The City of Junction City will be not be conducting trash/garbage pick-up Thursday due to the Thanksgiving Holiday. Pickup for Thursday pickup will be bumped to Friday, November 27th; and Friday’s pickup will be bumped to Saturday. In order to ensure pick-up, your trash should be set out by 6 a.m. Friday morning and Carts […]
A homeless man was arrested Friday morning for aggravated arson, risk of bodily harm, theft, criminal damage of property and a sex crime. Christian Lee Deont’e Porter, 23, was arrested at 1001 S. Seth Child Rd. As of this report he was confined in the Riley County Jail with a bond of $11,000. A […]
Festive food, trees and spirit (and spirits) were abundant Friday night in the Houston Street Ballroom for the annual Festival of Trees Gala. The event benefits the Flint Hills Volunteer Center. Christmas trees and other holiday displays were decorated by local businesses and organizations to help raise funds for the center, which offers a wide […]
A couple of status hearings were set in Geary County Court recently–including a December 22nd date for Richard Tilton, who faces charges of aggravated indecent liberties and sexual exploitation of a child charges. Manufacturing child pornography is reportedly involved, as part of a multi-jurisdictional investigation, with at least four counties. Tilton was arrested in September. […]
The unemployment rate in metropolitan Manhattan has gone down since both the month and year before, with a 2.6 rate in October. According to Kansas Department of Labor numbers released Friday, the 2.6 is lower than September’s 2.9 and the three percent recorded in October of last year. Manhattan combined with the Junction City micropolitan […]
Alto Johns, 44, of Topeka, Kansas was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on November 19, 2015 at approximately 5:20 PM. Johns was arrested on a warrant from Riley County for the offense of failure to appear. The original offense listed on this warrant was motion to revoke parole for the offense of […]
Manhattan Regional Airport has opened two new temporary parking lots in preparation for increased travel demand expected from holiday traffic. Previously, overflow parking was available on the military ramp, but that area is currently unavailable due to construction at the airport terminal. “With terminal construction activities impacting our operations, we were in a position where […]
1947 Britain's Princess Elizabeth married Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh in Westminster Abbey Happy 68th wedding anniversary to Queen Elizabeth & Prince Philip! 1982 Drew Barrymore became the youngest guest host of Saturday Night Live's history She was the ripe age of Seven! 1980 On Jefferson Island, Louisiana, an oil rig in Lake Pigneur pierced the [...]
People magazine did a survey on the sexiest things! Obviously it's part of their 'Sexiest Man Alive' thing, which just went to David Beckham. Here are 16 highlights from their list of the 'Sexiest Things": Sexiest Accent: British. Australian came in second. Sexiest Job: Fireman. Doctor came in second. Sexiest Age: 37. The runner-up was 36. Sexiest [...]
A Topeka City Councilman and his wife, both formerly from Manhattan, have been arrested following a child abuse investigation. Jonathan Schumm and his wife Allison grew up in Manhattan and didn’t become Highland Park residents until 2007. The two were arrested Thursday on aggravated battery and abuse of a child charges and four counts of endangering […]
