A Manhattan man will serve more than 12 years with the Kansas Department of Corrections in connection with a rape and indecent liberties cases. Derrick Bishop was sentenced in Riley County District court earlier this week to 147 months with lifetime post release. Following a nearly week long trial, Bishop was found guilty by a [...]
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A Grandview Plaza man has been sentenced to more than 13 years with the Kansas Department of Corrections for rape, aggravated battery, and aggravated assault. Luis Caicedo-Mosquera was sentenced Monday in Geary County Court to 165 months, with lifetime post release and life-time sex offender registration. Caicedo-Mosquera was arrested in August of 2016 after Junction [...]
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Riley County Police have announced early Wednesday morning they’ve concluded the investigation into a battery report involving members of the Manhattan High School football team this past October. The case will be submitted to the Riley county Attorney’s office for a determination on charges. In addition to the original battery offense, a supplemental report has [...]
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Riley County Police are advising area residents to avoid the 1500 block of Colorado Street in Manhattan while officers investigate what is believed to be a drive-by shooting. Officers were called to the area for a report of shots fired at approximately 3:30 this morning. A short time later, a home was identified as being [...]
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Retail sales in Manhattan have topped $1-billion already this year. “Truth be told, we’ve kind of plateaued at the $1.1-Billion, give or take,” said Vice President of the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce. “For a town of 57-ish-thousand that’s still phenomenal.” Unemployment in Manhattan is currently 2.0%, the lowest mark in the state. Unemployment in the [...]
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Riley County Police Officers responded to the report of an injury accident near the intersection of 10th and Leavenworth Street in Manhattan Monday at approximately 4:20 PM. When officers arrived on scene they found a Lexus RX300 driven by Lingyun Jiang, 26, of Manhattan had struck a Dodge Neon driven by Mark Caffrey, 53, of [...]
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Updated: Wednesday, 11:18 p.m. The Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 School Board decided to take no action concerning Manhattan High School football coach Joe Schartz Wednesday night inside the Robinson Education Center. The room was packed wall to wall with supporters of Schartz and the football program — a program that has received attention from the board after [...]
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A 1st Infantry Division soldier was found dead in his residence in Junction City on Saturday, according to a press release from Fort Riley Tuesday. Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Johnson, an artillery mechanic with Battery F, 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Inf. Div., was found unresponsive in his [...]
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Long time Riley County Commissioner Bob Newsome has died. A memorial service is set for Wednesday, December 27, at 1 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Manhattan. More information will be released soon. The post Long time Riley County Commis...
The Riley County Police director has a new contract. After a couple of executive sessions, Riley County Law Board member Barry Wilkerson made the motion regarding RCPD Director Brad Schoen’s contract, which was unanimously approved. The step salary increase means an adjustment from Director Schoen’s current $142,474.22 to $147,318.34. In other action, new video visitation [...]
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