KMAN Staff

It’s going to cost more for Riley County to upgrade infrastructure for the information technology and geographic information systems remodel project. Commissioners on Monday unanimously approved a $53,753 increase in design services, bringing the total cost to $132,603. Public works director John Ellermann said after the commission on March 19 approved installing a generator at [...]

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The Riley County Health Department and Kansas Department of Health and Environment are continuing a program that provides residents access to healthcare coverage through presumptive eligibility determinations and KanCare application support. Commissioners, convening as the board of health on Monday, unanimously approved the renewal of a memorandum of understanding between the two entities. Riley County’s [...]

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Big bucks are coming to Kansas State University. U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, a Kansas Republican, announced Friday in the Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health Auditorium on the Manhattan campus that $4.9 million in federal resources will support K-State’s College of Veterinary Medicine. Moran, a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services [...]

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Riley County Police are investigating after a man reported his vehicle was stolen from his Manhattan home over the weekend. A 40-year-old man told police someone stole his silver 2011 Honda Accord, valued at approximately $5,000 from the 1500 block of Pierre Street. As of Monday, police had no word on a suspect. They’re asking [...]

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A Manhattan man is jailed on charges of child endangerment and aggravated battery. The Riley County Police Department says 29-year-old Joshua Downey was arrested Friday morning in connection to a criminal report originally filed in December. An online criminal complaint alleges the charges against a child born in 2019. The report also charges him with [...]

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One person was injured Friday morning following a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 70 near Topeka, according to authorities. Deputies responded at approximately 10:33 a.m. April 3rd, 2026, to eastbound I-70 near mile marker 304 for a reported injury accident. According to the report, Vicke L. Leece of Topeka was traveling westbound in a red 2025 [...]

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A Missouri man was seriously injured in a single-vehicle rollover accident at 1:15 a.m. Friday. John Ray, 21, of Lake Winnebago, was driving a Chevrolet 2500 truck going south on US Highway 24 when he went off the right side of the road and lost control of the vehicle. The truck crossed back over US-24, [...]

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A Manhattan man has been arrested in connection with an investigation involving sexual exploitation of a child, according to the Riley County Police Department. Phillip Andrew Dews, 32, was taken into custody at approximately 1:30 p.m. April 2nd, 2026, in Manhattan. He is charged with five counts of violating the offender registration act, five counts [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested Thursday morning in connection with a January investigation involving multiple financial crimes, according to the Riley County Police Department. Jacob Theodore Disberger, 27, was taken into custody at approximately 10:41 a.m. April 2nd in the 2700 block of Buttonwood Drive. He was arrested on nine counts of identity theft, six [...]

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A Topeka man was arrested Thursday evening at the Riley County Law Enforcement Center on a failure-to-appear warrant, according to authorities. Bryan Stephen Painter, 38, was taken into custody at approximately 8:04 p.m. April 2nd in the 1000 block of South Seth Child Road. The Riley County District Court warrant stems from original charges that [...]

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