Manhattan city commissioners appear poised to dissolve the Manhattan Urban Area Planning Board and replacing it with a city-appointed planning board that could also serve as the city’s board of zoning appeals. The proposal, presented by Manhattan planning and development director Stephanie Peterson and Riley County planning director Amanda Webb, would dissolve the joint board [...]

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A Manhattan man was convicted Tuesday of two counts of sexual exploitation of a child after he entered a plea deal with county prosecutors for reduced charges. Joshua Glenn Taylor, 48, pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing electronic files depicting children engaging in sexually explicit conduct. In return for his plea, a judge dropped [...]

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Two people were killed Tuesday morning in a head-on crash on I-70 near Chapman in Dickinson County. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, the crash occurred shortly after 11 a.m. near mile marker 285, just east of Paint Road. A 2025 Ford Explorer driven by 42-year-old Michela Brown, of Abilene, was traveling eastbound when it [...]

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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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