Manhattan is a “safe community,” RCPD director Brian Peete said in a town hall addressing concerns about some recent events. Following a Sept. 3 incident in which a woman said she was attacked near Aggieville, as well as reports that a man had been walking around with firearms strapped to himself, Peete on Saturday spoke [...]

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A Fort Riley soldier was arrested Tuesday on a charge of involuntary manslaughter. Gage Kaiser was arrested on a Sedgwick County District Court warrant by Geary County Sheriff’s Deputies just before 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Kaiser is charged in this case with one count of involuntary manslaughter and two counts of aggravated battery. Kaiser serves [...]

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A hotel in Manhattan recently lost $20,000 after their computer system was hacked. RCPD filed a report for theft and unlawful acts on Wednesday afternoon just after 4:45 p.m. when the hotel Four Points by Sheraton reported that an unknown suspect had used a fraudulent credit card transaction commencing in July and extending into August [...]

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A Randolph man was taken into custody and arrested on charges of attempted murder on Wednesday afternoon by Geary County Sheriff’s Deputies. Deputies arrested Ryan Diedrich just after 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon after it was reported that Diedrich tried to drown another man at Milford Lake on Aug. 17 during a physical altercation at [...]

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Kansas has made big strides in mental health rankings over the last two years. Mental Health America in 2022 ranked Kansas at 51st in mental health services among adults and 50th among children. However, in 2024 the state moved up to 22nd in 2024 for mental health services. The full story can be viewed at [...]

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A Kansas man was arrested in Riley County on Tuesday on charges of child sex crimes. 38-year-old Evan Volker of Assaria, Kansas on a Riley County District Court warrant at around 3:30 p.m. Volker is charged with single counts of rape and aggravated indecent liberties. Volker is currently confined on a bond of $50,000 at [...]

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Riley County Police Department officials on Tuesday said they’re investigating an incident in which a woman was attacked near Aggieville last week. Police have not publicly identified the woman, but her father, Roger Hibbs, said in a written statement that the victim of the attack was his daughter, Kenna Hibbs of Norwich, a small town [...]

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The Manhattan Fire Department is looking to make some major and much needed upgrades to its main facility within the next year. On Wednesday, deputy fire chief Ryan Almes told KMAN that the main building has not been updated since the 1980s, and while the department had been able to use the building well and [...]

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It’s been three months since a nationwide ransomware attack disrupted systems at the Ascension Hospital Network, and things at Ascension Via Christi hospital in Manhattan are back to normal. Bob Copple, president of Ascension Via Christi Manhattan, said his location managed the aftermath of the attack smoothly because it didn’t experience issues as severe as [...]

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An Ogden man is being held on a large bond following his arrest for battery and criminal destruction to property. 28-year-old Shiheem Reid was arrested just before 1:15 p.m. in the 3000 block of Kimball on Monday where he was charged with single counts of battery, aggravated battery, domestic battery, criminal destruction to property and [...]

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