Junction City Receives Grant
The Junction City Fire Department has been awarded with a FEMA 2012 Assistance to Firefighters Grant. With the grant, the department will be able to replace their existing 1989 75 ‘ aerial truck with a...
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Saline County To Join NCKRDC Group
We’d recently heard about the closing of the Saline County Juvenile Detention Facility, and that will have a positive impact on Riley County in terms of expenses for the North Central Kansas Regional...
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Fort Riley Child Dies After Milford Lake Incident
A two-year-old Fort Riley child died after an incident at Milford lake this past weekend. Geary county sheriff Tony Wolf tells KMAN the child has been identified as Robert Duff Jr. The toddler...
View ArticleRiley County Police Report May 21
Police say an unknown suspect has stolen John Deere Gator from a local park building. According to Riley County police reports sometime Sunday evening, or early Monday morning unknown suspects broke...
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Manhattan Couple Start Oklahoma Relief
Just a day after the catastrophic events in Oklahoma, the relief efforts have begun in Manhattan. Heidi Kitts is from Shawnee, Oklahoma and currently lives in Manhattan with her husband who...
View ArticleJunction City Man Hospitalized After Shooting
Just after 11:30 p.m. Friday night, members of the Junction City Patrol Division along with EMS responded to the intersection of 14th and Jackson Streets, in reference to a subject having been shot....
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Window Washer Injury In Junction City
The name of a man injured in a window washing accident at Geary Community hospital this past weekend has been released. David Vanbebber Jr. of Riley was first treated at Geary Community hospital, but...
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Another Arrest In Junction City School Damage Case
New information has been released regarding damage at a Junction City elementary school, with a fourth suspect now facing charges in connection with the case. An additional 15-year-old from Junction...
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Geary County Convict Denied Parole
A Kansas Department of Corrections inmate convicted in Geary county for attempted first degree murder and other charges has apparently been passed over for parole this time around. The latest KDOC...
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Three Up For Parole
Shawn McDiffett Three people convicted of crimes in Riley and Geary counties are up for public comment and possible parole in August. Shawn McDiffett, 43, was convicted in 1989 on drug manufacture and...
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Traffic Stop Leads to Cash Discovery
A Junction City Police Department K-9 Unit made a traffic stop Tuesday morning near milepost 289 on I 70 for a traffic violation, but what was discovered landed the Arizona man in jail without bond....
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Status Updates On Signifficant Cases In Geary County
A substantial bond has been given to two Geary county men after they were charged with several different counts of sex related crimes Geary county law enforcement officials took Jordan Young into...
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Junction City Man Drowns At Milford Lake
A 47-year old-Junction City man has been identified as the victim of a drowning in Milford Lake this past weekend. James Struthers reportedly fell off a boat Friday night shortly before 10:30 near the...
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Fort Riley Soldier Faces Child Pornography Charge
A 28-year-old Fort Riley soldier has been arrested on a charge of possession of child pornography . Junction City Police Lt. Jeff Childs tells KMAN Sean Vincent was taken into custody after a search...
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Water Theft In Junction City
The Junction City Police Department is seeking the Public’s assistance in locating and identifying any person that may be involved in the theft of water from the City of Junction. Currently, the City...
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K-18 Construction Reminder
OVERNIGHT FULL ROADWAY CLOSURES: All lanes of eastbound and westbound K-18 from east of Scenic Drive to west of K-113 (Seth Child Road) will be CLOSED for bridge work overnight on Tuesday-Friday, July...
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K-18 Bridge Work Done
Crews completed the K-18 bridge work Wednesday night and the lane closures for overnight Thursday and Friday have been CANCELLED. All lanes of eastbound and westbound K-18 from east of Scenic Drive...
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New Position For Retiring Commander
On the very day of Colonel William Clark’s retirement and change of command ceremony, the Flint Hills Regional Council has announced Clark will serve as the new Executive Director for the regional...
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Area Unemployment Numbers Fairly Steady
Unemployment numbers for the Manhattan metropolitan area remained the same, according to figures just released by the Kansas Department of Labor. The 5.7 percent rate for June is the same as May of...
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Former Geary County Official Dies
William “Bill” Deppish For 15 years he served as Sheriff of Geary County–Bill Deppish passed away over the weekend at the Valley View retirement community. Current Sheriff Tony Wolf has fond memories...
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