A woman is suing a former Manhattan priest, Seven Dolors Catholic Church and its parent organizations because she said the priest made “unwanted sexual contact,” coerced and sexually harassed her. She says the church failed to protect her from the man after she reported his abuse. The priest, Ryan Anthony McCandless, 44, was arrested in [...]

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A stovetop fire caused an estimated $135,000 in damage and displaced a family of four Thursday morning at a Manhattan apartment complex. The Manhattan Fire Department responded at about 10:51 a.m. to Woodway Apartments, 2421 Woodway Drive, where firefighters found smoke coming from the second floor of the three-story building. Crews located and quickly extinguished [...]

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Two people were arrested Wednesday in separate counties on Riley County District Court warrants for failure to appear. McKinley Hopkins, 34, of Topeka, was arrested at about 5:13 p.m. in Shawnee County. The warrant stems from an original charge of burglary. Hopkins was issued a $30,000 bond and was not confined in the Riley County [...]

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A Marlatt Elementary School teacher was arrested on Saturday for charges of child endangerment and assault with a gun. The Grandview Plaza Police Department arrested Brianna Monique Little, 34, of Junction City on Saturday at 9:32 p.m. She faces charges in Geary County District Court of aggravated endangering a child, two counts of aggravated assault [...]

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A Marlatt Elementary School teacher was arrested on Saturday for charges of child endangerment and assault with a gun. The Grandview Plaza Police Department arrested Brianna Monique Little, 34, of Junction City on Saturday at 9:32 p.m. She faces charges in Geary County District Court of aggravated endangering a child, two counts of aggravated assault [...]

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A man from Lincoln, Nebraska, faces a federal charge of traveling for sex crimes following his Sept. 18 arrest in Manhattan. Vitaliy Smal, 29, is charged with travel with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct in the United States District Court, District of Kansas. Law enforcement officers arrested him at Dara’s corner market [...]

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A 20-year-old Manhattan man was injured Wednesday night in a motorcycle crash near Fair Lane and South Fifth Street. Riley County Police said officers responded at about 8:16 p.m. near the alleyway of Fair Lane and South Fifth Street, where a Yamaha FZ-07 driven by Landon Erickson had struck a Ford F-350 driven by Jorge [...]

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A 40-year-old Manhattan man was arrested Wednesday night on a Riley County District Court warrant for probation violation. Antwan Frost was arrested just after 9 p.m. at the Riley County Law Enforcement Center. The warrant stems from an original charge of domestic battery. Frost was issued no bond and remained confined in the Riley County [...]

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A Riley County District Court jury on Wednesday convicted a Manhattan man of attempted voluntary manslaughter connected to an October 2025 shooting on Marlatt Ave. The jury found Jacques LaShawn Toliver, 38, guilty of attempted voluntary manslaughter caused by a sudden quarrel, aggravated battery and criminal discharge of a firearm at a dwelling. The victim [...]

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The case of a Manhattan man charged with attempted first-degree murder is now in the hands of a jury in Riley County District Court. Jacques LaShawn Toliver Sr., 38, is charged with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery, criminal discharge with a firearm, aggravated assault, disorderly conduct and assault against a 36-year-old man in March, May [...]

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