The March year to date budget and expenditure report shows the 2019 budget year is 25% of the way through for Riley County. County Clerk Rich Vargo says the overtime wages for the public works were high, but this was to be expected. Vargo says there are four departments that are a little over the [...]
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Junction City Police are investigating after multiple apartment buildings there were reportedly struck by gunfire Monday night. Police were dispatched around 10:20 p.m. Monday to 100 block of West 16th Street in reference to possible shots fired. No one was injured during this incident. Detective do not have anyone in custody at this time. Anyone [...]
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OGDEN — Riley County Police received a report of shots fired Tuesday morning which led to a brief lockdown of Ogden Elementary. Public Information Officer Rachel Pate says officers received a report of a man walking down the street with a gun in the 300 block of 11th Street shortly before 9 a.m.At the police [...]
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Officers filed a report for theft and forgery in the 500 block of Grainfield in Manhattan on April 8, 2019, at approximately 10:30 AM. Officers listed Autumn Melson, 21 of Manhattan as the victim when it was reported an unknown suspect took a check and obtained cash. The estimated total loss associated with this case [...]
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WICHITA — A Riley County High School alum was recently named the 2019 Journalist of the Year by Kansas Collegiate Media. Lindsey Temaat, managing editor of Allen Community College’s student newspaper The Allen Flame won the award in the two-year division Monday at the KCM Spring Conference in Wichita. Temaat competed against applicants from other [...]
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MANHATTAN — A Manhattan man is jailed on a number of charges including rape and aggravated burglary. Riley County Police arrested 34-year-old Benjamin Jones III on a warrant Monday evening in the 500 block of Colorado Street. Jones is facing four total charges including rape, aggravated burglary, aggravated kidnapping and aggravated sexual battery. According to [...]
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Groovy people from across the Manhattan area got down for a cause the K-State Alumni Center for the 2019 Polyester Party Friday, April 5. The party is a fundraiser for the Johnson Cancer Research Center and is entering its eighth year, founded and emceed by KMAN Program Director Dave Lewis in honor of his wife [...]
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MANHATTAN — A little more than a week after its 17th annual fundraising Bag Lady Auction, the Manhattan Emergency Shelter officials continue to tabulate exactly how much it will have to work with this year. The event was held March 30 and typically brings in around $30,000. While final totals aren’t known yet, Executive Director [...]
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MANHATTAN — A $4 million fundraising campaign has been launched by the Flint Hills Discovery Center Foundation to enhance technology and increase activities for youth in the community. The Next Vistas campaign was announced at Saturday’s annual Friend of the Flint Hills Ceremony. The campaign will support three major initiatives including KID-SCAPE, a youth-focused, interactive [...]
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Officers filed a report for fraud in the 100 block of Bluemont in Manhattan on April 5, 2019, at approximately 10:50 AM. Officers listed Matthew Sanchez, 31 and Central National Bank both of Manhattan as the victims when it was reported a known male suspect took cash. The estimated total loss associated with this case [...]
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