A single-vehicle accident occurred on Wildcat Creek Road on January 29, 2025, at approximately 5 PM, involving 28-year-old Rontavius Banks of Ogden. According to law enforcement, Banks lost control of his vehicle due to unsafe speed for the road conditions. Banks was transported to Via Christi Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Following treatment, he was arrested [...]

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A 20-year-old Manhattan man, Kelvy Abbott, Jr., was arrested on January 29, 2025, in connection with serious child abuse charges. Abbott was taken into custody at approximately 10:27 AM in the 2500 block of Farm Bureau Road, based on a Riley County District Court warrant. Abbott faces charges of aggravated indecent liberties with a child [...]

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A Manhattan man is being held at the Riley County Jail on a two million dollar bond, accused of shooting at three people in a Thanksgiving weekend incident, one of two shootings that occurred within 18 hours of each other. 22 year old Clayson Joyce was arrested Tuesday in Riley as investigators believe he shot [...]

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Fort Riley leaders recently released the 2024 economic impact summary. The report shows that the installation, home of the 1st Infantry Division, had a direct economic impact on the area of $2.047 billion in fiscal year 2024, which runs from Oct. 1, 2023, through Sept. 30, 2024. That number includes payroll, contracts and services, construction, [...]

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Manhattan Parks and Recreation officials last week announced they won’t implement new membership fees to use the three local recreation centers until July 1 after previously setting the start date for Feb. 1. Parks and rec director Aaron Stewart in a public discussion last week said the delay will allow time for families to prepare [...]

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Malina Regier, a 29-year-old woman from Mission, Kansas, was arrested on January 28, 2025, at around 8:22 AM in the 400 block of N. 11th Street. Regier faces charges of stalking and violating a protection order twice. Her bond has been set at $20,000, but she was not in custody at the time of this [...]

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Riley County Police are investigating the theft of a 2017 Hyundai Santa Fe, which was reported stolen on January 28, 2025, at approximately 9:10 PM. The victims, two women aged 52 and 24, discovered the vehicle was missing from the 1600 block of Houston. The estimated value of the stolen vehicle is around $33,000. Authorities [...]

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By Beth Day A Pottawatomie County commissioner wants to alleviate any concerns citizens might have about the new board after expanding from three to five members and replacing all but one member of the previous commission. Commission chair Terry Force on Monday acknowledged anxieties county employees might have with such a new makeup but said [...]

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