A motorcyclist was injured Monday following a crash in southern Riley County. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 23-year-old George Turner, of Fort Riley, was northbound on McDowell Creek Road shortly before 1 p.m. and failed to negotiate a right hand curve. The bike entered a ditch, struck an embankment and Turner was ejected. Turner sustained [...]
A 17-year-old is in custody for his role in a summer incident where shots were fired outside Manhattan’s Holiday Inn at the Campus. RCPD says Marc Anthony Oliver was arrested Friday at Manhattan High School on a warrant for criminal use of a firearm and marijuana possession. Oliver reportedly discarded a bag of marijuana and [...]
Riley County Police say a Manhattan man, who is a registered sex offender, was arrested recently on a number of charges, including violating terms of his offender registration. According to Monday’s RCPD activity report, 41-year-old Cedric Wilson was arrested Friday for the aforementioned charge as well as aggravated burglary, possession of an opiate and lewd [...]
It was all hands on deck Saturday for the semi-annual Friends of the KAW clean up in the Manhattan-Saint George area. The weather was perfect for hard work on Saturday, and the Kansas River was the recipient of that from about sixty volunteers. More than five years ago, Friends of the KAW made a goal [...]
Officials with the National Bio and Agro Defense Facility in Manhattan are continuing to work through the process of standing up the scientific research arm of the facility. NBAF Deputy Director Ken Burton says behind the scenes, crews are working through ongoing integrated system functional performance testing. Once completed, Burton says another milestone will be [...]
The historic Wareham Opera House is now under new ownership. The new owner, Wareham Hall Inc., was formed back in March of this year. According to an October 7th press release, the organization officially purchased the building back on September 23rd. Wareham Inc. Co-Founder Blade Mages spoke about how this project came about. Mages said [...]
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and community organizations are partnering to spread awareness and provide support for victims. The Crisis Center Inc. hosted a silent witness ceremony to honor Kansans that have been killed, and therefore silenced, by domestic violence. Silhouettes of eight women and two children were displayed in front of the Riley [...]
Our Hometown Hero Week 2 is: Nathaniel Kezer! Nathaniel was nominated by his wife, Nancy. Nathan has been our hero since 2004. He has been on multiple deployments. He just recently retired on Sept. 1 of this year, with 20-plus years. He has literally given the army everything. He looked up to his dad, who [...]
I'm going to call shenanigans on this one. Apparently, some people are claiming that they can remember saying their first words. Like from when they were one or two. SHENANIGANS. This is from a poll asking people how old they were in their oldest memory. Most people said they were 3, with a few claiming [...]
The internet can be a great place for discourse, with a free exchange of ideas and giving one the ability to see things from different perspectives. It can also be the worst. Just the worst. Some online users sometimes forget their posts on Facebook/Twitter/TikTok/ect. are a lot more widely seen than they realize. Which leads [...]
