A man facing child abuse charges in Geary County has entered a not guilty plea and trial has been set for May. Cyjay Echon, who was a Fort Riley soldier, was taken into custody in Kansas City, Missouri this past May after Junction City Police were contacted by Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City in reference […]
A jury trial for a Manhattan man resulted in guilty verdicts on six of the seven theft and drug-related counts against him. Jeremy Spaur’s jury trial got started Thursday. The not guilty verdict involved burglary of a motor vehicle. Spaur was arrested in March after a search warrant was executed at his home in the […]
The Kansas Court of Appeals issued opinions Friday on three area cases, affirming two and reversing one. A Riley County case involving Travis Day pertained to a battery on a law enforcement case from last year and was affirmed by the higher court. In appealing, Day contended there was insufficient evidence to support the crime. But the […]
The Kansas Court of Appeals issued opinions Friday on three area cases, affirming two and reversing one. A Riley County case involving Travis Day pertained to a battery on a law enforcement case from last year and was affirmed by the higher court. In appealing, Day contended there was insufficient evidence to support the crime. But the […]
RCPD began investigating an aggravated battery that sent one to a medical care facility outside of Riley County, KS and made an arrest yesterday morning. This aggravated battery is domestic related and information available for release is limited. On November 11, 2015 at approximately 2:15 PM police found that a 59-year-old female had previously been […]
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A new study analyzed which names get the most people swiping right. In other words, these are either the hottest names, or the names that the hottest people have. The top name for women is Brianna. 70% of guys swipe right on profiles for girls named Brianna. The rest of the 10 hottest women's names [...]
Thursday afternoon Riley County commissioners, department heads and state lawmakers met for a legislative conference in the Commission Chambers and discussed issues that they contend are hampering effective government in the county. This wasn’t the first legislative conference in Manhattan and it won’t be the last. Riley County commissioners have been adamant in recent years in […]
The Riley County Police Department and emergency medical personnel were dispatched to a report of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound early Wednesday in the 3300 block of Shady Valley Drive. Upon arrival at about 5:45 a.m. police determined a single subject had lost his life inside of 3303 Shady Valley Drive due to a single gunshot wound […]
