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A Junction City man was arrested Saturday on a Riley County warrant listing charges of theft, aggravated battery and leaving the scene of an accident. Riley County Police say 47-year-old Bronson Cameron is charged with two counts of theft, criminal damage to property, aggravated battery and failure to stop at an accident. This incident stems [...]

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Authorities are investigating a suspected domestic battery reported in Manhattan earlier this month. According to the Riley County Police Department, 41-year-old Antoine Jones, of Junction City was arrested Sunday at the Riley County Jail on charges of aggravated domestic battery, criminal damage to property, criminal threat and criminal deprivation of property. Police say the charges [...]

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City commissioners on Tuesday will vote on eliminating the Aggieville Parking Garage’s hourly and daily parking rates, ParkMobile registration and nose-in parking requirements, leaving only a 48-hour parking limit. These proposed changes are in response to construction planned on Moro Street in Aggieville. Construction is anticipated to start in 2027. City officials anticipate the registration [...]

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Two Topeka men were arrested Thursday following a series of burglaries at a Manhattan residence, according to the Riley County Police Department. Officers filed reports on April 12, April 14 and April 16 in the 1200 block of Tabor Valley Road after a 67-year-old man reported that unknown suspects broke into his home on three [...]

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By Nathan Gaddie Riley County commissioners denied a request to extend a long-running contract that offsets recycling costs for glass, steel cans and plastic. For the first time since 2010, Riley County and Bison Ridge Recycling — formerly Howie’s Recycling — will operate without a contract. Previously, the county paid $15,000 annually from the general [...]

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Police are investigating an aggravated assault reported late Wednesday night in Manhattan, according to the Riley County Police Department. Officers filed a report at approximately 10:19 p.m. April 15th, 2026, in the 1200 block of Bertrand Street. A 21-year-old woman and a 20-year-old woman were listed as victims after it was reported a known 21-year-old [...]

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Police are investigating a reported burglary at an apartment in Manhattan, according to the Riley County Police Department. Officers filed a report at approximately 8:57 a.m. April 15th in the 700 block of Osage Street. Seymour Properties was listed as the victim after it was reported that two known male suspects, ages 25 and 24, [...]

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Extreme fire danger is expected across parts of north-central Kansas today, prompting a red flag warning from the National Weather Service in Topeka. Forecasters say conditions will be favorable for rapid fire growth, with afternoon high temperatures in the mid-80s, south winds between 15 and 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph, and relative [...]

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A local woman and the executive director of The Crisis Center, Inc. was recognized Tuesday by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center for her work to end sexual violence. Kathy Ray was selected as the recipient of the visionary voice award for the state of Kansas. The NSVRC offers the visionary voice awards, in conjunction [...]

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By Nathan Gaddie The annual Chester Peterson Jr. public lecture series offered Kansas State University students and faculty the chance to hear from a Nobel Prize-winning physicist. Eric Cornell, a physics professor at the University of Colorado, discussed uncovering cosmic fossils within a lab setting. In his lecture, “Looking for Fossils of the Big Bang [...]

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