Regional leaders met in Manhattan City Hall Thursday afternoon for their monthly joint City/County/County meeting. Representatives from the City of Manhattan and the Riley County and Pottawatomie County Commissions heard presentations that discussed transportation in the region. Gary Stith, the executive director of the Flint Hills Regional Transit Administration gave a remedial overview of what […]
A crisis anywhere in 2015 is a crisis everywhere — even in the Little Apple. Riley County Police Department Assistant Director told Riley County Commissioners Thursday morning that his department — like the rest of the country — is on alert as the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris, France, have put the threat of ISIS […]
A Leavenworth man was sentenced in Pottawatomie County District Court Thursday to a little under a year with the Kansas Department of Corrections on felony fleeing and eluding and two assault charges. Travis Doughty, 19, was sentenced to eight months on the fleeing and eluding, with two 30 day sentences on each of the assault charges […]
Riley County Police arrested a St. Mary’s woman for probation violation, with original offenses being drug-related. 27-year-old Kimberly Brazzle’s warrant was served at the Riley County Police Department. The warrant carries a bond of $30,000 and listed the original offense of use or possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia. ### A Junction City man […]
Riley County Court has released the affidavit for warrant in a second degree murder case, as requested by KMAN. The case, as earlier reported by KMAN, involves the arrest last week of Joshua Mall, 39, of Riley for second degree murder and other charges in the death of Mall’s six-year-old daughter. The affidavit indicates Riley […]
A Belvue man has been sentenced to life in prison, with no eligibility for parole for at least 25 years–for the 2014 murder of his 70-year-old uncle. Christopher Arand learned his fate Thursday morning in Pottawatomie County District Court, with Judge Jeff Elder saying what tipped the scale was Arand’s mental illness and that the […]
At Wednesday night’s regular school board meeting, Manhattan/Ogden board members refined their action plan to replace Superintendent Bob Shannon this summer as he retires. Search facilitators based out of Topeka laid out the progress and open options for board members to decide upon, such as timelines for progress and smaller details. After a lengthy discussion and some […]
The defense rested its case and closing arguments were heard in a Manhattan courtroom, as the trial of Samuel Dartez continued on Wednesday afternoon. The jury heard from General Surgeon, Hank Doering who treated Stephanie Holden after she was attacked by Dartez in November of 2014. Doering testified that although Holden’s injuries were severe, they […]
You would have to be a stranger to the midwest if you were unaware of the severe water issues that have plagued Kansas for years, and over 600 conservationists gathered at the Hilton Garden Inn Conference Center for the Governor’s Water Conference. In 2012, Governor Sam Brownback took steps toward the future by implementing a […]
A Junction City doctor was bound over as charged Wednesday at a preliminary hearing for aggravated sexual battery. Allan Holiday was taken into custody last July after a report of an alleged aggravated sexual battery of a 16-year-old juvenile male. The alleged victim testified at the hearing. Junction City Police at the time of the […]
