There has been a recent uptick in vehicular burglaries in Riley County and RCPD has been putting out tips to residents to try and keep their cars safe and protected from thieves. Riley County public information officer Ashley Tokoi says simple things can be done to prevent items from your vehicle being stolen. Tokoi confirmed [...]

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Two Ogden residents were arrested on Tuesday afternoon for criminal trespassing along with a slew of other charges. 35-year-old TJ Grant of Ogden was arrested just before 11:30 am in the 100 block of Eighth Street in Ogden and was charged with one count of criminal trespassing, two counts of failure to appear, one count [...]

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Geary County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested a Council Grove man on a slew charges late Tuesday afternoon. 42-year-old Jason Oder was arrested in the westbound lane of I-70 just before 5:00 pm. Oder is charged with single counts for theft of a motor vehicle, burglary and criminal damage to property. Oder was also charged with failure [...]

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The Manhattan city commission unanimously approved the adoption of the Move MHK parks and rec master plan at Tuesday’s meeting. Commissioners adopted the plan which included four recommendations from the Parks and Rec advisory board that will be further explored. Commissioner Karen McCulloh wants to support the advisory board’s decision to include the recommendations… 0618- [...]

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By Emma Loura/Manhattan Mercury The Riley County commission on Monday unanimously approved a letter of support for a federal grant to help pay for trails project. The Flint Hills Regional Council and the Flint Hills Metropolitan Planning Organization are partnering to apply for the 2024 Active Transportation Infrastructure Investment Program, a grant from the Federal [...]

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Hans Tessmann announced he is running for the newly created district 4 seat on the Pott. County commission. District #4 includes St. George and the surrounding township. Tessman said he has come around to the idea of the commission expansion after initially voting against it… He also added that his main priority is to help give his district the proper [...]

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The Riley County Law Board unanimously passed the 2025 budget at their monthly meeting on Monday afternoon. The final budget which was agreed to at the law board’s last meeting totals out to $28.5 million and includes a 3.8% COLA. The total increase in the budget is 5.88% from last year, but as Law Board [...]

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Some Riley County government offices will start to operate on a new schedule starting on Jul. 1. At Monday’s county meeting, commissioners agreed to a change on a four-month trial basis that will last from Jul. 1 to Nov. 1. Overall, the appraiser’s office, the county clerk and election’s office, treasurer and motor vehicles,. planning [...]

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