The name of the man who shot at Riley County police officers and injuring one while barricading himself at his home at 3716 Hawthorne Woods Circle in Manhattan Friday afternoon has been identified. According to an arrest report by the RCPD, 38-year-old Mark Harrison was taken into custody after surrendering to authorities after two hours. Harrison [...]

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UPDATE: Bergman Elementary School is in lockdown, per RCPD. ORIGINAL: Riley County police officers are currently on the scene of what is being called an “officer-involved shooting” in the 3700 block of Hawthrone Woods Circle. According to RCPD Public Information Officer Hali Rowland, emergency crews were on the scene of the reported shooting. One officer [...]

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Joseph Geske, 28, of Manhattan was arrested in the 3000 block of Anderson Ave. on January 3, 2017 at approximately 10:40 PM. Geske was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for aggravated battery. Geske was issued a bond of $20,000.00 causi...

An overnight fire resulted in no injuries but caused $175,000 in losses to an apartment house in Manhattan, authorities said Thursday morning. The fire was reported at 2:22 a.m. at a house at 600 Osage St., about three blocks north of the city’s downtown area. Upon their arrival, crews found a three-story apartment house with [...]

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Jackie Hartman, Kansas State University’s chief of staff and its first director of community relations, has announced her retirement, effective Feb. 1. Appointed by President Kirk Schulz in 2010 as director of community relations and assistant to the president, Hartman was later named chief of staff. She currently reports directly to President Richard Myers and [...]

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The State Fire Marshal has released the name of a man who died in a Dec. 26th fire in Pottawatomie County. The State Fire Marshal Wednesday morning says 35-year-old Wade Parkhurst of Wamego was the fatality victim located within the residence after the blaze. This information is still pending official identification from the medical examiner’s [...]

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A Wamego firefighter has died following a fall on New Year’s Day, according to a news release from the Wamego Fire Department this morning. The WFD says firefighter John Randle sustained a life-threatening injury from a fall while returning fire apparatus to service following the completed response to a structure fire during the early morning [...]

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A St. George family is without a home after a fire early Monday morning. The home of Rodney and Terri Schump in St. George Kansas caught fire in the process of thawing frozen water pipes. It’s suspected cobwebs and lint in the crawl space below the home ignited. Both occupants of the home were able [...]

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Manhattan sales tax numbers ended the year in a somewhat disappointing fashion according to City Finance Director Bernie Hayen. December figures, which generally reflect October sales across the community, indicate $912,482 collected compared to  $960,447 last December. The net budget impact for the month is listed a negative $89,736, and negative $273,341 for the year. [...]

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Two people were injured in a Wednesday morning accident in Pottawatomie County on K-99. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol,  Gary Hodges, 62, of Saint George was taken to KU Medical Center in Kansas City, with Mathias Hodges, 14, taken to the Wamego Hospital. Gary Hodges was driving a Mercury Mountaineer southbound on 99 when [...]

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