(Photo Courtesy National Weather Service, Topeka) Periods of freezing rain and rain will continue across the area into Sunday. In areas at or below freezing (approximately left of the yellow dashed line on the map), this will add to an already bad situation as ice over the past several days in addition to the new […]
A man and dog were injured in a building explosion in northern Riley County on Saturday afternoon according to Riley County Fire Chief Pat Collins. Ken Specht was reportedly checking a furnace in a shop building located at 2217 Ober Road when there was an explosion. The blast destroyed the building and blew windows out […]
Persistent freezing rain and sleet is causing safety issues on roads in the area. The NE Kansas Regional Notification System has released the following notice for roads in Pottawatomie County: Inclement weather is expected into Monday. Personnel are actively treating high & low volume roads with sand and salt. High volume gravel roads will be […]
The Kansas Highway Patrol responded to two vehicle accident Saturday morning seven miles west of Manhattan on K-18 milepost 180 EB. A 2007 Honda Civic driven by Salvador Munoz-Solis (48) of Topeka was travelling eastbound on K-18 when it hit an unoccupied 2014 Ford Explorer, which was legally parked on the shoulder of the roadway. […]
The Sunset Zoo will be closed today due to the recent icy weather and concerns of public safety due to icy trails. Zoo staff will be on grounds, however, to care for the animals. For more information call Sunset Zoo at 785-587-2737 or visit SunsetZoo....
Two men from Los Angeles, Calif., were arrested for drug charges Friday morning. Hector Jugo Lima, Jr., 20, and Frederick John Carl Lima, 23, were arrested on I-70 near mile marker 316 east-bound for Manhattan for the sale and distribution of stimulants and marijuana. Both men were put on bond for $10,000 each and as of this […]
The eastbound lane of I-70 is back open after a vehicle accident near mile marker 322. According to Riley County Police Department dispatch, a Semi-truck jackknifed in the east-bound lane of 1-70 at mile marker 322, which is half a mile from Riley County/Wabaunsee line. All eastbound traffic was shut-down for a couple of hours […]
The Kansas Supreme Court earlier this week issued its opinion in a 2010 indecent liberties and aggravated sodomy case involving Justin Dern, with the victims listed as two three-year-old girls. The Court affirmed Dern’s two convictions for aggravated indecent liberties with a child and the life sentences imposed for them. But the Supreme Court Justices reversed […]
While places like Walmart and Best Buy saw big crowds Thursday evening, the official Black Friday national shopping event went into motion Friday morning in Manhattan. “It’s pretty exciting, we’re seeing a lot of traffic now here later in the morning,” Manhattan Town Center Marketing Director Jeff Sutton told KMAN. “It started out a little […]
Several arrests were reported by Riley County Police Thanksgiving morning. Codey Lindquist, 18, of Manhattan was taken into custody on charges of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, criminal sodomy, and indecent and electronic solicitation involving a child. The case relates to an earlier reported incident involving two alleged consensual teens, with one under 16 […]
