Odgen USD 383 for 2023 Kansas Teacher of the Year Manhattan-Ogden announced Lindsey Umscheid and Emily Yeager as nominees. Umscheid is a 1st grade teacher at Frank V. Bergman Elementary School. She earned her B.S in Elementary Education from Kansas State University in 2005. She has been with USD [...]

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Key dates were announced Thursday by Kansas State University, related to its Dec. 8 deadline for all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. In order to comply with the new federal executive order as an entity which receives federal funding, all K-State faculty and staff as well as graduate and undergraduate student employees must [...]

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The Crisis Center, Inc. celebrated 40 years of Service to the Community Wednesday night. So far this year, the Crisis Center has served over 2,700 people through face-to-face and hotline services, providing over 4,800 hours of service for victims. Executive Director Kathy Ray says moving forward, they have been talking about re-convening the Flint Hills [...]

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The Manhattan Fire Department is investigating a Wednesday fire in the Colonial Gardens Mobile Home Park. Firefighters were dispatched at 1:30 p.m. to a single-wide mobile home with smoke showing from multiple openings on the home. One dog was rescued by maintenance before firefighters arrived on scene and a second dog was rescued by fire [...]

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