There will be no trash/garbage pick-up by the City of Junction City on Monday, January 16th due to the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday.

However, trash/garbage pick-up will be picked up the next work day as follows:

• Monday’s pickup day will be Tuesday, January 17th
• Tuesday’s pickup day will be Wednesday, January 18th
• Wednesday’s pickup day will be Thursday, January 19th
• Thursday’s pickup day will be Friday, January 20th
• Friday’s pickup day will be Saturday, January 21st

In order to ensure pick-up, trash should be set out by 6:00 am on your pick-up day. Carts should be removed from the curb-alley by the following day of their scheduled pick up.

Additional items that are set out may require making arrangements for a special pick up.

Customers with questions should call the City of Junction City, Department of Public Works at 785-238-7142

As of 7:15 a.m. Sunday no overnight or early morning accidents have been reported by the Junction City police dispatch.

Overnight rain has left a light coating of ice,  but road and street crews have treated roadways. Slick areas could still include bridges and overpasses, and stairways on homes and apartment buildings, and some sidewalks.

There will be ice on the windows of vehicles that were parked outside overnight.

Light freezing rain is expected is expected to occur until late afternoon with ice accumulation around one inch. Temperatures are expected to range from the upper 20’s degree range to 30 degree range.

The Red Cross blood drive on Friday in Junction City resulted in a collection of 42 units, four shy of the goal for the day.

According to coordinator Tom McRae the two-day drive at the Municipal Building resulted in a collection of a combined 95 units.

Junction City Police officers responded to 1038 Grant Avenue. the Veterans Motorcycle Club,  at 12:51 a.m. Saturday in response to a disturbance. According to a release from the Police Department through the course of the investigation, it was determined that one victim sustained injuries and was transported to Salina Regional Hospital where the subject is in critical condition.

During the investigation two suspects were identified. The Police Department reported that Todd Mahoney, 38, Grandview Plaza, and Kirk Fuller, 33, Junction City, were arrested on suspicion of Aggravated Battery. Both Mahoney and Fuller were confined at the Geary County Detention Center on bond pending a first appearance in Geary County District Court.

The proposed final plat that would allow the development of a new Dollar General Store in Junction has received a recommendation of approval from the Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC).

Dave Yearout, Zoning Administrator, said that the store to be developed at Grant Avenue and Monroe Street has been approved with conditions.

“[It is] conditioned upon working out the details from the City engineer, on improvements that will have to be made on Grant and Monroe with respect to street improvements and drainage issues and sidewalks that will be in the form of a developer’s agreement that would go with the plat when it goes to the Commission,” said Yearout.

The final plat for the project called Junction City Commerce Park will go to the City Commission for final consideration.

Other items from the Thursday, January 12th MPC meeting include:

• Dental practice considering opening in the former Quiznos restaurant building on West 6th Street
• McDonald’s is proposing to build a new outlet on West 6th Street – plan is to tear down existing building and build a new, more modern structure immediately to the west of the present restaurant

The Manhattan Fire Department has released information stating that the fire at 1101 Westloop Place on Thursday, January 12th was determined to be an accidental cooking fire involving the deep fryer.

The estimated total loss to the the contents is $6340 in food products and to the deep fryer.