By Nathan Gaddie and Brandon Peoples A Manhattan landmark is getting a brand-new look. Wareham Hall officials broke ground Wednesday on a $40 million project to renovate the historic opera house at 410 Poyntz Ave., which has stood as a centerpiece of downtown Manhattan since 1880. “Everybody has memories, everybody has stories, nights spent in these [...]

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Authorities have arrested a Manhattan man accused of exposing himself to two teenage girls. The Riley County Police Department says 42-year-old Kevin Brown was arrested Thursday afternoon at 2229 Browning Ave. on seven total counts of lewd and lascivious acts. The two victims, who are 15 and 16 years old, told police Brown exposed himself [...]

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Election Day is in the books, but with advance mail-in ballots still coming in and provisional ballots yet to be processed, some races could still be in flux. Advance ballots are still arriving through mail, Riley County clerk Rich Vargo said. Those ballots slightly narrowed the fight for third place in the city commission election [...]

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Riley County may be on the hook for an extra $100,000 as part of the ongoing remodel of the old EMS station at 2011 Claflin Road. The $2.8 million renovation project will convert the space into the new headquarters for Emergency Management and Riley County Fire District No. 1. Director of public works John Ellerman [...]

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Two 15-year-old students were arrested on Wednesday in connection with an incident at Manhattan High School involving battery and disorderly conduct. According to the Riley County Police Department, the arrests occurred at approximately 1 p.m. at 2100 Poyntz Ave., the location of Manhattan High School. The juveniles were taken into custody on several charges, including [...]

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A Manhattan man was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon on a warrant related to multiple probation violations. James Johnson, 24, was arrested at approximately 2:25 p.m. on Nov. 5, 2025, in the 1000 block of South Seth Child Road. The arrest was made on a Riley County District Court warrant for three counts of probation [...]

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Riley County police are investigating a residential burglary that resulted in the theft of two bicycles in Manhattan. Officers filed the report at approximately 8:27 a.m. on Nov. 5 in the 300 block of North 15th Street. A 51-year-old woman was listed as the victim after it was reported that an unknown suspect stole two [...]

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Riley County police are investigating the theft of a vehicle from a Manhattan car dealership. Officers filed a report for vehicle theft at approximately 12:09 p.m. on Nov. 4 in the 2300 block of Stagg Hill Road. Briggs Auto Group was listed as the victim after it was reported that an unknown suspect stole a [...]

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The CiCo ballfields will have a new name: the Steel and Pipe Supply Ballpark. City commissioners on Tuesday unanimously authorized city officials to make a naming rights agreement between Steel and Pipe Supply and the Manhattan Parks and Recreation Foundation for the CiCo ball complex. Steel and Pipe Supply is a privately held carbon steel [...]

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By Emma Laura Antwajuane McNeil, 32, of Ogden asked to withdraw from the service of his defense attorney, Julie Effenbeck, on the third day of his trial in Riley County District Court. McNeil is charged with first-degree murder and kidnapping, aggravated assault, aggravated burglary, criminal discharge of a firearm and interference with a law enforcement [...]

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