Vandals have struck again out at Anneberg Park. The Riley County Police Department says officers filed a criminal damage to property report Monday after the City of Manhattan reported damage to the soccer building complex, including a door, as well as locks and knobs on three doors to the building. Damage was estimated at just [...]
The Riley County Board of Commissioners approved a request Monday to administer two surveys to collect staff and public feedback on a proposed schedule of four, ten-hour days per workweek for all departments. Riley County Clerk Rich Vargo presented the survey request to commissioners and emphasized that the benefits of this change extend beyond an [...]
A Manhattan woman was arrested over the weekend for DUI and child endangerment. The Riley County Police Department says 26-year-old Elizabeth Bennett was pulled over in the early morning hours Saturday in the 1300 block of Wreath Ave. after the report of a car hitting a parked car. Bennett, who reportedly intoxicated, was found to [...]
A bench warrant has been issued for a Fort Riley soldier accused in a 2019 rape. Luis Emanuel Cortijo-Abreu was intially charged in July 2019 with the 2018 rape of a mentally deficient victim. In court Monday, it was discussed by attorney Brenda Jordan that she has not had contact with Abreu for an extended [...]
A Manhattan man charged with attempted murder was in Riley County District Court Monday for an arraignment on separate charges of violating the offender registration act and perjury. Jarman Morgan, 45, entered not guilty pleas to all seven charges against him, including four for failing to register and three for perjury. The offenses are alleged [...]
Riley County commissioners will be presented Monday with a request to launch a survey as the county considers a potential move to a 4-day work week. According to agenda documents, a workgroup of Riley County staff have researched best options. They’re proposing a move to an expanded schedule of four, 10-hour days for all departments, [...]
The Kansas Department of Transportation is slated to begin construction along U.S. 24 this week, along a 4-mile stretch from K-177/Fort Riley Blvd. to just east of Excel Road, in Pottawatomie County. Alternating lane closures will occur while shoulder widening, mill and overlay work and pavement marking is completed on both directions of U.S. 24. [...]
The 600 block of Poyntz Ave. has been reopened to through traffic, including the Juliette Ave intersection, which is temporarily functioning as a 2-way stop. City officials say traffic on Poyntz has the right-of-way, with left turns onto Juliette occurring in a yield condition as gaps in the opposing lanes of traffic allow. All traffic on [...]
FRIDAY Who: Arts in the Park What: Live music: Opening Act – Plastique, Headliner – Augustus When: 7:30 p.m. Friday Where: Larry Norvell Band Shell at City Park (11th and Poyntz Ave, Manhattan, KS) Why: Live summer music series, free and open to the public. SATURDAY Who: Riley County Health Department What: 2nd Annual Community [...]
The Riley County Health Department recently received $35,000 from the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services to assist with suicide awareness and prevention work. Funds will be used as stipends to hire at least 20 ambassadors to deliver a presentation to community groups in Riley County, which is a collaboration with the Flint Hills [...]
