Riley County employees and elected officials are set to receive pay increases in 2026 after commissioners on Monday unanimously approved the pay scales and annual salary resolution. “The employees of Riley County are grateful to the commissioners for committing to market competitive salaries,” said Elizabeth Ward, Riley County’s human resources director. The action implements merit [...]

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Riley County Police are looking for a man identified as a suspect in a homicide reported Saturday near downtown Manhattan. RCPD is attempting to locate Erick Sanchez-Chavez, 29, of Manhattan after identifying him as a person of interest in the death of Mark Rickenbaker, 36, of Manhattan. Officers responded around 12:17 a.m. Saturday to the [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested Sunday evening on a warrant related to a domestic incident reported earlier this year. Riley County Police say 25-year-old Keonte Concepcion-Summers was taken into custody around 7:01 p.m. Dec. 7 on a Riley County District Court warrant for aggravated domestic battery and domestic battery. The warrant stems from a report [...]

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A La Cygne, Kansas woman was taken to the hospital Saturday afternoon following a two-vehicle crash in Manhattan. Riley County Police say officers responded around 2:28 p.m. Dec. 6 to the intersection of Tuttle Creek Boulevard and Griffith Drive. A 2023 Nissan Pathfinder driven by 36-year-old Stevie Allen of Bennington struck a 2016 Jeep Renegade [...]

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A Kansas City man was taken into custody Friday morning following a domestic disturbance reported in Manhattan. Riley County Police say officers filed the report around 8:23 a.m. Dec. 5, listing a 36-year-old woman as the victim and a 41-year-old man known to her as the suspect. The man was accused of battering her, damaging [...]

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Riley County Police are investigating a homicide reported over the weekend near downtown Manhattan. Officers responded just after midnight Satuday to the 800 block of Colorado Street for a reported welfare check on an injured man. Police identified the man as 36-year-old Mark Rickenbaker, of Manhattan. He was transported to Via Christi Hospital with serious [...]

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By Emma Loura Audiences will be taken back to Great Depression-era New York City to follow the rags-to-riches story of “Annie.” The musical, featuring songs including “Tomorrow” and “Hard Knock Life,” opened on Friday at Manhattan Arts Center. “This is a show about extremes,” the show’s director Kim Riley said. “You have these people in [...]

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Three people have been arrested in connection to an aggravated robbery reported Wednesday evening in Manhattan. The incident was reported by a 23-year-old man in the 700 block of Allen Road who told police he was battered by three suspects who stole a handgun, valued at $150. According to the Riley County Police Department, 18-year-old [...]

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A Manhattan woman was taken into custody Thursday morning on two warrants for failure to appear. Riley County Police say 23-year-old Kelly Carlson was arrested around 9:15 a.m. Dec. 4 on both a Riley County District Court warrant and a Manhattan Municipal Court warrant. The warrants stem from original charges including distribution of an opiate/opium [...]

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The Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office has recovered a stolen vehicle and made an arrest following a two-day investigation. Deputies located a Toyota Avalon around 12:30 Tuesday afternoon in Abilene. The car had been reported stolen out of Nebraska, but officials say it was unoccupied when they found it. The vehicle was processed for evidence and [...]

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