The 2024 Riley County Budget was finalized Monday. County Commissioners held hearings to confirm their intent to exceed the revenue neutral rate for the county budget with a mill levy of 39.956, a 2.26 mill levy reduction from what was finalized in 2023. During the public hearing, resident Gary Olds questioned why commissioners couldn’t get [...]
Authorities are investigating after four young women reported to police their drinks were spiked at a party in Manhattan over the weekend. The Riley County Police Department says the victims, ranging between 17 and 19 years old, reported an 18-year-old woman contaminated their alcoholic beverages with an unknown substance at a house party in the [...]
The Pottawatomie County Commission approved the 2024 budget and exceeding the revenue neutral rate during their Monday meeting. Despite a .779 mill levy decrease, the county will still see an additional $49,000 in ad valorem taxes following the assessed valuation increase of just over $22 million. This year’s budget includes a nearly $1.5 million increase [...]
A massive fight broke out over the weekend during a pledge basketball game at Kansas State’s Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Looks like it got a bit heated this year for pledgesketball. pic.twitter.com/bnivaNydSx — Old Row K-State (@OldRowKansasSt) August 26, 2023 Viral video shows a large group of students brawling on the basketball court. It’s unclear [...]
A Manhattan man is jailed following an incident early Sunday morning in the Northview area. According to the Riley County Police Department, 36-year-old Aaron Finch was arrested around 3 a.m. on two counts of aggravated assault. Finch is accused of pulling a knife on two men at the Short Stop convenience store, in the 2000 [...]
A Manhattan man died in a crash Friday afternoon in Washington County According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 39-year-old Nicholas Bennett was westbound on K148 near Hanover, just after noon, when his Chevy Silverado went off the roadway and overturned. Authorities say it’s unclear what caused Bennett to lose control of the vehicle. The crash [...]
Manhattan resident Curt Herrman has been collecting Kansas City Chiefs memorabilia since 1970. In recent years, his home collection of close to 1,500 unique items tied to the defending Super Bowl champions, has even found a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. Herrman fulfilled another dream of his Friday, as members of the [...]
Saturday was the 15th annual Speedy PD’s Run for Parkinson’s Disease at Tuttle Creek State Park. As per usual, turnout was quite high with several people running or walking in the race. Julie Miller and her grandson Connor were some of the participants in the event. Jane Pringle was a volunteer in the event and [...]
A 39-year-old man was found guilty by a jury of first degree attempted murder after shooting multiple times at a vehicle while driving along K-18 during a domestic dispute in October of 2021. Torrey Lindsay has been in Riley County District Court since Tuesday, and closing arguments were delivered Friday before jurors were sent to [...]
Firefighters were called to Meadowlark Hills Thursday evening in response to a small fire. The Manhattan Fire Department says crews were called out, just after 9 p.m. to a residence in the Lyle House, where a small fire was quickly extinguished. Crews then ventilated the building to remove all smoke. Nursing staff evacuated residents prior to firefighters [...]
