Progress was made Monday morning with the long-discussed McDowell Creek Road Reconstruction Project. Riley County commissioners gave Public Works Director Leon Hobson the go-ahead to advertise the project for bid. Olsson and Associates estimates the project to cost $5.8 million. While the proposed safety improvements to the road falls under sales tax-funded projects, commissioners said […]
A Larned man faces probation violation charges following his arrest Sunday evening by Riley County Police.  Emilio Sheets, 29, was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on at approximately 5:35 PM. Sheets was arrested on 2 warrants for probation violation with original offenses of obstructing the legal process and domestic battery. He was given […]
Officers with the Riley County Police Department arrested Thomas Richard Scripter, 28, of Manhattan, on Saturday evening. Scripter was arrested at approximately 6:20 p.m. in the 3100 block of Claflin Road. His charges include driving under the influence, attempting to elude, battery, refusal of a chemical test, and interfering with a law enforcement officer. Scripter was […]
Riley County Police arrested Heather Marie Spiller, 35, of Manhattan, on Thursday evening. Police made the arrest at approximately 9:30 p.m. in the 500 Block of Vattier Street. She was charged with criminal use of explosives, and her bond was set at $5,000.
Kansas State and Fort Riley top officials renewed their seven-years-and-counting university-to-military community partnership Thursday evening at a ceremony held at the Kansas State Alumni Center on the Kansas State University campus. Signing the partnership was Kansas State University President Kirk Schulz and Fort Riley’s Maj. Gen. Wayne Grigsby. This is the fifth partnership renewal between […]
Riley County commissioners opened bids for the University Park sewer rehabilitation project Thursday morning. The project will be a multi-million dollar endeavor, though 45 percent of it will be paid by an USDA Rural Development Grant. The low bid was from Utility Solutions, LLC, of Basehor for $2.56 million, while the high bid was $4.32 million […]
 One person was taken to the hospital following an early morning fire in Manhattan.  At 2:28 a.m. the Manhattan Fire Department was dispatched to 926 Connecticut for a report of a structure fire. Upon arrival, crews found a two-story residential with a light haze of smoke in the structure. Seven occupants were home at […]
Federal prosecutors Wednesday filed an involuntary manslaughter charge against a Riley County man in connection with a shooting death at Fort Riley. Juwan Jackson, 18 who lives on the Fort Riley base, is charged with one count of involuntary manslaughter. A criminal complaint alleges that on Sept. 11th, Jackson handled a firearm in a reckless […]
A Manhattan woman was life-flighted following a vehicle/pedestrian accident early Tuesday afternoon.  Alysa Hodges, 20, was first taken to Via Christi Hospital via ambulance and then life-flighted to an unknown location. Major Don Stubbings, the K-State Police Assistant Director for Support Services and Public Information Officer, indicates Hodges was in stable condition. The accident occurred […]
(A separate news release is being prepared regarding an aggravated robbery arrest from overnight) ### Riley County Police arrested Jillian Gegen, 23, of Manhattan on a warrant for failure to appear originating in Harvey County. Gegen was given “no bond” and was taken into custody Wednesday at approximately 6:30 PM in the 400 block of Poyntz Ave. […]
