A 30-year-old Manhattan man died in a Friday night crash in the 1800 block of Anderson Avenue. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Spencer Clark was driving a Honda S-2000 Convertible westbound when the vehicle went into a skid, crossing all lanes of traffic. Clark’s Honda then exited the roadway to the south, impacted a [...]
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A Roeland Park man entered a no contest plea Tuesday to two counts of misdemeanor battery in Pottawatomie County District Court in connection with an incident at Country Stampede this summer that ended with a victim life-flighted to a Topeka hospital. Chance Stevenson, who had been set for a status hearing Tuesday, entered the plea, [...]
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Formal charges will not be filed against Grandview Plaza Police Chief Shawn Peirano, who was taken into custody October 22nd on initial domestic battery and criminal restraint charges. A release Tuesday indicates a thorough investigation by the Geary county Sheriff’s office concluded all actions taken by Peirano were done in defense of another person and [...]
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The Manhattan City Commission reviewed potential amendments to the second phase of the Peace Memorial Auditorium Improvement Project. The Friends of Peace Memorial Auditorium (FPMA) raised the majority of the funding for the first phase and a big chunk for the second phase, however funds have run short of the total project cost. As a [...]
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A 1st Infantry Division soldier died in a two-vehicle collision near Fort Stockton, Texas, Saturday, according to a press release from Fort Riley Tuesday. First Lt. Stephanie Hetland, a chemical officer with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Inf. Div., was driving to her next duty station [...]
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The universal power of probability was the decider in two city council races Monday morning inside the Riley County Commission Chambers. Rodger Graham and Russell Rohlman each received 72 votes in the Nov. 7 election for Ogden City Council, while two write-in candidates, Jay Caley and John King, each received two votes in Riley. According [...]
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Riley County Law Board members took action on only one item at their Monday meeting, which took very little time to approve unanimously. Riley County Police Captain Jeff Hooper explained to law board members the 2018 police radio maintenance agreement with Ka-Comm. keeps the $35,736 total the same as last year’s. Another item discussed briefly [...]
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The Manhattan area continues to have an extremely low unemployment rate, with the October numbers indicating 2.3 percent for the Manhattan metro area including Pottawatomie and Riley Counties. That’s down from last year’s October numbers of 3.2 Even the Manhattan-Junction City combined statistical area shows 2.6 percent, well below 2016 numbers of 3.7. The numbers [...]
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All four Kansas representatives in Congress voted in favor of the House tax bill Thursday. The next step is for the Senate to pass its version, which is reported to have substantial differences. Kansas’ representatives in the U.S. House are Republicans Roger Marshal of the 1st District — which includes Manhattan — Lynn Jenkins of [...]
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A Manhattan man faces a $20,000 bond following his arrest Thursday night. Larry Jones, 46, was taken into custody in the 800 block of Colorado Avenue in Manhattan at approximately 10:05 PM. Jones was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for failure to appear. ### Riley County Police Officers filed a report for [...]
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