The 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, will case its colors Monday (Sept. 28) ahead of a nine-month deployment to the Central Command area of responsibility. The casing ceremony will take place at 10 a.m. at Fort Riley‘s Custer Hill Parade Field. The 2nd ABCT is set to deploy to Kuwait with about 4,000 Soldiers to […]
The Riley County Police Department released information regarding a weekend arrest involving a Manhattan man. Michael Fuchs II (19) was picked up in the 2200 block of College Avenue Saturday evening for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. RCPD also charged him with failure to appear. When last reported, Fuchs was confined in the Riley […]
WAMEGO — It’s been 76 years since audiences across the world were taken somewhere over the rainbow when “The Wizard of Oz” made it’s 1939 debut. To think of how different the world is now compared to 1939 takes brains, courage and a lot of heart. But the love of Oz and Victor Fleming’s directorial […]
The K-State Cycling Club held its second annual Cycling marathon which involves cycling for 11 straight hours. in support of the Anthony Bates Foundation. Vice President, Steven Howard says the club began the challenge two years ago after a life-changing cardiac event during which he had a very accelerated heartbeat. Howard was able to recover and begin […]
Officers with the Riley County Police Department arrested 22-year old Devin Field, of Manhattan for the offenses of cultivation of controlled substances, possession of methamphetamine precursors, possession of opiates, opium, or narcotic drugs, and the use of a communication facility to facilitate a drug transaction. He was given a bond of $15,000.00 after being arrested […]
Congressman Tim Huelskamp (KS-01) released the following statement on Speaker John Boehner’s resignation: “We are long overdue for new leadership in Congress. Instead of ignoring and attacking conservatives, it is time that Washington Republicans start standing for the conservative principles they promised to defend in their campaigns. When Republicans stand unified and fight on these […]
At approximately 6:30 a.m. Friday St. George Police Officer Charles was on routine patrol when he spotted a vehicle committing a traffic violation. Upon attempting to stop the vehicle a short pursuit followed. The vehicle was located a short time later abandoned in the 100 block of S. Jackson in St. George. The two occupants […]
More details on the March shooting death of an Ogden man that resulted from a road-rage incident gone wrong were revealed during Friday’s preliminary hearing in Riley County District Court. Tierre Wall, 26, of Fort Riley, faces a voluntary manslaughter charge for allegedly shooting 27-year-old Casey Lindley in the forehead during a confrontation at the […]
Kansas State University’s fall 2015 enrollment numbers indicate that the university is making strides toward becoming a Top 50 public research institution with increased retention rates, greater diversity among students and growth in engineering enrollment. Total university enrollment for the fall 2015 semester is 24,146 students, compared to 24,766 in 2014, but the statistics also […]
At approximately 10:15 p.m. Thursday, the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a motor vehicle accident on Highway 24, near the intersection of Deer Haven Lane. Sheriff Deputies and Emergency services responded and discovered a one vehicle roll-over accident. The vehicle a 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer was travelling West bound on Highway 24 when […]
