Woman arrested for alleged child endangerment, battery of healthcare worker
Officers filed a report of child endangerment, battery of a healthcare employee, and battery on an LEO on Saturday evening at Via Christi Hospital. Officers listed a 29-year-old female heathcare worker, a 43-year-old law enforcement officer, and a 1-year-old male child as the victims when it was reported Brittnee Armstrong, 31, of Manhattan, was believed [...]
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Manhattan City Commissioners will hold a work session this evening at City Hall. The meeting will include an annual update on the pavement management of arterial, collector and local streets. Public Works Director Rob Ott will present the report, taking a look back at the last five years, with a summary of Safe Routes to [...]
A Manhattan man died while in custody Friday morning at the Riley County Jail, the second such incident in less than a month. According to the Riley County Police Department, 25-year-old Joseph Varvel was detained around 1:45 a.m. in the 300 block of North 14th Street for suspicious activity. While speaking with officers, RCPD says he [...]
Pottawatomie County Commissioners will move forward on exploring potential designs of Excel and Harvest Roads to accommodate future growth in the Blue Township area. The decision follows a decision last week approving a resolution tied to a zoning change within the Willow Glen subdivision — to allow for development of more duplexes and four-plexes. Commissioner [...]
A man accused in a 2020 shooting near Aggieville will stand trial this summer. Travell Hairston appeared in Riley County District Court Monday for a status conference. Hairston is charged with attempted first-degree murder from a Feb. 2020 incident in the 1100 block of Laramie. He’s accused of firing several rounds at a 27-year-old male [...]
Over the last few years, Air BnBs and short-term rentals have grown in popularity across the country, and Riley County is no different. Planning and Special Projects Director Amanda Webb says that when the county adopted the Land Development Regulations in 2022, new short-term rental regulations were put in place. Webb says the county wants [...]