Riley County officials are revising the county’s gift card policy to allow community corrections to provide $100 gift cards to protective homes caring for children removed from their families. Brittany Phillips, the county’s budget and finance officer, presented the proposed policy update Monday to Riley County commissioners. The initial proposal would have limited each gift [...]

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A Riley County District Court judge on Monday sentenced a Junction City man to serve almost nine years in prison for kidnapping. Jane Lawrence Luthi, 23, will serve eight years and 11 months in the Kansas Department of Corrections. Luthi pleaded no contest to the charge of kidnapping as part of a plea deal with [...]

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Riley County will pay more for gravel and road salt next year, increasing costs for road maintenance and winter operations, public works director John Ellermann told county commissioners Monday. Gravel prices will increase about 10%, from $16.60 to $18.31 per ton. Road salt prices also have climbed, rising from 49 cents to 57 cents per [...]

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Riley County commissioners approved a letter of support in a 2-0 vote Monday for the Flint Hills Area Transportation Agency’s application for federal funding, reaffirming the county’s financial commitment to the public transportation agency. Commissioner John Ford was absent. Anne Smith, ATA bus director, requested the letter for the agency’s grant application, which supports rural [...]

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After 30-plus years in positions serving Aggieville — including 15 on the Aggieville Business Association — Dennis Cook announced his intent to retire as the association’s director once it finds a successor. Cook has served two terms as ABA president and seven years as director. ABA officials thanked Cook for his years of leadership in [...]

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A 22-year-old Manhattan man was arrested Monday on allegations of aggravated domestic battery, domestic battery and violating protection orders. According to the RCPD, Howard Leavell Amos was arrested around 10 a.m. at the Riley County Law Enforcement Center. The arrest stems from a report originally filed in June 2026 involving a 34-year-old woman who was [...]

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The RCPD is investigating a criminal damage to property case involving four Veo electric scooters in Manhattan. According to the RCPD, officers filed a report just before 7:30 a.m. Monday in the 1900 block of College Heights Road. Veo Micromobility was listed as the victim after a known 83-year-old man reportedly discarded four scooters in [...]

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A proposal to dissolve the Manhattan Urban Area Planning Board and replace it with a new Manhattan planning board with expanded duties and Pottawatomie County representation prompted questions from Riley County commissioners Monday about the city’s annexations into Pott County and the potential impact on county residents and services. Riley County commission chairwoman Kathryn Focke [...]

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Anderson Avenue will close to through traffic starting Wednesday for paving of the westbound lanes between College Heights Road and Elling Drive. Access to Willard Place, Wildwood Lane and other nearby commercial businesses is from the east. Access to the Wildcat Ridge area and Unger Complex is from the west via Timberlane Drive. Local traffic [...]

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Riley County’s jail expenses could exceed last year’s $441,000 total as the inmate population continues to grow, county clerk Rich Vargo told commissioners Monday. Vargo presented the monthly financial update to commissioners, noting the average daily jail population had reached 162. He said the rising population could push expenses above last year’s level, which was [...]

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