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A Pennsylvania man was arrested Wednesday afternoon following an aggravated battery investigation in Manhattan. Riley County Police say officers filed a report around 12:44 p.m. Dec. 3 listing a 23-year-old man and the Kansas Department of Transportation as victims. Police reported a 29-year-old man known to the male victim caused injury and damaged property during [...]

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The Riley County Police Department is investigating a vehicle theft reported Wednesday afternoon near the Stonehaven neighborhood. Officers filed the report around 3:20 p.m. Dec. 3 near Stonehaven Drive and Amherst Avenue. Larson Construction was listed as the victim after an unknown suspect stole a 2001 Ford F-350. The vehicle’s estimated value is $8,500. Anyone [...]

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A Benedict, Nebraska man was returned to Riley County and taken into custody Wednesday afternoon on multiple warrants. According to the Riley County Police Department, 22-year-old Randy Molt was extradited from Grand Island, Nebraska, and arrested around 4 p.m. Dec. 3 on a Riley County District Court warrant for probation violation. Molt was also arrested [...]

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The Riley County Police Department is investigating an aggravated robbery reported Wednesday evening in Manhattan. Officers filed the report around 5:19 p.m. Dec. 3 in the 700 block of Allen Road. A 23-year-old man told police three unknown men beat him and stole a handgun valued at $150. Anyone with information about a crime can [...]

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A Manhattan woman convicted of multiple drug charges this year was scheduled to receive her sentence Monday in Riley County District Court, but her case now faces a delay. Catrien Van-Petten, 36, was convicted in September of conspiracy to distribute over 1,000 units of fentanyl within 1,000 feet of a school, possession with the intent to [...]

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A Pittsburg man’s trial was cancelled this week following a denial for change of judge and the prosecutor’s notice of interlocutory appeal with the Kansas Court of Appeals regarding pre-trial rulings in the case made by Riley County District Court Judge John Bosch. Jeffery Scott Bailey, 44, was scheduled to be in a jury trial from [...]

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The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office is investigating vandalism to a water tower near Olsburg. Deputies were called out Wednesday morning to the area of Swede Road and Shannon Creek Road where it was discovered a tower serving Rural Water District No. 2 had sustained numerous bullet impacts. Sheriff Doug Adams says it does not appear [...]

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Cox Brothers Barbecue in Manhattan has announced they are closing at the end of the day on Friday. In a letter to their guests, the McCall Rd restaurant said they’d enjoyed being part of the communities events, tailgates and memorable moments for more than 10 years. Representatives at HCI Hospitality, the operating company of Cox [...]

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A 54-year-old Overland Park man died and a passenger was seriously injured Tuesday morning in a two-vehicle crash south of Deep Creek Road. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, the crash occurred around 11:08 a.m. Dec. 2 on K-177 near mile marker 101. Troopers say a 2005 Ford Super Duty driven by 17-year-old Avery Gene [...]

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Kamahl Bobian’s life sentence has not changed. At his resentencing Tuesday, Judge Kendra Lewison formally pronounced Bobian’s sentence for first-degree premeditated murder at Riley County District Court. Lewison said at the original sentencing, which took place December 2023, Bobian’s sentence of 50 years to life had not been stated on the record and this needed [...]

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