Dkuwasi Oscar, 19, of Manhattan, was arrested Wednesday at approximately 11:00 AM. Oscar was charged on 4 counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, 2 counts of sexual exploitation of a child, and also criminal sodomy. His total bond for these crimes was set at $200,000, and he was still confined in the Riley [...]
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A current member of the Pottawatomie County Planning Board is looking to join the expanded Pottawatomie County Commission. Judd McCormack is running for the newly created 4th district on the commission which encompasses St. George. He had previously served on the St. George City Commission. McCormack said he favored the expansion of the county commission [...]
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Geary County Sheriff’s Deputies are investigating a reported hit and run accident that occurred on Wednesday morning. Officers responded to the 8000 block of Hawkinsmith Road in Junction City after reports of an unknown vehicle drove through a r...
Pawnee Mental Health announced this week that they had acquired a $20,000 grant from the Dean Coughenor Trust. The goal of the trust is to strengthen and revitalize community mental health resources. The grant will allow Pawnee to play a pivotal role in its rebranding efforts by replacing outdated signage with the goal of making [...]
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Local drivers may notice a new “Find Your Manhappiness” sign with the wrong indicated exit along K-18, when heading East from Ogden to Manhattan. The sign says Exit 301 which is the exit for the Ft. Riley Marshall Airfield, instead of 303 which is the Manhattan exit. The sign is from the Visit Manhattan branch [...]
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The Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday requested a budget increase from the city commission for 2025. The chamber asked for $1.65 million, which is up from last year’s request of $1.38 million, from the city’s transient guest tax funds on behalf of the convention and visitors bureau. That total is 60% of the [...]
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The next phase of the Manhattan levee project will get underway in a few months. Project manager and city stormwater compliance engineer Bill Heatherman on Tuesday told city commissioners Phase 1 is “95% complete” and that the next step will involve creating a 50-foot gap in the levee where the Union Pacific Railroad structure goes [...]
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An Ogden man remains confined in Riley County Jail following their arrests on Tuesday afternoon by Riley County Police. 35-year-old TJ Grant of Ogden was arrested just before 4:30 pm at the Riley County Police Department. He is charged with four counts of forgery, two counts for making or altering a written instrument and two [...]
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Manhattan City Commissioners did not select a new city manager at Tuesday’s special meeting. The group spent an extra 30 minutes ahead of the their regularly scheduled meeting in executive session to discuss the finalists, who interviewed early last week. Springfield, Missouri, TV station KY3 reported last night that Jason Gage had pulled himself from [...]
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A Fort Riley man was arrested after turning himself into police on Monday on domestic battery charges. 25-year-old Noah Parmigiani was arrested just after 9:45 am on probable cause charges of aggravated domestic battery by choking a family member or significant other in a rude manner, one count of knowingly cause great bodily harm by [...]
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