By Emma Loura Former Fort Riley soldier was sentenced Monday to 13 years and 10 months in the Kansas Department of Corrections. In September, Joshue Sandoval Serrano, 23, was found guilty of rape and two counts of aggravated sexual battery. Judge Grant Bannister in Riley County District Court sentenced Serrano to 166 months for the [...]

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By Emma Loura Kansas State University will begin the first campus restoration projects on its Campus Master Plan in January. After the Kansas Board of Regents approved the plan in September, K-State is moving on to the design phase. “We’re beginning a number of projects from the Kansas Campus Restoration Act,” said Lisa Johnson, assistant [...]

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Forecasters continue to monitor a late-week weather system that could bring rain and snow to parts of northeast Kansas from Friday into Saturday, though the highest impacts are currently projected farther northeast. The greatest chances for accumulating snow remain from Iowa into Illinois, but northeast Kansas could still see rain transition to snow as colder [...]

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A Pottawatomie County woman was hospitalized following a crash on Interstate 70 in Topeka Monday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 62-year-old Beverly Jones of Emmett was in a pickup when she left the onramp from SW Gage Blvd onto I-70 and failed to navigate the curve. Her truck veered off the roadway, striking a Lexus, driven [...]

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By Lewis Marien FORT RILEY — Rob Riggle, a marine, actor and comedian who grew up in the Sunflower State, appeared Friday on Fort Riley to share stories about his 23-year stint with the United States Marine Corps and ongoing entertainment career. USO Kansas hosted the meet-and-greet event in Riley’s Community Center at 446 Seitz [...]

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U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, announced Monday he was seeking an exemption from the federal hiring freeze for necessary staff at the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan. Moran, a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, recently hosted U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden in Manhattan to highlight the [...]

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The Riley County Police Department is investigating a report of aggravated indecent liberties with a child filed Friday evening in Manhattan. Officers filed the report around 5:32 p.m. Nov. 21. A 3-year-old girl was listed as the victim, and a 22-year-old man known to the victim was listed as the suspect. Due to the nature [...]

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One person was transported to the hospital after a vehicle struck a pedestrian Saturday morning in downtown Manhattan. Riley County Police officers responded to the report of an injury accident involving pedestrians around 10:01 a.m. Nov. 22 near the 400 block of Poyntz Avenue. Police said a 2015 Nissan Altima driven by 76-year-old Bimel Kanti [...]

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A Manhattan woman was arrested Saturday afternoon following an incident involving theft, disorderly conduct and multiple counts of battery on law enforcement officers. Riley County Police officers filed a report around 4:35 p.m. Nov. 22, 2025, in the 3000 block of Anderson Avenue for theft of property or services, disorderly conduct and three counts of [...]

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The Riley County Police Department is investigating a reported fraud incident involving a local retail store in Manhattan. Officers filed a report around 3:09 p.m. Nov. 20, 2025, in the 400 block of 3rd Place. Burlington Coat Factory was listed as the victim after an unknown male suspect allegedly called the store and instructed employees [...]

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