A Pottawatomie County woman and an infant child were seriously injured in a crash southwest of Wamego Thursday morning. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the crash happened shortly before 11 a.m. when an eastbound Toyota Avalon carrying three people, left the road and struck a tree, near Bluebird Road. The driver, identified as 28-year-old Tyra [...]
A trial has been scheduled in early 2023 for a Manhattan man charged with murdering his former girlfriend’s infant son. At a Tuesday status conference, Riley County Judge Kendra Lewison scheduled the trial for 22-year-old Gage Anderson to begin on Feb. 7th. Anderson is accused in the December 2020 death of 2-year-old Cyrus Gray. At [...]
A new principal has been named at College Hill Early Learning Center. Katie Hagenmaier is succeeding Stephanie Kabriel, who announced her resignation from the school earlier this spring. Hagenmaier is a current 1st grade teacher at Valley Heights USD 498 in Waterville. Prior to that she served as a 4th grade teacher for USD 475 [...]
The USA Special Olympic Games start next week, and the unified volleyball team from Manhattan earned a spot in this year’s games. Manhattan will compete against teams from all over the United States. Head coach Kim Schnee said it was very exciting to be selected for this year’s competition. The team is having a special [...]
Riley County Police say a motorcyclist was injured Tuesday after he lost control and was thrown from the bike. Authorities from RCPD, Manhattan Fire and Riley County EMS responded to the crash around 8:30 p.m. in the 1700 block of Vaughn Drive. RCPD says 42-year-old Jimmy Humbert was thrown forward off the motorcycle. He was [...]
More details have emerged in the case of a former Wamego Middle School science teacher arrested Sunday on suspicion of a sex crime involving an underage victim. Allen Sylvester, 51, of rural Wabaunsee County, was formally charged Wednesday with one count of unlawful sexual relations. According to Wabaunsee County Attorney Tim Liesmann, the victim was [...]
The deadline to file for the August primary came and went Wednesday with only a slight change to local races. In Pottawatomie County, Nathan Gotsch filed before the deadline for the 1st District commission seat and will be an independent in the November election. Gotsch also ran in 2018, but lost to Republican Dee McKee, [...]
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment says Riley County’s COVID incidence rate moved into the moderate category during the week of May 21st through the 27th, recording 32 new cases. The new data, provided in Wednesday’s weekly update from the health department, moves Riley County from the substantial incidence category to moderate, which is [...]
Riley County Police have requested charges of attempted second degree murder and aggravated battery to be filed against a Manhattan man accused of stabbing a victim in the neck with a pocket knife. RCPD arrested 32-year-old Mark Rickenbacker Tuesday following an alleged attack from this past weekend. A 27-year-old male victim reported the incident occurred [...]
Upgraded charges have been filed against a Manhattan man accused in a recent stabbing incident. At a Zoom hearing Friday, in Riley County District Court, prosecutors amended 44-year-old Jarman Morgan’s charge of attempted second-degree murder to attempted first-degree murder, and added a disorderly conduct charge. He also faces a charge of aggravated battery for the [...]
