JUNCTION CITY, Kan. — Junction City Police Chief Dan Breci is retiring after 43 years of public service. Breci’s last day with JCPD is September 20. He’s spent 20 years with the department including the last three years as the Chief of Police. The department announced Monday that Lt. Kirt Nichols will serve as interim [...]
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Officers filed a report for criminal damage to property in the 4200 block of Spook Rock Way in Manhattan on September 6, 2019, at approximately 8:40 AM. Officers listed a 25-year-old male as the victim when he reported an unknown suspect damaged the paint on his vehicle. The estimated total loss associated with this case [...]
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Riley County Police say no foul play is suspected after a person was found dead Monday morning in the 600 block of Tuttle Creek Blvd. Officers were called out around 7 a.m. to the area near the Manhattan Crossing shopping center to perform a welfare check. Officers found a deceased male. No further details have [...]
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The NBAF Facility has made a new hire recently that will focus on the safety and environmental aspects of the facility. One of the new members of NBAF is David Keffer, who is the Safety, Health, and Environmental Manager. Keffer spoke with KMAN about what drew him to the position. “Their mission to protect agriculture [...]
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JUNCTION CITY, Kan. — A Junction City teenager is behind bars after leading police on a pursuit Saturday morning. Deputies from the Geary County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched shortly after 7 a.m. to an erratic pickup driver traveling eastbound on Interstate 70. The driver reached speeds of up to 90 mph, swerving all over the [...]
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The Riley County Commission held a work session Thursday about what should be done about Main Road in the White Canyon subdivision . While the road is not a county road, the residents still pay for access to propane and emergency services. This has been difficult since the road has been flooded since March, denying [...]
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The 190th Landon Lecture was delivered Friday by US Secretary of State and former Kansas Congressman Mike Pompeo. Speaking for about 20 minutes to a packed house at K-State’s McCain Auditorium, Pompeo spoke about refocusing American diplomacy on the promotion of unalienable human rights. He described politicians as framing pet causes as fights for “rights” [...]
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The Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Saturday rescinded the boil water advisory for Ogden in Riley County. The advisory was issued because of a loss of pressure in the system late Thursday. Failure to maintain adequate pressure may result in a loss of chlorine residuals and bacterial contamination. Original story – Thursday, Sept. [...]
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TOPEKA, Kan. — The Kansas Supreme Court will hear two cases next week involving appeals from Riley and Geary counties. The case from Riley County is a petition for review of Ziad Khalil-Alsalaami (zee’ odd call leel’ awl suh law’ mee) vs. the state of Kansas. Alsalaami was convicted in 2011 of two counts of aggravated criminal sodomy, [...]
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FORT RILEY, Kan. — Seitz Elementary was the spotlight of a tour Thursday morning which included U.S. Senator Jerry Moran and Acting Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy. The Fort Riley school, which opened in 2012 houses roughly 700 students whose parents are active in the Army. It is part of the USD 475 Geary County School [...]
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