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Victor Fuentes Jr. and Katrece Johnson, both allegedly involved in connected 2024 shooting incidents on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, appeared in Riley County District Court Monday for hearings in their respective cases, but both were continued to later dates due to the number of involved cases and co-defendants with upcoming appearances. Fuentes, 20, of [...]

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Bowlers showed up to the K-State Union bowling alley over the weekend to roll strikes and show support for youth mentorship. Big Brothers Big Sisters hosted the Bowling for Kids’ Sake fundraiser Saturday. It was the second annual event since it restarted after the COVID-19 pandemic. North Central area director Michelle Sink said all money [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested Friday in connection with an incident involving multiple alleged offenses, according to the Riley County Police Department. Officers filed a report at approximately 9:42 a.m. Feb. 6th in Manhattan for aggravated assault, criminal damage to property, domestic battery and criminal possession of a weapon. A 52-year-old woman and a 31-year-old [...]

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A St. George man was arrested Friday night following an incident in Manhattan that resulted in multiple felony charges, according to the Riley County Police Department. Officers filed reports at approximately 8:41 p.m. Feb. 6th in the 3200 block of Kimball Avenue for aggravated assault, aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer, criminal discharge of [...]

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A Manhattan woman was arrested Friday night on multiple probation violation warrants, according to jail records. Charla Albright, 45, was taken into custody at approximately 9:48 p.m. Feb. 6th in the 1000 block of Limey Place on two Riley County District Court warrants for probation violations. The warrants stem from original charges that include possession [...]

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Police are investigating an aggravated assault reported Saturday night on Fort Riley Boulevard. According to the Riley County Police Department, officers filed a report at about 8:56 p.m. Feb. 7 near mile marker 187 of Fort Riley Boulevard. A 23-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman reported that an unknown suspect fired shots at their vehicle [...]

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Gov. Laura Kelly said she had no prior alert before Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations were conducted in Manhattan. “You’ve been paying attention to what’s going on in Minnesota? Of course they don’t regularly inform the governor — at least in certain states,” Kelly said after speaking Thursday at a Kansas Statehouse event in Topeka, [...]

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USD 383 school board president Jayme Morris-Hardeman on Thursday attracted attention for an anti-ICE post on Facebook. Morris-Hardeman, who in November was re-elected to the Manhattan-Ogden board and in January became president, commented on a friend’s post “Thank you for being an amazing support for all our students. And F*** ICE.” The post to which [...]

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While some ICE activity was confirmed in Manhattan Thursday morning, officials on Friday denied reports of operations at schools and Kansas State University. Michele Jones, director of communications, health and safety at USD 383, told The Mercury that no federal Immigrations and Customs Enforcement operations were active on campuses Thursday. To view the full article [...]

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A Salina woman was arrested Thursday by Riley County Police on a Pottawatomie County District Court warrant. Kelli Wilson, 38, was charged with a single count of theft by threat; $1,500 or less from three businesses in 72 hours. The warrant stems from an original report filed in November 2025. Online court records show Wilson [...]

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