The following summary of calls for service/reports filed by the Riley County Police Department is a portion of those received by police. Some names, addresses, and case details are withheld to follow local, state, and federal law as well as in an attempt to protect community members from being victimized further. Those arrested are presumed innocent [...]
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The following summary of calls for service/reports filed by the Riley County Police Department is a portion of those received by police. Some names, addresses, and case details are withheld to follow local, state, and federal law as well as in an attempt to protect community members from being victimized further. Those arrested are presumed innocent [...]
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An Ogden man has been arrested in connection to a series of rapes. Riley County Police have charged 18-year-old Phillip Daniel Smith with one count of aggravated indecent solicitation of a child under the age of 14 and two counts of rape. According to an investigation, the alleged incidents occurred between August 2020 and February [...]
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Continued growth in the Green Valley/Blue Township area is making it difficult for Pottawatomie County officials to stay on top of needed improvements to existing road ways. The area is getting ready to welcome roughly 300 students to Oliver Brown Elementary which opens in the fall. All that added traffic will have to utilize Green [...]
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Riley County Police say one person was injured after rolling a vehicle early Wednesday morning near Casement and Brookmont Drive. Officers were called out after 1 a.m. and found a passenger car driven by 25-year-old Trae Jones of Sterling in a drainage ditch. Investigators determined the car left the roadway, struck a guardrail and flipped [...]
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For the eighth consecutive week, Riley County’s percent positive rate of new coronavirus infections is below 5 percent. The health department says the rate fell to 1.8 percent for the week of March 14, from 32 confirmed positives out of more than 1,700 tests. Just six new cases were confirmed Wednesday, along with 10 more [...]
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Road-maintenance spending update The City of Manhattan used the Special Street and Highway Fund to pay for less than $500,000 in salaries and street maintenance in 2020, despite it seeing over $2.5 million in revenue. Public Works director Robert Ott says this is due to low revenue projections for the Special Street Maintenance Fund, which is funded [...]
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A Junction City man is behind bars in Riley County for an alleged attack on two people at an assisted living care facility. Riley County Police charged 51-year-old Corey Mann on a single count of aggravated assault. Police listed a 41-year-old woman and a 56-year-old woman as victims when Mann reportedly threatened them with a [...]
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The following summary of calls for service/reports filed by the Riley County Police Department is a portion of those received by police. Some names, addresses, and case details are withheld to follow local, state, and federal law as well as in an attempt to protect community members from being victimized further. Those arrested are presumed innocent [...]
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Kansas State University’s first chief diversity and inclusion officer is leaving the university. Bryan Samuel has been named vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion at the University of Texas Arlington. He will assume his new duties in early May. Details on the search process for Samuel’s replacement will be announced as soon as it [...]
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