The Riley County Law Enforcement Agency Board on Monday approved a 1.76% increase for the 2027 budget in a 6-1 vote. The total budget will be $30.44 million — an increase of $106,074 from the 2026 budget. The Manhattan city government pays 80% of the budget and the Riley County government pays 20%. Both agencies [...]
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A Riley County District Court judge ordered Ivan Krdzic to serve 8 years and 4 months in prison during a sentencing hearing Monday afternoon. Krdzic, 37, of Santa Rosa, California, entered guilty pleas in May to charges of kidnapping and aggravated battery in a plea deal with county prosecutors. Judge Kendra Lewison gave him 346 [...]
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A Manhattan man charged with sexual exploitation of children will go to trial in August after he pleaded not guilty Monday in Riley County District Court. Joshua Glenn Taylor, 48, is charged with five counts of sexual exploitation of a child by possessing digital files of children engaging in sexually explicit conduct. He pleaded not [...]
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Manhattan municipal Judge Sarah Smith Barr has resigned but is characterizing an investigation that prompted her to leave as “half-truths and misrepresentations.” Barr told The Mercury on Monday she “felt sick” about resigning and loved the job. She’d been in the position since July 1; her resignation came in an announcement Friday. Before that, she [...]
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Manhattan municipal Judge Sarah Smith Barr has resigned but is characterizing an investigation that prompted her to leave as “half-truths and misrepresentations.” Barr told The Mercury on Monday she “felt sick” about resigning and loved the job. She’d been in the position since July 1; her resignation came in an announcement Friday. Before that, she [...]
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An Ogden man facing an array of charges will remain in jail following his first appearance in Riley County District Court. Luke Maurice Johnson Sr., 63, maintained his innocence Wednesday afternoon and asked Judge Kendra Lewison to reduce his bond from its current amount of $2 million. Johnson is charged with three counts of aggravated human [...]
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A Catholic church in St. Marys could face excommunication from the Vatican if its leaders follow through with plans to ordain four new bishops July 1. The Society of Saint Pius X, or SSPX, is a traditionalist sect of the Catholic Church founded in 1970 that opposes the Second Vatican Council, which modernized the church [...]
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An Ogden man pleaded not guilty Monday in Riley County District Court to a slew of charges including first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and aggravated battery. Cordarius Devonte Maurice Gowdy, 24, entered not guilty pleas to Judge Grant Bannister for the premeditated killing of Tannon Ratcliffe as well as killing Ratcliffe while criminally discharging a [...]
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A Riley County District Court judge on Wednesday sentenced a Texas man to over 14 years in prison after he was convicted by a jury in March of distributing drugs. Jose Miguel Rivera, 33, will serve 14 years 2 months in the Kansas Department of Corrections for distributing at least 1 kilogram of cocaine. Rivera [...]
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A Manhattan woman will go to trial in August after pleading not guilty at an arraignment in Riley County District Court for drug distribution and child endangerment charges. Brittanie Michelle Vaughn, 31, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to distributing between 3.5 and 100 grams of methamphetamine, two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia, two counts [...]
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