The 1st Infantry Division from Fort Riley has returned to the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California, for a division-level training rotation. It’s the third time an entire division has undergone training at the NTC and the 1st Infantry Division’s first time back since 2021. Traditionally, NTC rotations have been the domain of individual [...]

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Officers in Riley County have arrested a local man for failure to appear in court for a preliminary evaluation. Police arrested Anthony Sutton, 42, of Manhattan on Wednesday evening at approximately 7:30 p.m. on a Riley County District Court warrant for failing to appear in court. The charge stems from a Sept. 25, 2024 arrest [...]

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Tensions were high Tuesday as Manhattan city commissioners unanimously voted to let a developer change the Midtown project from an office building to a hotel with a parking garage in Aggieville. The amendment to a previously approved agreement allows Back 9 Development and owner TJ Vilkanskas to build a 105-room hotel and 100-stall parking garage [...]

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Four new members took their seats on the Riley County Law Enforcement Agency Board Tuesday. County commissioners Greg McKinley and Kathryn Focke as well as Orville Maupin and Craig Beardsley were sworn into their positions at the police board’s first meeting of 2025, which took place on a Tuesday because of the Martin Luther King [...]

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The American Red Cross will be hosting the annual Manhattan Community Blood Drive this Thursday and Friday at Pottorf Hall in CiCo Park. The blood drive will be from noon until 6 p.m. on Thursday and from 7:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Friday. Kristi Ingalls with the American Red Cross says there are several [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested in Johnson County for a charge of rape. Officers arrested 19-year-old Dylan Zeller on Sunday morning just after 10 a.m. on a warrant. Zeller has been charged in this case with one count of aggravated sexual battery and rape on a victim who is physically powerless. According to Johnson County [...]

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A project to replace bridge MCR56, located between Sunflower Road and Trails End Road on Havensville Road in the northeastern part of Pottawatomie County, will begin on Thursday, Jan. 30. The bridge was damaged during a vehicle accident that occurred in Apr. 2023. The road has been open to one lane of traffic since the [...]

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A Manhattan woman got herself in trouble with the law after she was arrested for driving under the influence and failed stop at an accident. Teresa Garcia, 53, of Manhattan, was arrested on Monday evening just prior to 9:30 p.m. in the 700 block of Crestwood Drive. Garcia was arrested on the probable cause offenses [...]

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A local man was arrested on Monday evening for domestic battery. Police arrested Mason Randolph, 35, of Manhattan just after 6:15 p.m. in the 2400 block of Brockman Street. Randolph was arrested for the probable cause offenses of criminal damage to property, aggravated assault, and domestic battery. Total bond was set at $13,000. Randolph was [...]

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