As the holiday season approaches, one local organization is sekeing additional businesses and groups to participate in its annual Adopt A Family program. The Junior League of the Flint Hills says the requests for help currently exceeds existing donors. The program was created in 2012 by the Flint Hills Breadbasket to aid families with infants [...]
A North Carolina man is jailed in Wabaunsee County after authorities allege he flew out to meet up with a child he met online. The Wabaunsee County Sheriff’s Office says 20-year-old Derrick Mayfield was arrested Monday at a residence at Lake Wabaunsee. Evidence discovered on scene led to Mayfield being charged with aggravated indecent liberties [...]
A Manhattan man is jailed on numerous counts of child sexual abuse reported to have occurred between August 2021 and March 2022. Riley County Police said Thursday that 41-year-old Reginald Smith was arrested Wednesday evening on a warrant listing 17 total counts, including single counts of criminal sodomy and aggravated criminal sodomy, four counts of [...]
A Junction City man was seriously injured following a wreck on K-18 Wednesday morning, involving three vehicles. The Kansas Highway Patrol says all three vehicles were traveling eastbound on K-18, around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday about a mile west of Seth Child Road. As one of the vehicles moved into the right lane, a passenger car [...]
Riley County saw 35 new cases of COVID-19 recorded during the final week of October. That was enough for the county to remain in KDHE’s moderate incidence category, with a rate of 47.1 per 100,000 people. The local health department reports that one patient was hospitalized Wednesday with COVID-19, but was not being treated in [...]
Riley County Police have arrested a 22-year-old man on suspicion of aggravated sexual battery and aggravated battery. According to Tuesday’s arrest report, Martin Vogts was booked on a Riley County warrant Tuesday. Bond was set at $30,000, but Vogts was no longer confined as of Wednesday morning. An online criminal complaint, dated from September 29th, [...]
A Manhattan teenager was taken into custody Tuesday at Eisenhower Middle School for allegedly making violent threats against others at school. According to RCPD’s activity report, 14-year-old Litzy Rivera was arrested in connection for criminal threat. Police say an investigation showed she was not in possession of a weapon at the school and did not [...]
The Manhattan-Ogden School Board will be presented with information this evening regarding the state accreditation process. An overview of the 5-year process, which began in 2017 and ends in 2023, will be reviewed along with progress made so far. Two goals are highlighted in agenda documents, including a goal to provide opportunities by enhancing the [...]
Manhattan City Commissioners Tuesday voted 4 to 1 to amend an Economic Development Agreement with housing development and management firm The Prime Company. That’s Commissioner Usha Reddi. The city in 2021 approved the agreement with The Prime Company, officially Elsey Holdings LLC, providing a 65 thousand dollar grant if it meets certain requirements – including [...]
Manhattan City Commissioners Tuesday approved an ordinance setting regulations and fees for the Aggieville Parking garage starting in January – though an amendment setting hour limits will return for commission approval later this year. That’s Aggieville Business Association Executive Director Dennis Cook. Plans approved on first reading set a tentative parking price of 2 dollars [...]
