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By Rose Gruenbacher The head of Riley County Police Department’s corrections division on Monday said much of its overpopulation comes from inmates awaiting court. RCPD Maj. Mark French spoke during Monday’s meeting of the Riley County Law Enforcement Agency Board meeting, describing some factors contributing to that situation. French said the jail does not hold [...]

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A week after controversial comments made by board member Katie Allen, regarding the murder of conservative pundit Charlie Kirk, the USD 383 school board Wednesday evening approved a resolution calling for her resignation. The measure passed on a 5-1 vote, with Jayme Morris-Hardeman the lone member to oppose. Allen abstained from voting, but in her [...]

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By Rose Gruenbacher A Riley County District Court case charging a 20-year-old Olathe man with rape and aggravated sexual battery was dismissed by the court Monday. Kane Harris was set to go through trial last week for charges of rape and aggravated sexual battery that he was alleged to have committed against a woman in [...]

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By Rose Gruenbacher A man serving as designated driver at a Halloween party in 2023 said he didn’t realize the sex he heard between two people that night may not have been consensual. Darnell Hall told a jury in Riley County District Court Tuesday that he saw Joshue Sandoval Serrano, now 23, holding a passed-out [...]

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By Rose Gruenbacher A special committee formed to address discord between RCPD and the Aggieville Business Association met earlier this month, but at September’s meeting of the Riley County Law Enforcement Agency Board, tensions ran high as no understanding was reached between the two sides. Board member Craig Beardsley volunteered last month to form a [...]

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Kansas Highway Patrol officers reported a two-vehicle crash Monday, at 6:58 p.m. in Geary County, at the intersection of US highway 77 and KS highway 57. Christian Alonso Hernandez, 28, of McKinney, Texas was driving south on U77 with a green traffic light. At the same time, Sean Anthony Cole, 18, of Chapman was driving [...]

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Officials have confirmed that Katie Allen is no longer employed with the Kansas Department of Education following her comments on the death of political activist Charlie Kirk. Allen had worked for the KSDE as a research analyst. KSDE’s director of communications did not give a reason for Allen’s separation and told The Mercury on Monday [...]

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By Emma Loura While renovating the old Emergency Medical Services building, Riley County is updating it to better house the Fire Department’s Information Technology. At Monday’s meeting, the county’s IT director spoke about the process of moving the technology over. This project is estimated to cost $800,000. “To start with, the building doesn’t have a [...]

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K-State on Monday confirmed it had placed employee Derron Borders on leave. Borders, an investigative specialist in the civil rights and Title IX office at K-State, made several posts in support of Palestine that critics say are extremist and anti-Semitic. K-State officials did not say why Borders is on administrative leave or when it began. [...]

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Riley County police officers filed a report of an injury accident in Riley at 12:18 p.m. on Friday. Officers responded to the accident near the intersection of Main Street and Madison Road, where they found a crash involving two vehicles. The report stated Lesa Heiman, 34, of Riley was driving a Chevy Traverse and struck [...]

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