Officers with the Riley County Police Department filed a report for and made an arrest in an investigation into violation of protection order and criminal trespass. Lucas Paar, 22, of Manhattan, was arrested on Thursday at approximately 12:30 p.m. for the aforementioned offenses and was given “no bond.” At the time of this report he was

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Riley County commissioners are eager to help in realizing K-State’s North Campus Corridor plans.  They’re just worried if they can. “As we go forward, you know we have a tax lid coming at us,” Commissioner Robert Boyd said to KSU Institute for Commercialization president Kent Glasscock Thursday morning. “We will need partnerships in dealing with the

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TOPEKA, Kan. — The Supreme Court has reappointed Judge Meryl D. Wilson to a two-year term as chief judge of the 21st judicial district. Chief Justice Lawton R. Nuss announced the news Thursday. Wilson’s term is effective February 1, 2016, to December 31, 2017. Wilson has served as district judge in the 21st judicial district since

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19-year-old Shawn Crowder was sitting at home watching TV, when he came across a televised meeting of the Manhattan City Commission. The topic? – Protections against the discrimination of LGBT individuals. Crowder left his home at 10 p.m., determined to share his plea for help with local leaders. With several states around the nation considering

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Firefighters responded to the scene of a house fire Thursday morning. The Riley County Fire Department said crews from the Keats station arrived to smoke billowing from the attic of an unoccupied home at 3090 Keats ave. Additional crews arrived on the scene and a living room ceiling was opened to expose and extinguish the

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Officers with the Riley County Police Department arrested Danielle Jones, 37, of Junction City, Kansas while in the 400 block of Holiday Drive in Manhattan on several warrants for failure to appear. These 5 warrants originated in Geary County, Kansas and were served on April 6, 2016 at approximately 6:20 PM. Jones was given a

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Members of the USD 383 Board of Education were left scratching their head after hearing a report about a new House bill which could replace block grant funding. Director of Business and Accounting Lew Faust spent more than 30 minutes briefing Wednesday nights audience about recent legislative actions, including moves legislators to secure funding and

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Destructive fires that saw the close of Tuttle Creek Boulevard Tuesday, were ignited by workers at the K-State Beef Stocker Unit. As reported by the Manhattan Mercury, Riley County emergency management director Pat Collins revealed the news Wednesday afternoon – saying a “torch or a welder” ignited the blaze while a fence was being built.

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FORT RILEY — It wasn’t just another run-of-the-mill Wednesday at Fort Riley Middle School. Of course, that will happen when the Second Lady of the United States drops by. Dr. Jill Biden, wife of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, was in Fort Riley Tuesday and made a stop at the middle school Wednesday morning to

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