Yard Bar won the 22nd annual Chili Crawl by a large margin, beating out the 11 other teams competing in the Manhattan Optimist Club’s fundraising event. Ticket-holding participants of all ages packed Aggieville to try all the different local recipes and vote for their favorite. Dirty Dawg Saloon claimed second place, and Mi Tierra Restaurant [...]

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Officers are investigating the theft of a motorcycle that occurred overnight in the 400 block of Manhattan Avenue. A report was filed on October 18, 2024, at approximately 2:59 PM. The victim, a 28-year-old man, reported that his 2017 Suzuki motorcycle was stolen by an unknown individual during the night. The motorcycle is valued at [...]

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Sen. Usha Reddi faces a challenge from former USD 378 Riley County Schools Superintendent Brad Starnes in the race for the 22nd District seat in the Kansas Senate. Reddi, a Democrat, was appointed to her seat after then-Sen. Tom Hawk retired at the end of 2022. The District 22 seat has been in Democratic control [...]

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Authorities are investigating a hit-and-run incident that sent a man to the hospital in Riley County on Sunday night. According to the Riley County Police Department activity report, the incident occurred just after 9 p.m. in the 900 block of N. 10th Street. A white pickup truck, driven by a woman, struck a 28-year-old male [...]

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One man is dead, and another is in jail after a shooting Saturday in the southeast part of Manhattan, according to Riley County Police Department officials. RCPD officers found 58-year-old Don Stovall, later pronounced deceased, after receiving the report of a shooting in the 700 block of North Fourth Street just south of Fort Riley [...]

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Geary County Sheriff’s Deputies are investigating following an unattended death of a woman over the weekend. Officers responded to the scene just before 2 p.m. in the 15000 block of Zumbrunn Road in Junction City on Saturday to find a 73-year-old Linda Rubash deceased. Family members discovered Rubash and the cause of her death is [...]

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A man was taken to the hospital following a crash early Monday morning in Geary County. The Geary County Sheriff’s Office reported that Nicholas Cruz, 18, of Junction City was taken to Ascension Via Christi by a private vehicle for suspected minor injuries after his 2005 Honda Accord struck a deer just after 6 a.m. [...]

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A man was taken to the hospital following a crash early Monday morning in Geary County. The Geary County Sheriff’s Office reported that Nicholas Cruz, 18, of Junction City was taken to Ascension Via Christi by a private vehicle for suspected minor injuries after his 2005 Honda Accord struck a deer just after 6 a.m. [...]

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Unemployment remained unchanged in the state of Kansas for the month of September from the month of August. Unemployment remains at 3.3% in the state of Kansas but was down to 3.1% in Riley County and 2.7% in Pottawatomie County. The drop to 3.1% in Riley County is down 0.7% from 3.8% in the month [...]

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