Five people were arrested late Friday night on I-70 near mile marker 298 following a traffic stop that led to a drug investigation. According to the report, the first arrest occurred around 11:41 p.m. when troopers stopped a vehicle in the eastbound lanes for defective headlamps. During the stop, Austyn Nikolus Gallagher, 19, of Manhattan, [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested Tuesday morning on a Riley County District Court warrant linked to a drug investigation from earlier this year. Riley County Police say 24-year-old Donte Long was taken into custody around 10:53 a.m. Dec. 23 in the 1000 block of South Seth Child Road. The warrant charges Long with distribution of [...]

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A Manhattan man was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon on a Riley County District Court warrant stemming from a report filed earlier this year. Riley County Police say 68-year-old Roy Swartz was arrested around 4:19 p.m. Dec. 23 on a charge of indecent liberties with a child between 14 and 16 years old. The warrant [...]

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A 26-year-old Newton man was seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash Tuesday night in Geary County, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. Troopers said the crash occurred at about 9:50 p.m. on Dec. 24 on U.S. Highway 77 southbound near mile marker 150, about 0.7 mile north of Lyon Creek Road. The patrol reported that [...]

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A Manhattan man convicted of rape in October received his sentencing Tuesday in Riley County District Court. Gavin Gregory Haberman, 21, will serve 12 years and 11 months in the Kansas Department of Corrections, as ordered by Judge Kendra Lewison. A jury on Oct. 31 found Haberman guilty of one count of rape against a [...]

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Antwajuane McNeil was sentenced Monday in Riley County District Court to a lifetime term of imprisonment for the first-degree murder of 58-year-old Don Stovall on October 2024. McNeil, 32, of Ogden was convicted of the murder at the completion of his November trial. The jury also found him guilty of 11 other charges, including two [...]

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One person is dead after a late Tuesday evening crash in Manhattan involving a vehicle and a pedestrian. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, it happened just after 9:30 p.m. near the intersection of Bluemont Ave. and Tuttle Creek Blvd. Authorities say a northbound vehicle was crossing the intersection when it struck a pedestrian, dressed [...]

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Authorities are investigating after someone drove into an LED sign Wednesday morning in east Manhattan. The Riley County Police Department says it happened shortly before 9 a.m. at Tropical Smoothie in the 400 block of McCall Road. The suspect vehicle was a black Chevy truck. The incident caused around $5,500 in damage. Anyone who may [...]

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The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a suspicious livestock death south of Wheaton. According to a news release, deputies were called out to the area Wheaton Road and K-16 Highway just after 2 p.m. Friday, where a cow was found dead in a field with unusual body parts removed. Investigators determined the injuries do not appear to [...]

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Riley County commissioners have agreed to move forward with relocating the Riley County Police Department’s Aggieville substation. RCPD deputy director Erin Freidline presented a proposal Monday that would allow the department to move from its current space at 1113 Moro Street into a larger storefront space inside the new Hampton Inn being developed by Back [...]

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