Two Manhattan men facing a laundry list of drug charges made their first appearances in Riley County District Court Friday afternoon. Both deny the allegations against them. David Alan Labombarbe, 39, and Scott Charles Marchand, 48, appeared in front of Judge Grant Bannister. Labombarbe appeared via Zoom in custody of the Riley County Jail, while [...]

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Authorities are investigating a fatal shooting in Junction City. The Junction City Police Department says officers were called to the 300 block of West Fourth Street late Saturday afternoon for a person possibly suffering from gunshot wounds. When officers arrived, they discovered 66-year-old John Day, of Junction City, with an apparent gunshot wound. Day was [...]

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Local government officials will soon get some concrete data on the feasibility of a second river crossing that would connect Manhattan and residents who live in Pottawatomie County. The topic is one that residents, especially those living east of the Big Blue River, have had at least some interest in debating, though it never materialized [...]

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Kansas State University officials gave a tour of its research-focused nuclear reactor facility on Thursday, explaining how 60-plus years of operation have aided fields beyond nuclear engineering, from health care to agriculture to manufacturing. K-State’s low-enriched uranium-fueled reactor is one of only 25 university-operated research reactors in the country, and the only one in Kansas. It [...]

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A fire at Marlatt Elementary on Friday caused an evacuation of the school. According to a social media post from the Manhattan Fire Department, firefighters were called to respond to a small fire at the school shortly before noon. The fire was extinguished and students were let back into the building. No injuries were reported. [...]

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Two Manhattan residents were arrested Thursday afternoon in separate cases involving allegations of battery against law enforcement officers. Riley County Police say 41-year-old Mahbooba Babrakzai was arrested around 1:50 p.m. Jan. 15 in the 1000 block of South Seth Child Road. The arrest stems from a report originally filed Nov. 21, 2025, in which a [...]

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Two people were taken into custody Thursday evening in Ogden following the execution of a search warrant and the service of a district court warrant. Riley County Police say 21-year-old Jessica Urbina of Manhattan was arrested around 5:53 p.m. Jan. 15 in the 300 block of Twelfth Street on a Riley County District Court warrant [...]

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Two people from Manhattan were arrested again Thursday night after police executed a second search warrant as part of an ongoing drug investigation. Riley County Police say officers served a search warrant around 9:36 p.m. Jan. 15, 2026, in the 1600 block of Woodcrest Drive. As a result, 39-year-old David Labombarbe and 27-year-old Bailey Crumpton [...]

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A Manhattan man was seriously injured early this (FRI) morning in a head-on crash in western Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 23-year-old Jaylen Cruse was westbound on US Highway 40 shortly before 1 a.m. when his Chevy Impala crossed the center line and collided with a semitrailer. Cruse was transported to Colby Medical Center [...]

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A Manhattan man was seriously injured early this (FRI) morning in a head-on crash in western Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 23-year-old Jaylen Cruse was westbound on US Highway 40 shortly before 1 a.m. when his Chevy Impala crossed the center line and collided with a semitrailer. Cruse was transported to Colby Medical Center [...]

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