Riley County Police arrested a Manhattan man Tuesday evening in connection with a robbery and battery case first reported earlier this summer. Officers took 29-year-old Andre Chislum into custody around 7:20 p.m. on Sept. 2 in the 1300 block of Flint Hills Place. Police said the arrest stems from a July report of aggravated robbery [...]
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Riley County Police arrested a Fort Riley man early Saturday morning after he was accused of brandishing a firearm during a disturbance in Aggieville. Officers filed a report of aggravated assault and criminal threat at approximately 1:43 a.m. in the 1100 block of Moro Street. Police said 24-year-old Enrique Morales was antagonizing a group of [...]
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Riley County Police are investigating a theft reported Friday evening in the 600 block of Highland Ridge Drive. Officers say an 18-year-old man reported his Cartier watch was stolen during an attempted purchase. The loss is valued at $12,000. Police are also investigating a burglary reported Friday morning in the 400 block of McCall Road. Officers [...]
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The Kansas Highway Patrol is reminding motorists to slow down as they make their way to K-State football games this fall. According to Trooper Ben Gardner with Troop C, one driver was clocked traveling 112 mph in a 75 mph zone over the weekend on Interstate 70 in Geary County. That’s 37 miles over the [...]
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Heavy rain is blamed for a crash that injured three people Monday afternoon in Geary County. The Highway Patrol says 24-year-old Riley Brungardt of Hoisington lost control of his Jeep on eastbound I-70 near Moritz Road, hitting a Buick parked on the shoulder and pushing it into a Ford pickup. Brungardt and two people in [...]
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City commissioners meet Tuesday night with a full agenda, including finalizing a survey on a potential indoor aquatics facility. Previous studies showed a strong desire from the community for indoor aquatics, which only increased with the shuttering of K-State’s Natatorium. City staff have contracted with ETC Institute to design the statistically-valid survey, which they hope [...]
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Claire’s, a popular mall boutique for teens and young women, specializing in fashion accessories and ear piercings, will close nearly 300 stores nationwide as part of its ongoing bankruptcy process. That includes the store inside Manhattan Town Center. The company will also close stores in Dodge City, Emporia, Garden City, Leawood, Pittsburg, and Wichita. Claire’s [...]
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By Rose Gruenbacher Former Manhattan chiropractor Clark Petersen was convicted Thursday evening of 51 counts of sex crimes against 16 clients, after a jury deliberated for a day and a half in Riley County District Court. The jury found Peterson guilty of four counts of rape, 40 counts of aggravated battery, four counts of sexual [...]
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By Rose Gruenbacher Attorneys for the prosecution and defense of Clark Petersen made closing statements Wednesday in the Riley County district court trial for charges alleging Petersen sexually abused 19 women who were former patients of his. A former Manhattan chiropractor, Petersen, 66, was arrested in August 2023 for 19 charges, which by the beginning [...]
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A California man is jailed in Riley County following his extradition this week. Riley County Police arrested 36-year-old Ivan Krdzic Wednesday morning on two counts of aggravated kidnapping and one count of making a criminal threat. He was booked into the Riley County Jail around 9 a.m. and is being held on a $200,000 bond. Police [...]
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