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A 32-year-old Manhattan woman was arrested on October 22, 2024, following an incident that occurred around 3:20 p.m. in the 400 block of Walters Drive. Officers responded to reports that the woman had trespassed on private property and assaulted a 35-year-old woman and a 29-year-old man. Tiffany Ryals was taken into custody and is facing [...]

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RCPD arrested a local man in Manhattan on Tuesday morning on charges of child sex crimes. Carey Cortez, 47, of Manhattan was arrested just after 8:30 a.m. in the 1300 block of Baehr (Bear) Place. He is charged in this case with four counts of aggravated criminal sodomy with a victim less than 14 years [...]

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Riley County Police Department officials are looking for feedback on how to better serve the community. At Monday’s Riley County Law Enforcement Agency board, RCPD director Brian Peete said his department has a survey for members of the public to take. The survey is a requirement for RCPD to maintain its accreditation. “Part of the [...]

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  The cost of living for K-State students increased this year but generally remained consistent with national inflation rates, according to a report by a student group at the university. The K-State Economics Club’s 2024 Student Price Index reflects a 3.1% jump in student cost of living compared to a 2.4% average increase nationwide based [...]

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Riley County Clerk Rich Vargo announced Tuesday that they’ve added an additional day of advanced voting for voters across Riley County. Advanced voting will be now occur this Saturday Oct. 26 from 8 a.m. to noon at the Riley County Office Building on the 2nd floor at 110 East Courthouse Plaza. Vargo says that the [...]

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A structure replacement project is set to begin in early-November on Wildcat Creek Road. The project, which is located approximately 2.5 miles west of North Scenic Drive, will begin on Monday Nov. 4. The road will be closed to through traffic during construction from North Scenic to Saddle Rock Road. Crews hope to have the [...]

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A Dickinson County man was arrested on charges of child sex crimes over the weekend after a month’s long investigation by the Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office. Stephen Gillenwater, 45, of Brostow, Oklahoma, was arrested on Saturday by the Abilene Police Department on an arrest warrant related to this case that began back in March on [...]

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Officers are investigating a fraud incident that resulted in a significant financial loss for a local senior citizen. On October 21, 2024, at approximately 2:50 PM, a report was filed in the 1000 block of South Seth Child Road. The victim, a 76-year-old man, reported that an unknown individual obtained his personal information, leading to [...]

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By Annie Wolfe/Times of Pott County Design plans are underway for the extension of Excel Rd north from Harvest Rd to Junietta Rd, which would allow local traffic improved access to Oliver Brown Elementary. Pottawatomie County Engineer Nathan Bergman had brought a design plan for a two lane road with a third turning lane at [...]

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By Emma Loura Manhattan city officials want Riley County officials to include their portion of CiCo Park in the city’s plans to rezone most of its parks. John Adam, the city’s assistant director of planning, presented county commissioners the city’s intention to rezone parks to public institutional districts. However, because CiCo Park is split between [...]

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