A former Riley County Police Department officer dismissed from the department in July 2025 has now been convicted of phone harassment and unlawful computer acts after entering a plea agreement with county prosecutors on July 23. Stephen Benjamin Clark, 43, of Manhattan, was found guilty of harassment by a telecommunication device and unlawful computer acts [...]

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The organizers of a country music festival near Manhattan have announced they’re postponing until 2027, about a week after the land owner first announced the event wasn’t happening. Rock the Plains was planned for Aug. 7-8 at 32750 Wabaunsee Road in Alma. The lineup included names such as Travis Tritt, Ian Munsick and Flatland Cavalry. [...]

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A small apartment fire caused minor damage Thursday morning at the Country Meadow Residences. According to the Manhattan Fire Department, crews responded just after 6 a.m. to 1300 Marlatt Ave., where firefighters found flames visible through the front window of a first-floor apartment in a two-story, eight-unit building. Eighteen firefighters on six apparatus responded and [...]

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A small apartment fire caused minor damage Thursday morning at the Country Meadow Residences. According to the Manhattan Fire Department, crews responded just after 6 a.m. to 1300 Marlatt Ave., where firefighters found flames visible through the front window of a first-floor apartment in a two-story, eight-unit building. Eighteen firefighters on six apparatus responded and [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested Wednesday evening after police investigated a report of criminal damage to property. A 34-year-old woman was listed as the victim. Police identified a known 32-year-old man as the suspect. Jacob Bernard Underwood, 32, of Manhattan, was arrested around 9 p.m. on suspicion of criminal damage to property. Underwood was issued [...]

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A Junction City man was arrested Wednesday on allegations of child sex crimes. According to Junction City police, officers arrested 33-year-old Jose Vega Jr. around 10:45 a.m. in the 200 block of West Spruce Street. Vega was booked on suspicion of rape involving a victim younger than 14 and aggravated indecent liberties with a child, [...]

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The Riley County Police Department is investigating a reported aggravated assault that occurred Tuesday morning in Manhattan. According to police, officers responded just after 11 a.m. to the 100 block of Bluemont Avenue after receiving a report of a disturbance in a parking lot. A 25-year-old man told officers a known 44-year-old man brandished a [...]

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The Riley County Police Department is investigating the criminal use of a financial card involving nearly $18,000 in unauthorized purchases. According to RCPD, the report was filed at 11:35 a.m. Tuesday, with AT&T listed as the victim. A known suspect allegedly used a company credit card to make personal purchases. Police estimated the loss at [...]

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A Minnesota man is dead after a car-versus-bicycle crash on K-177 yesterday afternoon. According to reports from the Kansas Highway Patrol, the accident occurred just after 2 p.m. on the northbound lanes of K-177 near the Konza Prairie lookout point. The KHP says Mark Ten Eyck, 74, of Minnetrista, Minn., was traveling by bicycle in [...]

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A Herington man was injured Tuesday afternoon after a truck overturned on a highway ramp in Riley County, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. The crash happened around 3:20 p.m. at the intersection of K-18 and Pillsbury Drive. Troopers said a 2020 Western Star truck was traveling east on K-18 when the driver turned left [...]

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