KMAN Staff

The organizers of a country music festival near Manhattan have announced they’re postponing until 2027, about a week after the land owner first announced the event wasn’t happening. Rock the Plains was planned for Aug. 7-8 at 32750 Wabaunsee Road in Alma. The lineup included names such as Travis Tritt, Ian Munsick and Flatland Cavalry. [...]

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A small apartment fire caused minor damage Thursday morning at the Country Meadow Residences. According to the Manhattan Fire Department, crews responded just after 6 a.m. to 1300 Marlatt Ave., where firefighters found flames visible through the front window of a first-floor apartment in a two-story, eight-unit building. Eighteen firefighters on six apparatus responded and [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested Wednesday evening after police investigated a report of criminal damage to property. A 34-year-old woman was listed as the victim. Police identified a known 32-year-old man as the suspect. Jacob Bernard Underwood, 32, of Manhattan, was arrested around 9 p.m. on suspicion of criminal damage to property. Underwood was issued [...]

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A Junction City man was arrested Wednesday on allegations of child sex crimes. According to Junction City police, officers arrested 33-year-old Jose Vega Jr. around 10:45 a.m. in the 200 block of West Spruce Street. Vega was booked on suspicion of rape involving a victim younger than 14 and aggravated indecent liberties with a child, [...]

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A Junction City man was arrested Wednesday on allegations of child sex crimes. According to Junction City police, officers arrested 33-year-old Jose Vega Jr. around 10:45 a.m. in the 200 block of West Spruce Street. Vega was booked on suspicion of rape involving a victim younger than 14 and aggravated indecent liberties with a child, [...]

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The Riley County Police Department is investigating a reported aggravated assault that occurred Tuesday morning in Manhattan. According to police, officers responded just after 11 a.m. to the 100 block of Bluemont Avenue after receiving a report of a disturbance in a parking lot. A 25-year-old man told officers a known 44-year-old man brandished a [...]

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A Minnesota man is dead after a car-versus-bicycle crash on K-177 yesterday afternoon. According to reports from the Kansas Highway Patrol, the accident occurred just after 2 p.m. on the northbound lanes of K-177 near the Konza Prairie lookout point. The KHP says Mark Ten Eyck, 74, of Minnetrista, Minn., was traveling by bicycle in [...]

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A Herington man was injured Tuesday afternoon after a truck overturned on a highway ramp in Riley County, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. The crash happened around 3:20 p.m. at the intersection of K-18 and Pillsbury Drive. Troopers said a 2020 Western Star truck was traveling east on K-18 when the driver turned left [...]

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Republican Stacy Kohlmeier is gearing up her campaign for the Kansas House of Representatives, seeking to replace Rep. Angel Roeser in District 67. Kohlmeier spoke with Mike Matson on News Radio KMAN Tuesday, sharing her views on rising property taxes, the K-12 funding plan and a proposed constitutional amendment to elect Supreme Court justices. On [...]

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Four people and a dog were displaced after a fire damaged an apartment building Monday evening in Manhattan. According to the Manhattan Fire Department, crews responded around 6:45 p.m. to a structure fire at 415 Walters Drive. Firefighters arrived to find flames and smoke coming from the second floor and attic of a two-story, eight-unit [...]

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