It appears the Riley County Commission has avoided an election for its proposed 2020 budget, but an increase in the mill levy is still likely. The commission picked back up on their 2020 budget work session during their meeting Monday.  Budget and Finance Officer Tami Robison brought the updated list of appropriation adjustments made by [...]

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JUNCTION CITY, Kan. — A Geary County man is behind bars after police say he attempted to kill a man Monday morning. Junction City Police were dispatched around 9 a.m. to 223 North Washington Street for a report of a battery that occurred hours earlier. The victim, 49-year-old Francisco Correa reported he was battered with [...]

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WESTMORELAND, Kan. — The Pottawatomie County Commission is one step closer to determining how codes are established moving forward for residents and businesses in the Blue Township Sewer District County Counselor John Watt spoke Monday about how the area is in the process of adopting same codes that match what’s in place in the City [...]

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MANHATTAN — Flooding is occurring across much of north-central and northeast Kansas after storms pushed through the region on Saturday. Reports of 2 to 4 inches of rainfall were commonplace across the region. Numerous flood warnings are posted including for the Kansas River at Manhattan until Wednesday afternoon. At 11 a.m. Sunday the river had [...]

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A vehicle fire occured in the Riverchase Mobile Home Park. Saturday night a vehicle fire was discovered in the Riverchase Mobile Home park at around 9 PM. Police arrived on scene shortly after reported, and the Manhattan Fire Department arrived on scene within 15 minuets. The fire was extinguished quickly. No cause has yet been [...]

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WAMEGO — Wamego High School principal Chad Brecheisen has announced his resignation, following a special USD 320 board meeting Wednesday night. The circumstances regarding the resignation or the settlement were not disclosed. The meeting was the fourth in a series of special meetings dating back to June 9 for personnel matters. The decision was unanimous [...]

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A Junction City woman will spend the next five years in federal prison for possessing child pornography. U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said Thursday that 24-year-old Kayla Michelle Simpson pleaded guilty to one count of possessing child pornography. Simpson’s iPhone was seized by FBI officials in September 2016. In her plea, Simpson admitted her phone contained [...]

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The Manhattan City Commission was largely supportive of the sole proposal they received to renovate the historic Community House in which they would sell the building with limitations and protections of its historical registry status. The Commission discussed the proposal, but held no vote at its Tuesday meeting. The Community House was built in 1917 [...]

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Country Stampede is moving to Topeka for at least the next three years. That’s according to event organizers who spoke at a press conference in Topeka Thursday morning. They say it is no longer feasible to keep the event in Manhattan. In addition, the event will go by a new name: Heartland Stampede. Stampede was [...]

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Five people were involved in a motor vehicle accident south of Manhattan Wednesday. According to the Riley County Police Department, just before 7 p.m. a vehicle was leaving the area near Pillsbury Crossing on Deep Creek Road when it left the roadway. As a result, two of the five passengers became trapped inside the vehicle. [...]

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