A man and dog were injured in a building explosion in northern Riley County on Saturday afternoon according to Riley County Fire Chief Pat Collins. Ken Specht was reportedly checking a furnace in a shop building located at 2217 Ober Road when there was an explosion. The blast destroyed the building and blew windows out […]
The Kansas Supreme Court earlier this week issued its opinion in a 2010 indecent liberties and aggravated sodomy case involving Justin Dern, with the victims listed as two three-year-old girls. The Court affirmed Dern’s two convictions for aggravated indecent liberties with a child and the life sentences imposed for them. But the Supreme Court Justices reversed […]
While places like Walmart and Best Buy saw big crowds Thursday evening, the official Black Friday national shopping event went into motion Friday morning in Manhattan. “It’s pretty exciting, we’re seeing a lot of traffic now here later in the morning,”  Manhattan Town Center Marketing Director Jeff Sutton told KMAN. “It started out a little […]
Several arrests were reported by Riley County Police Thanksgiving morning. Codey Lindquist, 18, of Manhattan was taken into custody on charges of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, criminal sodomy, and indecent and electronic solicitation involving a child. The case relates to an earlier reported incident involving two alleged consensual teens, with one under 16 […]
A Clay Center woman was taken to the hospital following an accident on I-70 Thursday afternoon.  Samantha Hurst, 20, was westbound on I-70 about a mile west of Junction City when she lost control of the 2012 Nissan Altima she was driving due to the wet road, went across the median, and slid into the […]
(Photo Courtesy of National Weather Service, Topeka) The Freezing line late Thursday night extended from Valley Falls, to Topeka, to east of Burlington. West of this line periods of freezing rain with isolated sleet showers were occurring. Road temperatures will continue to cool and ice will begin forming on roadways through the night. The […]
(Photo courtesy National Weather Service, Topeka, Kansas) Hazardous Travel Conditions Expected during the Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend!** Moderate to heavy rain is expected through much of Thanksgiving Day, with rainfall accumulations upwards of 1-2” likely. However, as a strong cold front moves through the area today, temperatures will quickly plunge to around or below the freezing […]
Sales tax numbers for the City of Manhattan rebounded for November after a disappointing showing in October. Manhattan took in $1,064,371 this month according to report from State Treasurer Ron Estes, compared to $955,911 in November 2014. This puts the Little Apple $118,384 ahead of expectations for sales tax receipts for the month. Retail trade accounted […]
Manhattan City Commissioners all spoke in support of possible renovations to Peace Memorial Auditorium, but worried about the costs for them Tuesday night in City Hall. Commissioners gathered a work session and heard from the Friends of Peace Memorial Auditorium, a group pushing for renovations that include dedications to military veterans — World War II […]
Local school districts stacked up well in the latest school district rankings by the website Niche.com for 2015. The website, which analyzes school districts and colleges across the country, listed Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 as the fourth-best in the state, while the Rock Creek school district was picked 10th and Wamego came in at No. 15. […]
