Alto Johns, 44, of Topeka, Kansas was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on November 19, 2015 at approximately 5:20 PM. Johns was arrested on a warrant from Riley County for the offense of failure to appear. The original offense listed on this warrant was motion to revoke parole for the offense of […]

Manhattan Regional Airport has opened two new temporary parking lots in preparation for increased travel demand expected from holiday traffic. Previously, overflow parking was available on the military ramp, but that area is currently unavailable due to construction at the airport terminal. “With terminal construction activities impacting our operations, we were in a position where […]

A Topeka City Councilman and his wife, both formerly from Manhattan, have been arrested following a child abuse investigation. Jonathan Schumm and his wife Allison grew up in Manhattan and didn’t become Highland Park residents until 2007. The two were arrested Thursday on aggravated battery and abuse of a child charges and four counts of endangering […]

Regional leaders met in Manhattan City Hall Thursday afternoon for their monthly joint City/County/County meeting. Representatives from the City of Manhattan and the Riley County and Pottawatomie County Commissions heard presentations that discussed transportation in the region. Gary Stith, the executive director of the Flint Hills Regional Transit Administration gave a remedial overview of what […]

A crisis anywhere in 2015 is a crisis everywhere — even in the Little Apple. Riley County Police Department Assistant Director told Riley County Commissioners Thursday morning that his department — like the rest of the country — is on alert as the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris, France, have put the threat of ISIS […]

A Leavenworth man was sentenced in Pottawatomie County District Court Thursday to a little under a year with the Kansas Department of Corrections on felony fleeing and eluding and two assault charges.  Travis Doughty, 19, was sentenced to eight months on the fleeing and eluding, with two 30 day sentences on each of the assault charges […]

Riley County Police arrested a St. Mary’s woman for probation violation, with original offenses being drug-related. 27-year-old Kimberly Brazzle’s warrant was served at the Riley County Police Department. The warrant carries a bond of $30,000 and listed the original offense of use or possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia. ### A Junction City man […]

Riley County Court has released the affidavit for warrant in a second degree murder case, as requested by KMAN. The case, as earlier reported by KMAN, involves the arrest last week of Joshua Mall, 39, of Riley for second degree murder and other charges in the death of Mall’s six-year-old daughter. The affidavit indicates Riley […]

A Belvue man has been sentenced to life in prison, with no eligibility for parole for at least 25 years–for the 2014 murder of his 70-year-old uncle. Christopher Arand learned his fate Thursday morning in Pottawatomie County District Court, with Judge Jeff Elder saying what tipped the scale was Arand’s mental illness and that the […]