Riley County saw a steady stream of people voting in advance ahead of today’s primary. County Clerk Rich Vargo noted 5,154 people had cast their ballots through Saturday, a figure he said Monday would likely approach 6,000 by the noon cutoff for advanced voting. Vargo’s estimate was not far off. The final number of Riley [...]
Riley County Police are investigating a slew of gun-related incidents from over the weekend. On Friday, officers filed a report for aggravated assault and burglary in the 500 block of 15th Street in Ogden listing two young men as victims and two other young men as suspects, who reportedly entered a home and stole two [...]
The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a man who failed to register with the state’s offender registry and has ruled the law to be constitutional. On the sole issue the Supreme Court granted for review, Daniel Genson III raised an insanity defense and claimed he was involuntarily committed just days after his [...]
An older adult from Manhattan’s car was stolen Thursday afternoon. Police say they filed the report around 3:30 p.m. Thursday, when a 76-year-old man reported his truck was stolen from the 500 block of Bertrand Street. The vehicle was a 1989, two-tone tan and brown GMC Sierra. The estimated loss associated with the theft is [...]
A Fort Riley man was taken into police custody late Thursday evening, accused of using a fictitious or revoked driver’s license to purchase liquor while underage. 19-year-old Joseph Hawthorne was arrested by Riley County Police just before midnight in the 1200 block of Moro Street. Police allege that Hawthorne, in addition to the alcohol charges, [...]
A young man was robbed at gunpoint before he and a woman were shot at in Manhattan Thursday afternoon. Riley County Police say the crime occurred in the 20 block of Waterway Place, in the Countryside Mobile Home Parks in Manhattan’s Northview neighborhood. According to the police report, a 17-year-old male victim was stuck up [...]
A medical emergency is the apparent cause of a Wednesday auto collision near the intersection of Casement Road and Hayes Drive. Police officials say the responded to the scene around 4 p.m., where a GMC Terrain driven by David O’Quinn had hopped a curb while making a left turn from Casement onto Hayes. The GMC [...]
A teenage girl was arrested Wednesday in connection with a report for criminal damage to property that occurred at the Riley County Office Building. Riley County Police officials say a 14-year-old girl is accused of throwing rocks at the offices and, in the process, broke out windows on the building. Police filed the report around [...]
An unidentified person died Wednesday evening after a residential fire in Junction City. JC Fire Chief Jason Lankas released a statement Thursday, saying crews responded to the scene just before 7:30 p.m. The unidentified person is said to have been suicidal, with dispatchers informing emergency responders that they had indicated they would shoot anyone that [...]
Decade long plans to place a statue of Amelia Earhart in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol came to an end yesterday. The statue was placed on a base of Flint Hill limestone in the hall to recognize the aviator just days after the 125th anniversary of her birth. Senator Roger Marshall praised not just [...]
