A 26-year-old Manhattan man was arrested on a host of drug-related offenses. The Riley County Police Department says Justin Nunez was taken into custody Thursday afternoon on a warrant alleging distribution or possession with intent to distribute drug paraphernalia, marijuana possession and other charges, for attempting to distribute. Nunez was released from jail after posting [...]

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A family in Hunter’s island escaped from a structure fire early Friday morning that claimed the lives of three pets. Riley County Fire District #1 was dispatched to a reported structure fire near the 1800 block of Kientz Dr. at 3 a.m. Friday morning. Upon arrival, crews found a home with both smoke and flames [...]

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A public forum was hosted Thursday night by the League of Women Voters of Manhattan/Riley County to allow the public to learn more about a possible overhaul of City Park and a new indoor aquatics center concept that could end up in front of voters this fall. Local officials close to the project took part [...]

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No injuries were reported after an airplane made a hard landing Thursday evening at Manhattan Regional Airport. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a Piper PA-32R fixed-wing aircraft had some issues with its landing gear indicator, which did not completely deploy for the nose of the aircraft. At about 6:40 p.m. the aircraft made a [...]

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Two individuals were arrested Wednesday evening on a slew of opiate and drug-related charges. Catrien Van Petten, of Manhattan, was arrested in the 1500 block of Houston street on probable cause suspicion of distributing opiates within 1000 feet of a school, possession of paraphernalia with intent to manufacture controlled substance, and possession of marijuana with [...]

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Riley County Police say new charges have been filed against a registered offender from Junction City. According to the RCPD activity report, 55-year-old Bradford Brown was arrested on a warrant for violation of the offender registration act, 2nd conviction. He was jailed on a bond of $25,000 but is no longer in custody, according to [...]

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Following the announcement by Rep. Mike Dodson that he will not seek another term to the state House this November, a Manhattan woman has jumped into the race to potentially fill his seat. Angel Roeser announced on Tuesday that she has filed for the 67th legislative district seat as a Republican. She was born to [...]

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A former plumber in the K-State College of Veterinary Medicine building’s maintenance department was sentenced in Riley County District Court this week to prison. The sentence for 63-year-old William Hynek, was the result of his conviction on three counts of sexual exploitation of a child. Judge Grant Bannister sentenced Hynek to 32 months on each [...]

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