Jayme Morris-Hardeman on Monday told Mike Matson on 1350 KMAN’s “Within Reason with Mike Matson” she plans to run for re-election next year. “Education is something that I’m passionate about,” Morris-Hardeman said. “I had an interest from my perspective of having spent all these years at CASA and at Thrive working with families in poverty, [...]
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A Manhattan man will serve four years in prison after his conviction for child sex crimes. Riley County District Court Judge Grant Bannister on Monday sentenced 29-year-old Tristian Gooden-Heit for 15 counts of sexual exploitation of a child and single counts of a computer crime and interference with law enforcement by tampering with evidence. The [...]
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By Annie Wolfe/The Times of Pott County Pottawatomie County has received an award from the Kansas County Association Multiline Pool (KCAMP) in the amount of $6,280.99 for meeting the requirements of the KCAMP Risk Management Award Program. The program is designed to award members for implementing certain risk mitigating measures in the workplace. By meeting [...]
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By Emma Loura/Manhattan Mercury Riley County commissioners on Monday voted to devote more than $20,000 to switching the software used for organizing meeting minutes and documents. The new software the county will switch to in March comes from Civic Plus. The county currently uses MinuteTrag, a product from IQM2/Granicus, but the company decided to discontinue [...]
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The state of Kansas saw a record turnout for last month’s general election according to state election officials earlier this week. The Kansas State Board of Canvassers met Monday to certify the results of the Nov. 5 election that saw President-elect Donald Trump carry the state’s 6 electoral votes with ease over Vice President Kamala [...]
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RCPD filed a report of criminal destruction of property and theft in the 500 block of Pillsbury Drive on Monday at approximately 12:30 PM. Officers listed Habitat for Humanity as the victim when it was reported the lock on a storage trailer was broken and tools were stolen from the trailer. Total estimated loss [...]
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Bonnie Rose Barrett, Mrs. K-State, and a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and loyal friend, passed away on December 2, 2024, at the age of 92. The daughter of Susie and Ed Frommer, Bonnie was born on December 24th, 1931, in Valley Falls KS. She graduated from Topeka High School in 1949 and attended Kansas State [...]
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By Megan Moser The five puppies dumped in a laundry basket in a Popeye’s parking lot are safely snuggled in some blankets in one of the kennels at the local shelter, officials said Monday. Animal control found the six-week-old puppies abandoned in freezing-cold temperatures Sunday and said they were investigating who was responsible. Prairie Paws [...]
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By Megan Moser The five puppies dumped in a laundry basket in a Popeye’s parking lot are safely snuggled in some blankets in one of the kennels at the local shelter, officials said Monday. Animal control found the six-week-old puppies abandoned in freezing-cold temperatures Sunday and said they were investigating who was responsible. Prairie Paws [...]
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Riley County Police responded to an injury accident on the morning of November 30, 2024, at the intersection of Leavenworth Street and N. Juliette Avenue. According to the report, a 2013 Toyota Tacoma driven by 21-year-old John Mayes collided head-on with a 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan operated by 47-year-old Marco Galeano-Casco. Galeano-Casco sustained non-life-threatening injuries [...]
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