Riley County commissioners on Thursday unanimously approved increasing numerous service fees, including raising the cost of dumping trash at the transfer station, beginning Oct. 1. The resolution, presented by assistant county engineer Evan McMillan, is designed to keep the county’s solid waste fund financially stable while covering rising operating costs and funding future improvements at [...]

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A Rock Creek High School teacher will keep his teaching license despite admitting to inappropriate behavior with a student at a previous school, after the Kansas State Board of Education voted 8-0 in his favor on July 14. RCHS hired Mitchell Lahr as a math teacher in 2023 and he is also an assistant forensics [...]

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A 48-year-old man was arrested Wednesday afternoon after police say he attempted to steal merchandise from a Manhattan retail store using a device designed to remove anti-theft security tags. The Riley County Police Department said officers filed a report just after 1 p.m. July 22 at Burlington, located in the 400 block of Third Place. [...]

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A Catholic priest who previously served several parishes in Manhattan has been arrested on child sex crime charges stemming from an investigation in Republic County. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said agents arrested Father Ryan A. McCandless, 44, of Wichita, just after 5 p.m. Wednesday at a residence in the 2100 block of South Erie [...]

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The Riley County Police Department is investigating a fraud case after a Manhattan man reported losing more than $1,300 to a scammer posing as a bank representative. Officers filed the report just after 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 21. A 35-year-old man told investigators an unknown suspect claimed to be calling from his bank and instructed [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested Tuesday evening after the Riley County Police Department investigated a report of criminal threats and stalking. Officers filed a report just after 4 p.m. July 21 in the 800 block of Pebblebrook Circle for criminal threat, harassment by telecommunications device and stalking. A 23-year-old woman was listed as the victim. [...]

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The Manhattan City Commission unanimously approved two rezoning requests Tuesday, clearing the way for a new Planet Fitness location on the city’s east side and advancing plans for the proposed Yuma Street Cultural Center. Commissioners unanimously approved rezoning property north of the intersection of East Poyntz Avenue and Sarber Lane from neighborhood commercial to a [...]

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Northeast Kansas could see multiple rounds of heavy rainfall through Friday before hot and humid conditions return for the weekend, according to the National Weather Service in Topeka. Forecasters say two rounds of thunderstorms are expected between Wednesday night and Friday morning, bringing widespread rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches across much of the [...]

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A Junction City woman facing a variety of drug charges including distribution causing death is scheduled to appear in Riley County District Court on Thursday for a plea hearing in her case. Ashley Nicole Price, 24, is charged with distribution of a controlled substance causing death on June 1, 2023. Leilani Alize Johnson, 20, was [...]

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During the highest-attended Riley County Law Enforcement Agency Board meeting this year, community members asked the board on Monday not to apply for a federal grant that would fund improvements and expansions for the jail, but require more cooperation with federal immigration enforcement agencies. However, the board granted approval to continue pursuing the grant with [...]

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