Three people were arrested and charged with first-degree murder and burglary late Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning, according to a press release from the Junction City Police Department Wednesday night. 24-year-old Jacqueline Sampson of Fort Riley, 18-year-old Cameron Fontenot of Junction City and an unnamed 17-year-old Junction City resident were those apprehended and charged [...]

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Anthony Williams Jr., 30, of Junction City, Kansas was arrested while near the intersection of 9th and Poyntz. in Manhattan on August 15, 2018 at approximately 1:20 AM. Williams Jr. was arrested on offenses of possession of marijuana, interference with LEO, possession of drug paraphernalia and a Riley County District Court warrant for criminal damage [...]

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Officers filed a report for aggravated domestic battery in Manhattan on August 13, 2018. Officers listed a 29 year old male as the victim and a female known to him as the suspect. Due to the nature of the crime reported, no additional information will ...

Aaron Estabrook, independent candidate for the District I seat of the Riley County Commission, had his petition rejected last week. Estabrook said 195 of the signatures he collected were thrown out, bringing him to 320 accepted petition signatures – short of the 408 required to be included on the November ballot. Riley County Clerk Rich [...]

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Multiple people were injured in a boat crash at Tuttle Creek Lake Saturday night. A Kansas Wildlife, Parks and Tourism official who was at the scene of the crash told KSNT it happened around 10:00 p.m. A family boat crashed into rocks at the reservoir, injuring those on board. Everyone on the boat was reportedly [...]

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Officers filed a report for rape in Manhattan on August 10, 2018. Officers listed a 23 year old female as the victim and a 26 year old male known to her as the suspect. Due to the nature of the crime reported, no additional information will be released. Officers filed a report for theft in [...]

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Riley County Clerk Rich Vargo tells KMAN Independent candidate for Riley County Commission Aaron Estabrook only had 320 accepted petition signatures. He needed  408 to be on the November ballot. Vargo says Estabrook’s petition county commissioner was unsuccessful. The former Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 Board of Education member filed as a candidate last week. He was [...]

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Hale Library is still in recovery from the fire in May. According to the Dean of LIbraries, Lori Goetsch, the progress has been significant during this phase. “We’ve got almost every floor emptied, except for the third floor of the library” Goetsch said. ” We’ve taken out over about 100,000 boxes of books.” Once they get [...]

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Officers filed a report for criminal use of a financial card in the 2400 block of Woodway Dr. in Manhattan on August 8, 2018 at approximately 1:10 PM. Officers listed Samantha Picco, 25, of Manhattan as the victim when she reported an unknown suspect took money from her account fraudulently. The estimated total loss associated [...]

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Commanding staff and community leaders gathered on Fort Riley for a luncheon put together by the Junction City Military Affairs Council and Manhattan Military Relations Committee. During lunch, attendees heard a presentation by Maj. Gen. John Kolasheski, commanding general of the 1st Infantry Division. Kolasheski highlighted the year’s achievements by subordinate units within the Division, [...]

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