Two people were injured after a semi slid off the road Tuesday afternoon in Clay County. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2015 Freightliner was westbound on Kansas Highway 9, two miles east of Clifton when it drifted into the north ditch, overcorrected and then entered the south ditch and struck an embankment. The [...]
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A construction-related flood forced Auntie Mae’s to close briefly over Labor Day weekend. The Aggieville bar was filled with customers following K-State’s first home football game around midnight on Aug. 31. Owner Jeff Denney said Monday someone noticed water was seeping into the building from a nearby pit that had filled with rain. “All of [...]
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A Manhattan man was arrested Monday morning after allegedly battering a police officer during an incident on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Riley County Police filed a report just before 8:50 a.m. Sept. 8, stating that 35-year-old Wylee Schmit acted disorderly, interfered with an officer’s investigation, and struck an officer in the 500 block of [...]
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A Manhattan man was arrested Monday morning after allegedly battering a police officer during an incident on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Riley County Police filed a report just before 8:50 a.m. Sept. 8, stating that 35-year-old Wylee Schmit acted disorderly, interfered with an officer’s investigation, and struck an officer in the 500 block of [...]
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By Emma Loura Enrollment numbers at K-State show continued growth this semester. At Friday’s State of the University address, K-State’s president Richard Linton said there are 3,813 first-time freshmen this fall, one of the highest in the university’s history. The number of first-year students is up by 320 since fall 2024, when there were 3,493 [...]
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The trial of an Olathe man charged with rape and aggravated sexual battery began Monday, with the start of jury selection. Kane Everett Harris, 20, was arrested on September 7, 2023 by Johnson County Sheriff’s officers. According to documents filed in Riley County District Court, he is alleged to have committed the crimes in September [...]
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A Manhattan woman is in jail following an arrest Friday afternoon on several charges. Riley County Police say 33-year-old Tanasha Dupree was arrested at the courthouse on a warrant for probation violation, stemming from earlier charges of aggravated assault, interference with law enforcement, criminal threat fleeing and eluding and battery. Online court records show most [...]
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The Riley County Police Department arrested a Georgia man Friday, for charges that include distribution of a controlled substance causing death. The man is currently held in the Riley County Jail on a $150,000 bond. Rhante Rashean Brown, 32, of Savannah, GA, was booked with RCPD at 11:00 p.m., after being extradited from Georgia. He [...]
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Riley County Police are investigating two separate vehicle thefts reported late last week in Manhattan. Officers filed the first report Sept. 5 around 4:58 p.m. in the 1100 block of Pillsbury Drive, where a 53-year-old man reported his 2001 Ford Mustang had been stolen. The estimated loss is about $1,500. The second case was filed [...]
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By Emma Loura Teachers at Manhattan High School are seeing increased student engagement and experiencing a renewed joy of teaching after a new cell phone policy took effect this semester. Manhattan High School’s principal, Michael Dorst, said students responded well in the first two weeks of classes. “It has been an early success,” Dorst said. [...]
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