Monday’s Pottawatomie County Commission meeting was quite eventful. Speeches were made, cookies were ate, and coffee was drank as fellow commissioners, family, and friends said goodbye to outgoing commissioner Stan Hartwich and hello to incoming commissioner, Travis Altenhofen. After winning the vote of Pottawatomie County residents and attending two commissioner meeting’s prior, Altenhofen was able to take [...]

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Riley County swore in its newest commissioner Monday morning. Marvin Rodriguez officially became the new District 2 representative on the Riley County Board of County Commissioners. Rodriguez defeated former commissioner Robert Boyd in the August Republican primary by 300 votes. Commissioner Ron Wells, who won his re-election bid against first-time Democratic challenger Levi Smith in [...]

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Kenneth Miller, 33, of Hutchinson, Kansas, was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on January 6, 2017 at approximately 12:50 PM. Miller was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for failure to appear. Miller’s bond was set at $10,000.00. Miller was not confined at the time of this report. Wendy Montgomery, [...]

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A group from Manhattan High School received some special recognition last week at a state convention. The MHS Thespians won the Gold Honor Troupe Award at the 2017 State Thespian Festival in Wichita Jan. 5 – 7.  

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An incident in the 600 block of Highland Ridge had Riley County Police on alert Sunday. A suspicious package led to a bomb team response. According to the RCPD Facebook page, there ended up being no threat to the public. RCPD received a fire alarm call from the apartment complex and as the Manhattan Fire Department was [...]

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Officers responded to an injury accident that occurred in the 2200 block of Marlatt Ave. on January 5, 2017 at approximately 3:40 PM. Stan Wilson, 64, of Manhattan, was driving a black Toyota passenger car which struck a black Jeep SUV from behind. The Jeep was driven by Kelly Gay, 36, of Manhattan. Wilson was [...]

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A Topeka man was injured in a two vehicle accident that blocked westbound I-70 in Riley County for a couple of hours early Thursday afternoon.  Maxwell Kenneth Kelly, 28, was taken to Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka following the accident, reported at 11:18 Thursday morning at mile marker 320, five miles east of K-177. According [...]

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Riley County Police responded to a single vehicle accident with injuries in the 6400 block of Fort Riley Blvd today at approximately 4:40 AM. Officers found that Erika Benko, 23, of New Cambria, lost control of her silver Toyota passenger car when she slid off the road. Benko was transported to Via Christi by EMS [...]

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City commissioners met with only 1 item on the General Agenda but found themselves debating other issues and concerns. Commissioner Wynn Butler first expressed concern over the funding of two items on the Consent Agenda. Butler said his concern wasn’t in funding the items themselves, but where the funding was coming from. Butler implied the [...]

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A former K-State student cited in a federal court lawsuit filed against the university who allegedly raped two different women in 2014 and 2015 pleaded not guilty to those charges Tuesday morning in Riley County District Court. Jared Gihring appeared in court with Brenda Jordan as counsel. The lawsuit, filed by the two women, argues [...]

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