KMAN Staff

Beef-a-Roo permanently closed all corporate-owned locations, the company announced July 7, reversing its July 2 statement that the shutdowns were temporary. The Manhattan location on Anderson Avenue was corporate-owned and has been permanently shut down. Parent company Elysian Capital initially closed the 15 restaurants following employee walkouts and financial instability. On July 7, Elysian Capital [...]

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The Riley County Police Department is investigating a residential burglary reported Monday afternoon in Manhattan. Officers filed a report of theft and criminal damage to property just after 5 p.m. July 13 in the 3500 block of Hudson Circle. A 35-year-old woman was listed as the victim after it was reported an unknown suspect entered [...]

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Christopher J’mael Barnes, 33, of Manhattan, was arrested at approximately 6:10 p.m. on July 13, 2026 in the 1000 block of S. Seth Child Road on a pair of Geary County District Court warrants for probation violation. Barnes was issued no bond and is no longer confined in the Riley County Jail. Officers filed a [...]

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A Seven Dolors Catholic Church priest was arrested Sunday for driving under the influence, according to a statement Monday from the Catholic Diocese of Salina. Father Rafael Indave Campos, who is serving as parochial vicar at Seven Dolors, was arrested Sunday in connection with an alleged DUI incident. “The diocese is gathering additional information and [...]

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A Manhattan woman was arrested Saturday in connection with an attempted first-degree murder investigation involving a juvenile victim, according to the Riley County Police Department. Officers filed a report of attempted first-degree murder at approximately 3:47 p.m. July 11 in Manhattan. A 13-year-old boy was listed as the victim. Police identified a known 44-year-old woman [...]

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A Manhattan woman is in custody of the Riley County Jail after being arrested Saturday for attempted 1st degree murder. Officers arrested Amanda Lynn Etter, 44, at 8:36 p.m. at the Riley County Police Department. Etter is charged with one count of attempted murder in the 1st degree; intentional and premeditated. She is held in [...]

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Tuesday’s work session agenda for the Manhattan City Commission contains a discussion of city debt, the mill levy and sales tax renewal. City administration has prepared a summary of the current and future debt as well as a sales tax renewal presentation. This will continue the commission’s budgeting efforts, where commissioners will provide guidance to [...]

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Former Manhattan chiropractor and convicted sex crimes felon Clark Petersen is no longer licensed in Kansas after the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts voted unanimously to revoke his license on Monday. Following a Riley County District Court trial in August, Petersen, 66 was convicted 51 counts of sex crimes against former chiropractic patients. He [...]

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The Pottawatomie County sheriff’s office is looking for information involving a vehicle theft believed to have happened Tuesday evening. Officers received a report Wednesday of a theft believed to have happened on Tuesday between 9 and 10:15 p.m. in the 4500 block of Salzer Road. Deputies on the scene determined an unknown person gained entry [...]

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A Manhattan woman was injured Thursday evening in a two-vehicle crash on North Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, according to the RCPD. Officers responded to the crash at approximately 5:33 p.m. July 9 in the 400 block of N. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Police said a Ford van driven by William Joseph Eichem, 46, [...]

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