A registered sex offender from Manhattan on Tuesday pleaded guilty to two counts of violating the terms of his offender registration in Riley County District Court. Darrell Lee Stevens, 41, entered a plea deal with prosecutors and was convicted of the charges after he reportedly failed to provide and verify information as required by the [...]

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Riley County Police are investigating after a trailer valued at about $5,000 was reportedly stolen Monday. Officers filed the theft report at about 5:09 p.m. in the 5500 block of Turkeyfoot Lane. A 38-year-old man was listed as the victim. Police said an unknown suspect stole a black, single-axle 8-by-12-foot Karavan trailer with a wood [...]

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A 19-year-old Manhattan woman was seriously injured Tuesday evening after being struck by a vehicle near the K-State campus. Riley County Police responded at about 5:22 p.m. to the intersection of Denison Avenue and Jardine Drive, where a 2027 BMW X6 driven by 27-year-old Vismel Johazel Candelaria-Correa of Junction City had struck a pedestrian. The [...]

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Nearly two dozen students were moved to safety Tuesday afternoon after their school bus became disabled on Interstate 70 in Wabaunsee County during extreme heat. The Wabaunsee County Sheriff’s Office said it was notified at about 3:31 p.m. of an occupied school bus that had broken down near mile marker 332 in the westbound lanes [...]

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An Ogden man on Tuesday pleaded guilty to 12 charges in Riley County District Court, including aggravated assault with a firearm and theft. Estevan Izik Rochin, 20, entered a plea deal with county prosecutors for charges he faced in three separate cases. He pleaded guilty to five counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, [...]

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A 19-year-old Manhattan man was injured Monday night in a two-vehicle crash on Bluemont Avenue. Riley County Police responded at about 10:09 p.m. to the 400 block of Bluemont Avenue, where a Chevrolet Camaro driven by 25-year-old Kirsten Wallace-Newsome of Manhattan had crashed into a Honda Accord driven by 19-year-old Sohil Mamon of Manhattan. Mamon [...]

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Organizers said the proposal for a year-round Flint Hills event complex to replace Riley County’s aging fairgrounds at CiCo Park is nearing its next step. Dave Lewis and Reese Greenlee joined Within Reason Thursday with Mike Matson on News Radio KMAN to speak on behalf of a task force and discuss the project. They said [...]

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A 24-year-old Manhattan woman was arrested Sunday after police said she used a mallet to damage a vehicle. Jacqueline King was arrested just before 10 a.m. on an allegation of criminal damage to property. Riley County Police said a 21-year-old man reported King used a mallet to break a window of a 2025 Kia and [...]

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A 40-year-old Manhattan man was arrested early Saturday after police said he allegedly brandished a knife. Raphael Rashaad Byrd was arrested just before 1 a.m. in the 500 block of Sunset Avenue on allegations of aggravated assault, battery of a law enforcement officer, interference with a law enforcement officer, possession of marijuana, possession of a [...]

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Dangerous heat will continue across northeast Kansas Tuesday, with the potential for severe thunderstorms developing later in the day. The National Weather Service in Topeka says an Extreme Heat Warning remains in effect through 7 p.m. Tuesday. High temperatures are expected to reach 100 to 105 degrees, with heat index values as high as 109 [...]

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