Riley County EMS reported July was their busiest month in the history of the department for calls for service. Speaking to the county commission, EMS Director David Adams says they answered a total of 501 calls for the month. Adams broke the call volume down by each of the four stations in the county. The [...]
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A former Northview Elementary paraprofessional charged with multiple counts of sexual exploitation will appear in court Tuesday afternoon for a status hearing. Online court documents show that 31-year-old Aaron Zachry was charged with 15 new counts on Friday out of Geary County, all of which include sexual exploitation of a child. Zachry was arrested at [...]
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A new report from the Riley County Police Department shows more thefts of motor vehicles in the month of July than at any other point of 2021. Keys were left in five of the ten stolen vehicles in July. The jump in thefts comes during a stretch that has seen double digit numbers of vehicles [...]
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Riley County emergency personnel responded to two injury crashes north of Manhattan over the weekend, both of which resulted in driver citations. According to Monday’s RCPD activity report, the first occurred Friday evening at the intersection of Seth Child and Marlatt Ave. Police say a passenger car driven by 73-year-old Doris Henson, of Manhattan, drove [...]
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At least one local health care leader is growing frustrated with a lack of trust of professionals regarding the COVID-19 vaccine. Ascension Via Christi CEO and President Bob Copple says physicians are giving advice on a number healthcare issues, but still have patients not listening to expert advice when it comes to COVID. Copple says [...]
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Leonardville’s annual Hullabaloo returned Saturday and did not disappoint those who came out for a day of festivities. Things actually kicked off Friday evening with a beer garden and ranch rodeo and continued into Saturday. It included food trucks, food and craft vendors, a barbecue dinner as well as an ice cream social. Activities included [...]
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reopened the road and stilling basin area at the base of the dam at Tuttle Creek Reservoir. The road reopened Thursday after the completion of a nearly 4-year construction project in the area commonly referred to as the “tubes.” This also means the east half of Outlet Park and [...]
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New COVID cases dropped somewhat in Riley County over the past week, but hospitalizations remain fairly steady. Nine positive patients were hospitalized in Manhattan Thursday with at least four being treated in the ICU. Health Department Director Julie Gibbs says most of the hospitalizations involve those who have not been vaccinated. The health department is [...]
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Junction City Fire was called on twice to deal with apartment fires Thursday. The first caused 15-thousand dollars damage to apartments at 238 East 14th, having started in a vacant apartment before one in the afternoon. An apartment next door suffered smoke damage and cats from inside were returned to their owners. The second fire [...]
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Most Kansas counties lost residents over the past 10 years as the state’s population concentrated in more populous places, including the Kansas City area, new census figures released Thursday showed. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s once-a-decade count of the nation’s population showed that 80 of the state’s 105 counties [...]
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