Heavy snow is anticipated with a storm system pushing through the plains Sunday into Monday. The National Weather Service says the with light snow begins Saturday into the overnight and morning hours, becoming heavier in the afternoon hours on Sunday. There may be a slight break in the heavier precipitation before another round of snow [...]
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Area police departments brought Christmas a little early to about 85 kids this year for the 30th annual Cops N’ Kids program. Law-enforcement officers and staff from the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office, Riley County Police Department, St. Mary’s Police Department, Wamego Police Department and K-State Police Department partnered up to take kids on shopping sprees [...]
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The Riley County Fire District #1’s newest fire station was unveiled in Ogden with a ribbon cutting Friday morning. Fire Station 3 will replace fire-fighting facilities that are over 50-years old and will provide crews with new space for training and emergency vehicles. Pat Collins, the emergency-management director for Riley County, says the station will [...]
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The first G. Thomas Jewelers – Godfrey’s Tactical Supply Jingle Bell Rock has been located. Brian Tesene, along with daughters Emma and Lauren of Manhattan were the lucky winners. Brian says the clue he heard Friday morning led him straight to the rock. “It was in Washington Marlatt Park, in the picnic area,” Tesene said. [...]
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A long-time Manhattan businessman has passed away. According to a Facebook post from his son, Jeff, Jon Levin, has died. Levin was associated with Varney’s Bookstore in Aggieville for over 50 years. He was hired in 1957 at the store by Ted Varney and became a co-owner of the store. Following Varney’s retirement in 1974, [...]
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One month after being arrested in Texas on a Riley County District Court warrant, 41-year-old Sean Morgan is in custody of the Riley County Police Department. Morgan was brought into custody shortly before 8:30 a.m. today (FRI) and booked on charges of rape, two counts of aggravated criminal sodomy, attempted rape, aggravated kidnapping and aggravated [...]
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Fire officials say a Thursday afternoon fire at a Junction City apartment building was kept from becoming much worse thanks to quick work from firefighters. Junction City Fire Chief Terry Johnson says fire crews were dispatched around 2 p.m. to the Bluff Apartments at 1810 Caroline Street where heavy fire and smoke was visible on [...]
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Riley County commissioners approved a memorandum of understanding between them and the Riley County Police Department. County Counselor Clancy Holeman says the MOU is meant to clarify their each entities role in the new firing range. It is also meant to help clarify for the design company, who will be paying for the range design [...]
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A traffic stop in Junction City landed an Arkansas bank robber in jail Thursday afternoon. Junction City Police pulled over a passenger car for speeding on Interstate 70 just before 3 p.m. The driver, 45-year-old Nathaniel Painter was found to have robbed a bank on Tuesday in Paragould, Arkansas. He was still in possession of [...]
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The Dusty Bookshelf and the K-State English Department have partnered to put on what they are calling the Satellite Transcribe-athon, which is part of a nationwide effort to digitize about 16,000 documents related to the women’s-movement of the early 1900s. The effort was launched by the Library of Congress earlier this year in honor the [...]
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