A 26-year-old woman took the witness stand in a trial Tuesday to testify against the man charged with raping her in November 2022. Victor Armstrong-Tharp, 31, of Lawrence is charged in Riley County District Court with two counts of rape and two counts of aggravated battery, all against the same woman. He pleaded not guilty [...]

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Xavier Vennum was apparently immune to any stress or pressure of being a finalist in the Riley County Spelling Bee, as his correct spelling of “immune” won him the first place title. The win Saturday was the first county spelling bee win for the Blue Valley Middle School seventh grader. Juan Kim, a fourth grader [...]

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Xavier Vennum was apparently immune to any stress or pressure of being a finalist in the Riley County Spelling Bee, as his correct spelling of “immune” won him the first place title. The win Saturday was the first county spelling bee win for the Blue Valley Middle School seventh grader. Juan Kim, a fourth grader [...]

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Xavier Vennum was apparently immune to any stress or pressure of being a finalist in the Riley County Spelling Bee, as his correct spelling of “immune” won him the first place title. The win Saturday was the first county spelling bee win for the Blue Valley Middle School seventh grader. Juan Kim, a fourth grader [...]

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The federal government is not yet saying anything about the people who were detained by immigration enforcement officers in raids they conducted in Manhattan last month. Federal law requires a response to open records requests within 20 days. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency on Tuesday failed to respond to a request for public [...]

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A transgender professor is suing K-State for more than $300,000 because he says the university discriminated against him because of his gender identity and sex. A United States District Court judge ordered on Feb. 25 that the case partially move forward. In a complaint filed April in federal court, Harlan Weaver, a professor in K-State’s [...]

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Officers of the Riley County Police Department will spend a week with state and federal agencies to engage in training on SWAT operations. RCPD director Brian Peete said between eight and 12 officers will take part in a joint training with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and Homeland Security Investigations. Though RCPD does not have [...]

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A Manhattan woman taken into custody by ICE officers in December is now believed to be deported after she failed to appear for a scheduled hearing in Manhattan Municipal Court Thursday, her attorney said. Jazmin Alonso-Cantu was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers Dec. 4 after she attended a mandatory Municipal Court hearing. [...]

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A member of the Kansas State University men’s basketball coaching staff pleaded not guilty to disorderly conduct Friday, during his first appearance in Riley County District Court. Mark Randall Vital Jr., 29, of Manhattan was arrested Feb. 9 at 12:20 a.m. and released the same day on a $2,000 bond. Vital was arrested for one [...]

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Kansas law requires that any person involved in a vehicular collision must immediately report the incident to police if any person involved in the collision is injured or killed as a result. A South Dakota man was convicted Tuesday of leaving the scene of a fatality accident after failing to do that when he was [...]

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