Riley County commissioners reviewed the county’s mill levy history dating back to 1998 at their meeting Thursday. The report not only included the mill levies from 1998 to 2019, but the factors that went into those levies as well. This was presented by Budget and Finance Officer Tami Robison. She says the two highest valuation [...]
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Officers filed a report for sexual battery and motor vehicle theft in Ogden on August 1, 2019. Officers listed a 38 year-old female as the victim of the sexual battery and 26-year-old male as the victim in the motor vehicle theft. A known 33-year-old male was listed as the suspect. Due to the nature of [...]
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LAWRENCE, Kan. — A Junction City woman was hospitalized Thursday following a crash on the Kansas Turnpike in Douglas County. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 56-year-old Jacqueline Carter-King was eastbound on Interstate 70 just before 7:30 a.m. when her vehicle lost control and hit the wall in the median. The vehicle was struck from behind [...]
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A two-term Riley County Commissioner has filed to run for re-election in the 2020 elections. Commission Chairman Ron Wells’ filing was released Thursday. The Republican representative of county’s district 3 was first elected in November of 2012, taking office in 2013. He’s the first to file for the seat, with the election more than a [...]
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Officers filed a report for criminal damage to property in the 3300 block of Fairman Cir. in Manhattan on July 31, 2019, at approximately 6:55 PM. Officers listed a 29-year-old male as the victim when he reported a known suspect damaged his vehicle. The estimated total loss associated with this case is approximately $2,000.00. Officers [...]
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Riley County Police are seeking the public’s help identifying two persons of interest in an ongoing financial crime investigation. Surveillance photos on the RCPD Facebook page show two young African-American men walking out of the Manhattan HyVee recently. Police say they’d like to speak to them about a financial crime that occurred in Manhattan July [...]
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Chicken dinners and good company brought in at least 1,000 people from around the state to the annual Flush Picnic in Pottawatomie County Wednesday. The event is held every year on the last Wednesday of July at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, dating to the 1930s. They fry all the chickens on-site and parishioners also donate [...]
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The AQ Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications has announced an interim associate director with a background in television production and directing. Tom Hallaq on Facebook Monday wrote that he accepted the position at Kansas State. He writes that he is excited and believes the position will allow him to gain leadership and administrative [...]
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Update 11 a.m. Thursday: More details have been released on the motorcycle versus automobile collision that backed up Anderson traffic Wednesday afternoon. 25-year-old Khaled Naser of Manhattan was struck by a 2014 Chevy Travere while riding his Suzuki in the 2700 block of Anderson Avenue — near Jimmy John’s. Naser was transported to Via Christi [...]
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No injuries were reported after a house fire northeast of Manhattan Wednesday morning. Riley County Fire Chief Pat Collins tells KMAN crews were dispatched to 4711 Harbour Hill Drive just before 7 a.m. after the homeowner reported smelling smoke. She was the only one in the building and was able to get out safely with [...]
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