Yesterday afternoon at approximately 2:50 p.m., Riley County Police filed a residential burglary report in the 600 block of north ninth street in Manhattan. 22-year old Parker Ruskamp and 24-year old Jeffrey Czajkowski reported that an unknown suspect entered their residence and stole various electronics and personal items. Loss is estimated at around $1,795.
1853 Gasden Purchase treaty was signed The Gadsden Purchase was a transcation betweeen the United States & Mexico in which the US purchased a 29,640-square-mile region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico The purchase was the last territorial acquisition in the contiguous United States to add a large area to the country 1940 California’s first [...]
And a winner has been selected! This year, more than 13,000 photographs were submitted to National Geographic’s annual photo contest This stunning image of an anti-cyclonic tornado was the grand prize winner. Captured by James Smart, the photo shows a monster of a tornado infused with brown dust as it sweeps through open farmland — [...]
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A reported shooting just west of Lake Elbo in rural Manhattan in Pottawatomie County has resulted in an arrest. Sheriff Greg Riat told KMAN his office received an initial call of an injured person in that location. Upon arrival, deputies found an individual had been shot. The victim was able to name a suspect and […]
1845 Happy Birthday to Texas How do you know you've met a Texan?!...because they always let you know they're from Texas! 1910 The NCAA was founded! In the early 1900s, college football was a brutal game. Many schools wanted football to be abolished from intercollegiate athletics In early December 1905, the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the [...]
Due to heightened security at public events nationwide the Riley County Police Department will have an increased presence at some large community functions, those that meet an undisclosed criteria, in the future. This increased police presence is out of an abundance of caution and not a result of direct threats or increased danger to the […]
Riley County commissioners spent their last meeting of 2015 on Monday morning discussing an issue that will no doubt carry into 2016: the state of mental health care in the region and state as a whole. After commissioners — minus Ben Wilson who was absent — renewed the county’s contract with Pawnee Mental Health Services […]
Three people were arrested Sunday in Pottawatomie County on a variety of drug-related charges. At about 3:45 a.m. Pottawatomie County Sheriff Deputy William Cline stopped a green 1994 Chevrolet Camaro near Enoch Lane and Frontage Road in Manhattan. During this traffic stop, one occupant of the vehicle fled on foot. This individual, identified as Joseph […]
