One person was injured Wednesday night after a vehicle pursuit in Geary County. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 39-year-old Allen Harroald of Wichita was northbound on U.S. 77 fleeing from officers with the Geary County Sheriff’s Office when his Chevy Camaro failed to negotiate a curve. As a result, the car struck a guardrail and [...]
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WESTMORELAND — The man accused in the December murder of a Wamego teenager is set for a preliminary hearing next month. A Pottawatomie County judge Tuesday set a 10 am. hearing May 31 for 23-year-old Cody Lamia-Beck, also of Wamego. Lamia-Beck was arrested earlier this year in connection to the death of 19-year-old Jacob Bouck. [...]
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City of Manhattan administration will continue working on a potential ballot question to raise the city’s sales tax rate. Manhattan City Commissioners expressed interest in sending the decision to voters in November at their Tuesday work session. They’re looking at a 0.3 percent sales tax increase, which would raise the base rate in Manhattan from [...]
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MANHATTAN — A familiar face will lead Lee Elementary School as its next principal. Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 announced Tuesday that current Lee assistant principal Erica Bammes is taking the job, replacing Mindy Sanders, who is leaving the district for a principal job in the Abilene School District. Bammes has been at Lee Elementary since 2017. [...]
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MANHATTAN — A 28-year-old St. George woman is awaiting extradition to Idaho after a number of charges there from a 2017 arrest. Riley County Police arrested Brandi Danielle Sunderman just before 1 a.m. Wednesday. Sunderman is charged in Bingham County, Idaho District Court with one felony count of possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine); a [...]
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Officers filed a report for theft in the 3000 block of State St in Manhattan on April 23, 2019, at approximately 6:05 AM. Officers listed Rebecca Benfield, 29 of Manhattan as the victim when it was reported an unknown suspect took her 2017 Subaru Impreza and cash. The estimated total loss associated with this case [...]
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A report out by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment shows over 2.2 million acres of grassland were burned in Kansas and Oklahoma between March 15 and April 14. Controlled burns are up substantially in the Manhattan area as 43,908 acres were burned in Riley County (up 36 percent) and 69,870 acres were burned [...]
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The Riley County commissioners approved a letter to be sent to the state in regards to Senate Bill 190 on Monday. County Counselor Clancy Holeman says the county specifically has an issue with Section 3 Three of the bill. This would cancel the Local Ad Valorem Funds (LAVRF) and County City Revenue Sharing (CCRS) statutes [...]
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A Manhattan man was treated for injuries he sustained in a rollover accident in north Riley County early Tuesday morning. According to the Riley County Police Department, 19-year-old Justice Sensley was traveling in the 16,000 block of Barton Road west of Leonardville just before 6 a.m. when his vehicle left the roadway and overturned. It [...]
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Officers filed a report for theft in the 900 block of Moro in Manhattan on April 22, 2019, at approximately 12:30 PM. Officers listed Dakota Allen, 23 of Manhattan as the victim when it was reported an unknown suspect took his 2006 Suzuki motorcycle. The estimated total loss associated with this case is approximately $1,500.00. [...]
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