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The Riley County Police Department is investigating the criminal use of a financial card involving nearly $18,000 in unauthorized purchases. According to RCPD, the report was filed at 11:35 a.m. Tuesday, with AT&T listed as the victim. A known suspect allegedly used a company credit card to make personal purchases. Police estimated the loss at [...]

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A Minnesota man is dead after a car-versus-bicycle crash on K-177 yesterday afternoon. According to reports from the Kansas Highway Patrol, the accident occurred just after 2 p.m. on the northbound lanes of K-177 near the Konza Prairie lookout point. The KHP says Mark Ten Eyck, 74, of Minnetrista, Minn., was traveling by bicycle in [...]

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A Herington man was injured Tuesday afternoon after a truck overturned on a highway ramp in Riley County, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. The crash happened around 3:20 p.m. at the intersection of K-18 and Pillsbury Drive. Troopers said a 2020 Western Star truck was traveling east on K-18 when the driver turned left [...]

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Riley County’s juvenile intake saw an improvement in June, community corrections director Megan Lewis told county commissioners on Monday. Juvenile intake and assessment services for the month of June were 21 in total. “Nineteen were released to their parent or guardian, one was a relative and then one went to detention,” Lewis said. “You might [...]

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Riley County commissioners on Monday unanimously approved replat requests for residential lots and farmland. One request allowed for the separation of an existing rural homestead from a larger agricultural tract. The request, presented on behalf of J and M Leasing, sought approval of a residential use designation for an “extraneous farmstead,” allowing an existing home [...]

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Republican Stacy Kohlmeier is gearing up her campaign for the Kansas House of Representatives, seeking to replace Rep. Angel Roeser in District 67. Kohlmeier spoke with Mike Matson on News Radio KMAN Tuesday, sharing her views on rising property taxes, the K-12 funding plan and a proposed constitutional amendment to elect Supreme Court justices. On [...]

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Four people and a dog were displaced after a fire damaged an apartment building Monday evening in Manhattan. According to the Manhattan Fire Department, crews responded around 6:45 p.m. to a structure fire at 415 Walters Drive. Firefighters arrived to find flames and smoke coming from the second floor and attic of a two-story, eight-unit [...]

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Firefighters from multiple agencies responded Monday morning after a camper caught fire at a campground in Milford, damaging a nearby pontoon boat and two additional campers. Emergency crews were dispatched at approximately 11 a.m. July 27 to Flag Stop Campground in the city of Milford for a reported camper fire. According to the Geary County [...]

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The Riley County Police Department is investigating two separate vehicle incidents that occurred over the weekend in Manhattan. Officers first responded at approximately 10:20 a.m. Friday, July 25, to the 1800 block of Laramie Street after a 38-year-old man reported a known 33-year-old woman stole his 2007 Ford F-150. Police estimated the value of the [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested early Sunday after police investigated an altercation in Aggieville. Officers filed a report just after 2 a.m. July 26 in the 1100 block of Moro Street for battery, disorderly conduct and two counts of battery of a law enforcement officer. A 34-year-old man and a 22-year-old man were listed as [...]

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