RCPD is investigating following a report that someone threw a rock through a window at Wal-Mart and then stole an unknown quantity of shotgun shells. Officers filed the report just before 11:30 p.m. on Thursday evening and are listing this case as aggravated burglary and criminal destruction of property. The total associated with the case [...]

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  RCPD is investigating following a report that someone threw a rock through a window at Wal-Mart and then stole an unknown quantity of shotgun shells. Officers filed the report just before 11:30 p.m. on Thursday evening and are listing this case as aggravated burglary and criminal destruction of property. The total associated with the [...]

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Gov. Laura Kelly announced Wednesday that she had granted clemency to seven individuals who were incarcerated which included a Manhattan man who was serving a prison sentence for a drug charge. Deshaun Durham had been serving a 92-month prison sentence for possession with intent to distribute 2.4 pounds of cannabis. Even though cannabis is illegal [...]

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The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) is investigating a death that occurred at the Northeast Kansas Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Junction City. The KBI was contacted Tuesday morning to investigate the death of a 17-year-old male from Dodge City. The teen had been at the detention facility since early August as a result of [...]

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A man was taken to a local hospital following an injury accident late Wednesday afternoon in Manhattan. Officers responded to the scene in the 2200 block of Fort Riley Boulevard just after 5 p.m. to find a single vehicle crash of a 2009 Honda Accord driven by Javier Rascon Ruiz, 30, of Manhattan. Officers learned [...]

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By Emma Loura/Manhattan Mercury Megan Steele will take over the District 51 seat in the Kansas House of Representatives after a landslide victory. Steele, a Republican, beat out Democrat Linda Morse with 7,903 votes, or nearly 70%, Tuesday evening. Morse received 3,602 votes. The full story can be read at The Mercury.

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By Emma Loura/Manhattan Mercury Democrat Sydney Carlin once more will advocate District 66 in the Kansas House of Representatives. The longtime state legislator was unopposed for the third straight election and received a total of 3,659 votes. Carlin, 79, has held her seat since 2003. This will be her 12th consecutive term. More on this [...]

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RCPD has arrested and charged a local man with first degree murder after he reportedly stabbed and killed a woman in Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon. Officers apprehended 24-year-old Hunter Smith just after 11:30 a.m. in the 3000 block of Arbor Drive after it was reported he stabbed 24-year-old Tabetha Deer of Mountain Home, Arkansas. Deer [...]

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