Manhattan city crews are replacing manhole cover lids and concrete collars over the next few weeks along Anderson and Bluemont avenues between Harris Avenue and 11th Street. City officials said the work includes necessary repairs that were unplanned. Work was expected to begin Thursday in the eastbound lanes of Bluemont from North Manhattan Avenue to [...]

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A Manhattan woman was arrested Wednesday at the jail for violating a Riley County District Court order. 31-year-old Brittanie Vaughn was arrested Tuesday evening on charges of unlawful distribution of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia. According to RCPD, that violated a court order after Vaughn had initially been charged with distributing methamphetamine, possession of [...]

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A Manhattan woman was arrested Wednesday at the jail for violating a Riley County District Court order. 31-year-old Brittanie Vaughn was arrested Tuesday evening on charges of unlawful distribution of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia. According to RCPD, that violated a court order after Vaughn had initially been charged with distributing methamphetamine, possession of [...]

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The K-State student who fell from the window of his fraternity house Saturday has died, according to sources close to the family. Jack Fleischaker, 19, had fallen out of a second-story window of the two-story Sigma Chi fraternity house at 1224 Fremont St. at about 3:15 a.m. Saturday, sources said. Emergency personnel transported him to [...]

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A Colorado woman formerly of Manhattan pleaded guilty to a charge of obstruction of mail in the District of Kansas United States District Court. Gayli Harman, 44, of Sulphur Springs, Colorado, worked for the U.S. Postal Service in Westmoreland in the sales, service and distribution department. Between June 2021 and March 2023, Harman opened mail [...]

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A Manhattan man who was set to have the jury trial for his case in Riley County District Court begin Tuesday failed to appear for jury selection in the morning. Adrian Tyrone Watson, 55, was arrested in October 2024 and is charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a box cutter, criminal threat and [...]

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By U.S. Army Public Affairs FORT RILEY — When a training accident happens in the field, minutes matter. At Fort Riley, those minutes can determine whether a 1st Infantry Division soldier makes a full recovery or suffers a career-ending disability. With the arrival of a new ambulance fleet at Irwin Army Community Hospital, those minutes [...]

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Authorities are investigating a domestic incident reported early Monday in Manhattan. Riley County Police say 22-year-old Joseph Chames Jr. was arrested at the Riley County Jail on charges of criminal damage to property, domestic battery, criminal restraint and criminal trespass. The alleged incident involved a 21-year old woman, who police listed as the victim. Chames [...]

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Authorities are investigating a domestic incident reported early Monday in Manhattan. Riley County Police say 22-year-old Joseph Chames Jr. was arrested at the Riley County Jail on charges of criminal damage to property, domestic battery, criminal restraint and criminal trespass. The alleged incident involved a 21-year old woman, who police listed as the victim. Chames [...]

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Authorities are investigating a domestic incident reported early Monday in Manhattan. Riley County Police say 22-year-old Joseph Chames Jr. was arrested at the Riley County Jail on charges of criminal damage to property, domestic battery, criminal restraint and criminal trespass. The alleged incident involved a 21-year old woman, who police listed as the victim. Chames [...]

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