RCPD filed a report for motor vehicle theft on Monday afternoon after a man reported that someone test drove his motorcycle and never returned it. Officers filed the report just before 1 p.m. in the 900 block of Village Drive and list a 49-year-old man as the victim in this case. The man reported to [...]

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By Emma Loura/Manhattan Mercury Riley County commissioners on Monday approved a list of capital improvement projects for this year. Commissioners adjusted the list before approving it, removing some items to focus on facility improvement. The list, which originally had 48 capital improvement requests, included an ambulance remount for emergency medical services costing $303,442, a new [...]

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By Annie Wolfe The Eck Auto Group out of Wichita is pursuing economic incentives for a new auto dealership at the southeast corner of Excel Rd and Hwy 24. The estimated cost of the project is just shy of $11 million. Tyler Ellsworth, attorney with Kutak Rock Law Firm, on Monday presented county commissioners with [...]

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Riley County officials are looking for residents to serve on various advisory committees. County Clerk Rich Vargo said Monday, in a press release, that open positions include the Riley County Council on Aging, Law Enforcement Agency Board, Riley County Planning Board as well as others. County officials encourage interested residents to check the Riley County [...]

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According to statistics from the Flint Hills Association of Realtors, there were 117 October home sales in the Manhattan-Junction City combined statistical area, which includes Geary, Pottawatomie and Riley Counties. That’s an 18% decrease from the 143 home sales in September and a 12% decrease from the 133 sales in October 223. There were 113 [...]

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A man was taken a local hospital following a stabbing incident in the 1100 block of Moro Street in Manhattan on Sunday afternoon. The incident occurred just before 1:45 p.m. when a 20-year-old male reported he was stabbed by an unknown subject. The man was treated initially at Irwin Army Medical Center and has been [...]

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Two females were victims of an aggravated assault over the weekend in Riley County. Officers filed the report on Saturday afternoon just before 2:30 p.m. in the 2100 block of Halls Landing when two females aged 17 and 18 had a gun pointed at them by a known subject. Officers are listing the two women [...]

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A Wisconsin man finds himself behind bars following his arrest on Sunday evening in Riley County. Officers arrested 21-year-old Keonta Cook Jr. of Milwaukee just after 7 p.m. Sunday at the Riley County Jail on a Riley County District Court warrant on a charge of aggravated battery. Bond has been set at $20,000 in this [...]

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Four soldiers stationed on Ft. Riley were arrested over the weekend in Manhattan. Officers first arrested 22-year-old Zachary Davis just before 6:45 p.m. in the 1400 block of Beechwood Terrace, arresting him on probable cause offenses of making a criminal threat, aggravated battery and criminal damage to property. Davis was booked into Riley County Jail [...]

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