At least 30 headstones were damaged at Highland Cemetery in Junction City Monday night, according to the Junction City Police Department. The JCPD is asking the public for information on the incident, which it called a “horrible act of vandalism.” KMAN will have more information as it becomes available.
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Updated: Monday, 6:40 p.m. Via Christi hospital in Manhattan was on lockdown Monday afternoon following a shooting near University Crossing. Riley County Police Department Public Information Officer Hali Rowland told KMAN an adult male was shot in the 2200 block of College Avenue in Manhattan just before 4:20 p.m. The victim has been treated and [...]
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Riley County Clerk Rich Vargo informed county commissioners Monday morning 1,615 people have cast advance ballots leading up to Tuesday’s cities and schools general election. “That is an increase over two years ago, which is a good sign,” Vargo said. Three Manhattan city commission seats are on the ballot, along with three school board seats [...]
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A St. Marys man was injured in a plane crash in Pottawatomie county late Sunday morning. William Linn, 71, was piloting a T-Bird 2 fixed wing aircraft, which was enroute to Lyndon near Pomona Lake. The aircraft had engine problems when a propeller broke, losing power and crashing before reaching the airfield. Linn was taken to [...]
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Riley County Police are reporting on social media Friday morning their 911 center & K-State’s center are getting back-to-back phone calls with third party information about a planned “shooting in the Ville this weekend.” At this point, nothing credible has been found. According to a facebook post all information RCPD has received has been third party information, [...]
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A former Manhattan man who was also a K-State student faces a mental competency exam in connection with a Wichita murder case. Dane Owens was charged last fall with the fatal shooting of Rowena Irani, 22, of Wichita. Irani was found shot in the head in a home in northeast Wichita and was transported to [...]
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Two men were arrested Wednesday night in connection with a rape that occurred in Geary County last week. Geary County Sheriff’s Detectives and Fort Riley Criminal Investigations Division, located a vehicle believed to belong to the suspects. Further investigation led to the arrest of Wayne Harry Harris, 20, of Fort Riley, and Corey Lee Horman, [...]
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A Wamego woman was killed Wednesday morning following a collision on I-70 in Junction City near Washington Street, according to the Junction City Police Department. Officers located a 2007 Mini Cooper, driven by 23-year-old Jacey Cantrell, in the ditch on the eastbound side of I-70 just after 7 a.m. Cantrell was entrapped in the vehicle [...]
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Updated: Monday, 11:47 p.m. The K-State Black Student Union is urging the Riley County Police Department to press charges against 21-year-old Dauntarius Williams of Manhattan. Williams, a black man, is the owner of the car vandalized last week with racist graffiti near the campus of Kansas State University. He admitted to authorities he was the [...]
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Riley County Police arrested a Topeka man Tuesday afternoon on drug-related charges. Dondi Walker, 47, of Topeka was taken into custody in the 300 block of Poyntz Avenue just before 4:30 p.m.. He was arrested on charges of possession of methamphetamine, felony drug paraphernalia and drug paraphernalia. Total bond was set at $10,000. ### Riley [...]
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