Congratulations are in order for Megan Moroney after she was presented the Billboard Women in Music "Rule Breaker of the Year" award...we think. You see, in real life Megan is anything BUT a rule breaker. She noted in her acceptance speech "When I found out I was getting the Rule Breaker Award, I thought it [...]
A portion of U.S. 24 near Manhattan is scheduled to close next week, as part of the Kansas Department of Transportation’s roundabout projects at the K-113 and K-13 junctions. In a news release, KDOT stated that in this phase of the project, U.S. Highway 24 between the two junctions will be closed to through traffic [...]
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Police on Wednedsay arrested two men in custody after an apparent altercation. 23-year-old Cordarius Gowdy and 27-year-old Jacob Thompson, both of Ogden, face charges of aggravated assault and trafficking contraband into the jail. Gowdy was additionally charged with an aggravated weapons violation and criminal threat. Gowdy’s bond was set at $27,000, while Thompson’s bond was [...]
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Two people escaped serious injury when a car and pickup collided at a busy Manhattan intersection Wednesday evening. According to the Riley County Police Department, it happened shortly before 5:30 pm at Tuttle Creek Blvd and Kimball Ave. when a passenger car driven by Deanna Nelson, of Riley, struck a pickup driven by Craig Carlson, [...]
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Commissioners on Tuesday approved the purchase of cloud service software and design implementation services with Oracle Permitting and Licensing (OPAL). “The idea here is that we’re trying to create a customer portal where all of that is in one place,” said Assistant City Manager Jared Wasinger. “So the members of the development community or an [...]
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Riley County Police have arrested a Manhattan woman on suspicion of forgery. According to Wednesday’s RCPD arrest report, 35-year-old Marijke Torres is additionally charged with unlawfully obtaining a prescription drug and three counts of identify theft. Officers say two women were reported as victims Monday when Torres allegedly used both women’s information to obtain the [...]
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Though he hasn't called it a "farewell tour", Alan Jackson has been on the road a while on his "Last Call" tour for more than a year. But as the saying goes...all good things must come to an end. According to the schedule posted on his official website, Alan's final show will take place in... [...]
By Rose Gruenbacher A Riley County District Court judge on Tuesday denied an attorney’s request to withdraw from a case that includes nearly 100 counts of sex crimes against a child. Defense attorney Jonathan Phelps in February filed a motion with the court to withdraw as counsel for Thomas Quinn, 39, who faces charges of [...]
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By Rose Gruenbacher Dana Chandler is set to be sentenced for the double-homicide of her ex-husband and his fiancee, after being convicted by a Pottawatomie County jury in March. Chandler was tried this year for the third time for the murders of Michael Sisco and Karen Harkness in Topeka on July 7, 2002. This time, [...]
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Geary County officials on Monday unanimously approved a request from the Convention and Visitors Bureau to fund repairs at the Milford Nature Center’s butterfly house. The attraction, which draws visitors from across the region, sustained significant roof damage from a recent snowstorm. Assistant CVB director Rick Dykstra informed the Geary County Commission that the nature [...]
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