By Rose Gruenbacher Two men facing charges including distribution of a controlled substance causing death appeared via Zoom Wednesday in Riley County District Court to have their cases joined and tried together. Derrick Duncan, 22, of Manhattan is charged with distribution of a controlled substance causing death, distribution of a controlled substance within 1,000 feet [...]

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One person has been cited following a Wednesday morning crash in north Manhattan. According to the Riley County Police Department, two pickups collided at the intersection of Marlatt and College Avenue just after 7 a.m. Investigating officers determined the cause of the crash to be the result of a driver failing to yield right-of-way at [...]

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By Loryn Clauson – The Times Jared Tremblay, the Planning Director of the Flint Hills Metropolitan Planning Organization was back in front of Pottawatomie County Commissioners on Monday. Tremblay first presented the Commission with the Flint Hills MPO’s 2026 Budget Request of $5,226.63. This will be presented in the overall budget request. The second reason [...]

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The Riley County Police Department reported that two separate arrests were made Tuesday, for charges of sex crimes. 41-year-old Lamarques Channel, of Topeka, has been charged with criminal sodomy and rape. The arrest stems from the investigation of an incident that occurred in October 2019. Channel remains jailed on a $150,000 bond. 22-year-old Mason Dusseault, [...]

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Three teenagers have been arrested in connection to a stolen vehicle from an east Manhattan convenience store. According to the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office, dispatchers received a report shortly before 5 o’clock Monday that an SUV had been stolen from the Casey’s parking lot on East Highway 24. A short time later, dispatchers received a [...]

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A potential roundabout on Anderson Avenue near the Unger Complex continues to be a hot-button topic. Mayor Karen McCulloh, who joined Within Reason with Mike Matson on KMAN earlier this month, said she intends to listen to the engineers’ recommendations on how to potentially make the intersection safer. “The first time I was on the [...]

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Manhattan animal control officers said Tuesday they have made contact with a man who was driving around town with a dead possum tied to his car. In a written statement posted to social media Friday, animal control said someone had reported a driver dragging what appeared to be a dead possum tied to a rope, [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested Monday evening following a reported stabbing in the 3000 block of James Avenue. According to the Riley County Police Department, officers filed a report around 8:08 p.m. on April 28, 2025, for aggravated battery, aggravated endangering a child, and criminal damage to property. A 17-year-old female was listed as a [...]

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