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Unemployment Up in Manhattan Area
The Manhattan metro area, which includes Pottawatomie and Riley counties, showed a slight increase in unemployment, with 4.1 percent in June compared to 3.7 percent in May, although that number is...
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RCPD Arrest with Geary County Connection
A Manhattan man was taken into custody Tuesday on an out of jurisdiction warrant from Geary County for a variety of charges. Terrence Wallace, 26, was arrested by Riley County Police at 2:45 p.m. in...
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Commissioners approve agreements with local health providers
Riley County Commissioners Ron Wells, left, Bob Boyd and Ben Wilson. Riley County Health Department Director Brenda Nickel presented three contract agreements to county commissioners Thursday morning...
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Murder Trial Begins in Riley County Court
Anthony Nichols A Kansas City man’s jury trial started Tuesday with jury selection taking up the entire morning and into the afternoon. Anthony Nichols is accused of murdering John Burroughs, a...
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UPDATE: Murder Trial Draws to a Close
Nichols The Anthony Nichols Trial wrapped up Friday afternoon with a verdict. Riley County jurors found Nichols guilty of attempted murder. For closing arguments, the state listed the evidence pointing...
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JC doctor arrested for sexual battery of a juvenile
A Junction City doctor has been arrested on an aggravated sexual battery charge. Allan Holiday was taken into custody Thursday evening at about 5:30. According to Lt. Jeff Childs with the Junction City...
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Verdict Reached in Anthony Nichols Murder Trial
Nichols The Anthony Nichols Trial wrapped up Friday afternoon with a verdict. Riley County jurors found Nichols guilty of attempted murder. For closing arguments, the state listed the evidence pointing...
View ArticleJCPD warns of fake cash being used at businesses
The Junction City Police Department has received reports that subjects in the area have been attempting to pass money to local business that is not U.S. currency. Law enforcement officials told KMAN...
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Two death investigations in Junction City
Photos courtesy of google.com Junction City Police are investigating two separate deaths the past few days within a block of each other. 500 West Spruce Early Tuesday morning Officers responded to the...
View ArticleJunction City Police Arrests
A few arrests of note Tuesday with the Junction City Police Department. A Junction City man, Daniel Pettigrew, 33, was arrested on a variety of charges including aggravated battery, rape, and...
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No parole for Geary County murder inmate
Jason Turner, KDOC photo A Kansas Department of Corrections inmate serving time for nearly 25 years on Geary County charges of first degree murder and kidnapping has apparently been passed over for...
View ArticleSenators search for answers on criminal Kansas immigrant
Senators Jerry Moran, Pat Roberts and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley called on the Department of Homeland Security to provide answers following a criminal case involving Tomas...
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Manhattan unemployment low
Manhattan unemployment numbers continue to be low but have gone up a little since this same time last year. November numbers just released by the Kansas Department of Labor indicate a 3.1 percent...
View ArticleIcy roads cause multiple accidents in I-70 over the weekend
A Louisiana man’s Saturday morning took a turn for the worse in Wabaunsee county over the weekend. 30-year-old Brandon Perque of Marrero, Louisiana, was eastbound on Interstate 70 at mile marker 327...
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Midnight car chase leads to arrest of robbery, homicide suspects in Geary County
Joshua Garcia, left, and Jamieson Townsend, right, were apprehended by authorities early Wednesday morning after a midnight car chase led to their arrest. Both are suspects for burglaries and a...
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Inmate with Geary County convictions denied parole
Mikel Dreiling, photo courtesy of KDOC A Kansas Department of Corrections inmate serving time for several Geary County charges including first degree murder apparently has been passed over for parole....
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USD 475 hires former RCPD public information officer as comm director
Geary County Schools USD 475 has selected Matthew Droge as its new executive director of communications, according to a press release sent from the district. He will replace Hugh Davis, who resigned in...
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Junction City woman injured in I-70 accident
A Junction City woman was taken to a Topeka hospital following a one vehicle accident on I-70 in Wabaunsee County Monday. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Sharon Dorminey, 72, was driving a...
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Three life-flighted following Geary County accident
Three people were injured in a one vehicle Geary County accident on I-70 Tuesday evening. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Timothy Musil, 38, of Topeka was first taken to the Geary Community...
View ArticleJCPD aggravated battery arrest
Junction City Police Department Sergeant Brad Diel reported on Saturday morning, January 14th, at around 1AM Junction City Police Department Officers were dispatched to 1038 Grant Avenue, Veterans...
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