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A three-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 24 in Riley County resulted in injuries to two drivers on the morning of January 31, 2025. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol crash report, the incident occurred at approximately 7:16 a.m. at mile marker 305.7, about half a mile east of Blue River Hills Road. The crash involved [...]

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By Rose Gruenbacher A Manhattan man charged with murder didn’t get the bond reduction request his attorney asked for. At a preliminary status hearing Tuesday, District Magistrate Judge John McNish denied a motion for bond modification for 24-year-old Hunter Smith, who allegedly murdered his girlfriend. Public defender Trey Bryant, Smith’s attorney, requested a decrease from [...]

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On Tuesday, Manhattan city commissioners will vote to terminate plans to develop the Handi-Corner site on Laramie Street between 11th and 12th streets. Developer Midtown Land Company had planned to build a hotel and parking garage on the site, where a portion of the Handi-Corner strip mall has been demolished. However, owner TJ Vilkanskas, who [...]

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The RCPD executed a search warrant at CBD American Shaman in Manhattan, Kansas, on January 30, 2025, as part of an investigation into the illegal distribution of CBD products exceeding THC levels permitted under the Kansas Industrial Hemp Act. Donald Ince, a 46-year-old Manhattan resident, was arrested and charged with multiple counts of marijuana distribution. [...]

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By Emma Loura Manhattan city officials on Wednesday said they are concerned about the safety of local immigrant families and the impact on the community in the event of mass deportation. Commissioner Susan Adamchak during the two-day city commission retreat said most immigrants living in Manhattan are in the United States legally, and she wants [...]

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By Rose Gruenbacher and Zach DeLoach While Manhattan’s airspace is significantly less congested than that of the nation’s capital, Manhattan Regional Airport and Marshall Army Airfield on Fort Riley are a mere 8 miles apart. Furthermore, American Eagle, the regional affiliate of American Airlines and the operator of the jet from Wichita, provides service to [...]

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The Manhattan Regional Airport’s nearly $3 million project to build new hangars is complete. The Manhattan City Commission in March approved a contract with Icon Structures to build six bay box hangers and two bay box hangers at the airport using a Federal Aviation Administration grant to cover 90% of the cost, with the Build [...]

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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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