A Manhattan man is being held on a $250,000 bond at the Riley County Jail after being arrested on almost 100 counts of child sex crimes. 39-year-old Thomas Michael Quinn was arrested Friday night around 8:48 p.m. at “The Pointe on College” apartments. His full list of charges include: – Aggravated criminal sodomy of a [...]
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A Clay Center man is being held in the Riley County Jail after a night of alcohol-fueled reckless driving. Tucker Lee Lamore, 21, was arrested around 2:20 a.m. on probable cause offenses of aggravated battery, driving under the influence of drugs/alcohol, and reckless driving. His total bond was set at $12,000. Lamore was still confined [...]
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City Commissioners will hear an update, next week, from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and City staff regarding the ongoing Manhattan Levee Project. The first phase of the project is nearly complete, and city staff are looking for direction on how to proceed with the next phases as projected costs have increased over $15 [...]
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A Manhattan teen is behind bars following a Wednesday morning arrest. 18-year-old Laynie Marie Perez was arrested at the Hilton Garden Inn around 9 a.m. and charged with aggravated assault and aggravated robbery; with both including the use of a deadly weapon. Perez’s bond for these charges was set at $25,000, and she was still [...]
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A Manhattan resident is dead following a Sunday crash on Interstate 35 in Missouri. Four people were inside a Kia Sorento at the time of the crash. Victor B. Imad, 31, of Manhattan, died in the crash, and the three other occupants, all from Minnesota, were seriously injured in the crash. The crash occurred around [...]
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Story by Emma Loura / The Manhattan Mercury: Drivers heading into Riley from the east will need to start hitting the brakes a bit sooner. The Riley County commission on Monday approved a request to lower the speed limit on Kansas Avenue east of Riley from 45 mph to 30 mph and place a flashing [...]
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Penny Marie Webster, 59, was arrested in the 1100 block of Garden Way Sunday at 10 p.m. and is being held at the Riley County Jail on a bond of $125,000. Webster was booked on an another charge of distributing an unknown quantity of narcotics, in addition to the distribution causing death charge, and was [...]
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The average homeowner will see an increase of up to 13.6% in their Manhattan city property taxes next year, following a commission vote Tuesday. City commissioners at their meeting approved a resolution to levy a property tax exceeding the “revenue-neutral rate,” which is the rate at which the city would generate the same property tax [...]
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By Emma Loura / The Manhattan Mercury: Riley County officials are looking to fill a few positions. The county commission on Monday approved requests to hire a customer service provider in the treasurer’s office and a deputy chief position in the fire department. County treasurer Shilo Heger said the previous customer service worker in the [...]
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A Manhattan woman was arrested on charges stemming from a prior arrest for Fentanyl distribution. Therriana Pittman was arrested Friday afternoon in the Riley County Jail on charges including failure to appear and probation violation. These violations are stemming from Pittman’s 2023 arrest for possessing hundreds of Fentanyl pills with the intent to distribute. She [...]
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