A passerby helped rescue a person from the Blue River late Sunday before Manhattan firefighters searched the water for a possible second person. According to Manhattan Fire Department Deputy Fire Chief Ryan Almes, crews responded to the Blue River boat ramp for a water rescue. A passerby used a stick to help one person out [...]

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A 26-year-old Junction City woman was arrested Saturday afternoon on multiple allegations, including aggravated assault and aggravated criminal sodomy. Santinie Peta Gay McDonald was arrested at about 3:08 p.m. in the 400 block of West 18th Street on allegations of aggravated assault involving use of a deadly weapon, aggravated criminal sodomy by force, adultery and [...]

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A 26-year-old New York man was arrested Friday afternoon on multiple sex crime allegations in Riley County. Giovani Gavaska Green, of Jamaica, New York, was arrested at about 5:03 p.m. at the Riley County Law Enforcement Center on allegations of rape involving sexual intercourse with a physically powerless victim and aggravated sexual battery involving a [...]

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Friends of Marc Oliver and a Secret Service analyst on Thursday laid out the events leading up to an October 2023 shooting of which Oliver is accused. Oliver, 20, of Manhattan is on trial in Riley County District Court this week for shooting three people on Oct. 21, 2023, at 426 Bluemont Ave. Three men [...]

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By Morgan Chilson TOPEKA — Kansas weather lived up to its tempestuous reputation Wednesday as the dregs of Hurricane Polo launched more than a dozen tornadoes throughout the state. “Kansas dished out tornadoes like Santa handing out candy canes,” wrote one storm chaser who posts online as Kansas Twisters. “No idea how many there were, [...]

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Riley County is moving forward with plans to reorganize its Health Department, with the goal of bringing services together rather than operating them as separate divisions. Elizabeth Ward, the county’s human resources director, told commissioners Wednesday that staff are working to create a more integrated system that allows residents to access multiple services in one [...]

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Riley County has appointed Brittany Phillips as its next county clerk, filling the vacancy created by the retirement of longtime county clerk Rich Vargo. The Riley County Republican Central Committee announced Phillips’ appointment Thursday. She will serve the remainder of Vargo’s term, which expires in 2028, and will begin her new role Dec. 1. Phillips [...]

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A K-State student is recovering at a Topeka hospital Thursday after surviving a 70-foot fall from a highway bridge. Kyra Kinnison, 21, is at Stormont-Vail hospital following an incident Friday night at the East Riley Avenue offramp on Kansas Highway 18 near Ogden. According to a statement from a friend, Kinnison had stopped near a [...]

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We’ve come to the end of budget season for local entities, and each year we do a roundup of their property tax changes to give readers a picture of how their tax bill will look next year. Taxes from the Manhattan city government, Riley County government and Manhattan-Ogden school district are going up for the [...]

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Riley County Police are investigating the theft of a vehicle valued at $30,000 from a Manhattan parking lot. Officers filed a report just after 5 p.m. Wednesday in the 900 block of Garden Way. Enterprise Leasing was listed as the victim after a white 2026 Chevrolet Trailblazer was reported stolen from a customer’s parking lot. [...]

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