From Emma Loura / Manhattan Mercury: The Riley County Commission approved notices of revenue-neutral rate for various county entities Thursday, as part of a process to comply with state law. Most of these entities do not plan to exceed the revenue-neutral rate, but the county has to notify the state if they do. The revenue-neutral [...]

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Junction City said goodbye to its longtime city manager Allen Dinkel on Wednesday in a retirement reception at the Municipal Building in Junction City. Dinkel, who has served 35 years in local government and the last 10 in Junction City said he doesn’t have any concrete plans at this time during retirement, but he hopes [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested on Wednesday night for trying to traffic contraband into a correction or care facility. Latorris Franklin, 45, was arrested just after 9:45 p.m. in the 2400 block of Hobbs Drive on probable cause charges. Franklin is charged with one count of trafficking contraband into a corrections or care facility, one [...]

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The list of the four finalists for the position of Manhattan City Manager have been released to the public and they’re coming to Manhattan to meet with the public and commissioners next week. “We’re very excited to introduce the candidates to the public,” said Manhattan mayor Susan Adamchak. “We had nearly 50 candidates apply from [...]

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The average homeowner will see an increase of up to 13.6% in their Manhattan city property taxes next year, following a commission vote Tuesday. City commissioners at their meeting approved a resolution to levy a property tax exceeding the “revenue-neutral rate,” which is the rate at which the city would generate the same property tax [...]

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A Manhattan man remains jailed following his arrest for making criminal threats over the phone. 29-year-old Larry Wilms Jr. was arrested just after 10 p.m. in the 4700 block of Observation Point Drive on 13 counts of making a criminal threat by causing either terror, evacuation or disruption. Wilms is also charged with two counts [...]

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All eyes will be on Junction City this afternoon as officials and residents will say goodbye to city manager Allen Dinkel. Dinkel, who has spent over 35 years in city government and most of the last 10 in Junction City, announced his retirement back in April. He spoke more about his career in an interview [...]

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Geary County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a motorcycle accident on Monday morning on K-57. Deputies responded just after 8:45 a.m. to find Drake Guillory of Junction City injured after crashes his 1999 Yamaha motorcycle. Guillory reportedly was traveling south near K-57 mile marker 4 when he attempted to negotiate a curve. Guillory then lost control [...]

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A Manhattan man is out on bond following his arrest on Monday night for aggravated burglary. 49-year-old Brian Dowling was arrested in the 1400 block of Meadow Lane by Riley County Police just before 8 p.m. He is charged with one count of aggravated burglary by dwelling for felony, theft, domestic violence or sex, two [...]

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The Riley County Law Board on Monday discussed plans to potentially renovate and expand the Riley County Jail to address issues with overcrowding. Derrick Baker with Baker McMillan Architects suggested several solutions such as more personnel and space by using 20-year crime data statistics. In addition to suggesting expansion with more personnel, he added that [...]

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