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A Junction City motorcyclist suffered serious injuries Saturday evening in a two-motorcycle crash on K-57 in Geary County, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. The crash occurred at approximately 7:26 p.m. on K-57 just south of I-70 The highway patrol said a 2026 Yamaha motorcycle traveling north slowed after its rider observed another motorcycle crash [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested Friday evening on multiple Riley County District Court warrants alleging child sex crimes and domestic battery. Emilio Soto, 41, of Manhattan, was arrested at approximately 7:36 p.m. July 17 at Tuttle Terrace Mobile Home Park in the 6000 block of Tuttle Terrace. Soto is charged with one count of aggravated [...]

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By Ned Seaton Manhattan ranks seventh-highest among the state’s largest cities in the amount of debt carried by the city government, according to a Manhattan Mercury analysis. The city government had $323 million in all forms of debt, according to the most recent comparative data compiled by the Kansas League of Municipalities, covering 2025. That [...]

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A potential Planet Fitness location is among the rezonings Riley County commissioners will vote on during Tuesday’s meeting. The proposed rezoning is for 4.47 acres north of the intersection of E. Poyntz Avenue and Sarber Lane, from a neighborhood commercial district to a planned unit development for Planet Fitness. On July 6, the Manhattan Urban [...]

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A Manhattan man has been arrested in connection with a rape investigation that began last year, according to the Riley County Police Department. Chad Len Mouton Jr., 21, of Manhattan, was arrested at approximately 2:39 p.m. Thursday, July 16, on one count of rape involving sexual intercourse without consent and the use of force. The [...]

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A Manhattan man has been arrested in connection with a Riley County investigation into the alleged sexual abuse of a child. Taylor Michael John Boyle, 33, of Manhattan, was arrested at approximately 9:32 p.m. Thursday, July 16, on a Riley County District Court warrant charging him with three counts of rape in which the offender [...]

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A Fort Riley man has been arrested in connection with an aggravated battery reported earlier this month in Aggieville. Officers originally filed a report just before 2 a.m. July 11 in the 1200 block of Moro Street after a 25-year-old man reported he was battered by an unknown man in an alley during an altercation. [...]

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The Riley County Police Department is investigating a fraud case after a woman reportedly lost more than $33,000 in a vendor impersonation scam. Officers filed the report at approximately 10:43 a.m. July 16 in the 8900 block of Fairview Church Road. A 43-year-old woman was listed as the victim after an unknown suspect allegedly posed [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested Thursday afternoon on multiple drug-related charges following an investigation by the Riley County Police Department. Officers filed a report for distribution of marijuana, distribution or possession with intent to distribute drug paraphernalia, a precursor or stimulant, and possession of a substance under KSA 65-41-5(h) just before p.m. July 16 in [...]

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A 19-year-old Chapman man suffered serious injuries Thursday evening after his SUV left the roadway, struck two culverts and crashed into a barn in Dickinson County, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. The crash occurred at approximately 5:34 p.m. July 16 at the intersection of Old U.S. Highway 40 and Nobel Road. Troopers said a [...]

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