Otis Elevator service technicians repaired the larger of two elevators in Manhattan Housing Authority’s Apartment Towers building Wednesday afternoon, almost 24 hours after it was thought to have been fixed on Tuesday. MHA executive director Aaron Estabrook said service was restored to the elevator at 2:15 p.m. Wednesday. He said MHA is “cautiously optimistic” the [...]

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A Manhattan man who was scheduled to have the first day of his attempted murder trial begin on Monday instead now looks to his sentencing next month. Clayson Joyce entered a plea deal with the state on June 22 during a pretrial conference two weeks before his scheduled trial. Joyce, 23, faced charges in Riley [...]

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Both elevators in the Manhattan Housing Authority’s Apartment Towers building are still out of service after an act of vandalism nearly two weeks ago rendered them inoperable to staff and residents. MHA executive director Aaron Estabrook said Thursday the outage was in its 13th day. A vandal on the evening of June 19 pushed the [...]

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A traditionalist sect of the Catholic Church defied Pope Leo XIV Wednesday as it ordained four new bishops, including a St. Marys priest, without papal mandate. The Society of Saint Pius X now faces possible excommunication from the church. The Society of Saint Pius X, or SSPX, was founded in 1970 and opposes the Second [...]

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A Manhattan man charged with rape in Riley County District Court entered a plea deal with the state on Tuesday for lesser charges. Michael Dean Nash, 46, pleaded no contest to charges of aggravated sexual battery, aggravated battery and unlawful request for emergency services. If Nash hadn’t entered the deal, his case was scheduled for [...]

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A man who died in custody of the Riley County Jail last week died by suicide, Kansas Bureau of Investigations officials have told members of the man’s family. Riley County emergency responders pronounced Michael Lee Stanfield, 60, of Manhattan dead at 9:51 p.m. Thursday after corrections officers found him unresponsive less than 30 minutes earlier. [...]

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A Manhattan man’s arraignment was postponed Monday after his new defense attorney said the previous lawyer provided ineffective counsel. Griffin Dean Day, 24, faces charges in Riley County District Court of rape, aggravated sexual battery and aggravated battery alleged to have occurred between Jan. 22 and 23. The victim in all counts is a woman [...]

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The jury in a Riley County District Court trial got an inconsistent recounting of the events that led to charges against a Manhattan man Thursday during opening statements from attorneys on opposing sides. Keonte Concepcion-Summers, now 25, is charged with aggravated domestic battery, aggravated battery and domestic battery. Assistant Riley County attorney Michael Blackburn and [...]

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The jury in a Riley County District Court trial got an inconsistent recounting of the events that led to charges against a Manhattan man Thursday during opening statements from attorneys on opposing sides. Keonte Concepcion-Summers, now 25, is charged with aggravated domestic battery, aggravated battery and domestic battery. Assistant Riley County attorney Michael Blackburn and [...]

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A Manhattan man’s trial began Thursday with jury selection in Riley County District Court. Keonte Raye Concepcion-Summers, 25, is charged with aggravated battery, aggravated domestic battery and domestic battery. The crimes allegedly took place April 28, 2025. One woman was listed as the victim in all counts. Riley County police arrested Concepcion-Summers in December, and [...]

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