KMAN Staff

A fast-moving weather system is expected to bring small chances for light precipitation through the day, with temperatures gradually falling and allowing for a mix of wintry precipitation types. Forecasters say the timing and intensity of the system remain limited, but even light precipitation could create slick spots as temperatures drop. Residents should be alert [...]

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Newly elected city officials will take their seats in January, but for some, the new year will mean the end of the road. John Matta is retiring from local politics after 15 years of service overall. Matta was elected to the city commission twice, serving from 2011 to 2015 and again in 2021 and 2023. [...]

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Five people were arrested late Friday night on I-70 near mile marker 298 following a traffic stop that led to a drug investigation. According to the report, the first arrest occurred around 11:41 p.m. when troopers stopped a vehicle in the eastbound lanes for defective headlamps. During the stop, Austyn Nikolus Gallagher, 19, of Manhattan, [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested Tuesday morning on a Riley County District Court warrant linked to a drug investigation from earlier this year. Riley County Police say 24-year-old Donte Long was taken into custody around 10:53 a.m. Dec. 23 in the 1000 block of South Seth Child Road. The warrant charges Long with distribution of [...]

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A Manhattan man was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon on a Riley County District Court warrant stemming from a report filed earlier this year. Riley County Police say 68-year-old Roy Swartz was arrested around 4:19 p.m. Dec. 23 on a charge of indecent liberties with a child between 14 and 16 years old. The warrant [...]

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A 26-year-old Newton man was seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash Tuesday night in Geary County, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. Troopers said the crash occurred at about 9:50 p.m. on Dec. 24 on U.S. Highway 77 southbound near mile marker 150, about 0.7 mile north of Lyon Creek Road. The patrol reported that [...]

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Authorities are investigating after someone drove into an LED sign Wednesday morning in east Manhattan. The Riley County Police Department says it happened shortly before 9 a.m. at Tropical Smoothie in the 400 block of McCall Road. The suspect vehicle was a black Chevy truck. The incident caused around $5,500 in damage. Anyone who may [...]

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The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a suspicious livestock death south of Wheaton. According to a news release, deputies were called out to the area Wheaton Road and K-16 Highway just after 2 p.m. Friday, where a cow was found dead in a field with unusual body parts removed. Investigators determined the injuries do not appear to [...]

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Riley County commissioners have agreed to move forward with relocating the Riley County Police Department’s Aggieville substation. RCPD deputy director Erin Freidline presented a proposal Monday that would allow the department to move from its current space at 1113 Moro Street into a larger storefront space inside the new Hampton Inn being developed by Back [...]

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A Manhattan man charged with sex crimes against a child is the same man who has appeared around town dressed as Batman. Dakotah James Garner, 34, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was arrested by Riley County Police last week for three counts of aggravated indecent liberties; fondling a child under 14 years old. Garner for at least [...]

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