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By Emma Loura At Monday’s county commission meeting, the planning director presented a draft with updated language on licensing requirements and other rules for commissioner feedback. One planned requirement for short-term rentals (also called vacation rentals, commonly rented on sites like Airbnb and VRBO) is a responsible agent. Webb added a rule that the responsible [...]

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A St. Marys woman was seriously injured Saturday in an accident in Jackson County. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 56-year-old Carol Jacas was westbound on a rural county road near Highway 75 when she ran a stop sign, striking a vehicle driven by 31-year-old Sierra Phillips. Jacas was transported to Stormont Vail in Topeka [...]

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By Emma Loura The federal government cut two grants for the Riley County Health Department related to the prevention and treatment of diseases, officials said Thursday. Effective March 24, the federal government discontinued four grants for health departments across Kansas, two of which affect Riley County. All health departments in the state received notices March [...]

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A federal court has sentenced a Manhattan man to 60 years in prison after he led a conspiracy to produce child pornography. Joel Womochil, 39, a former Burns police chief, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge John Broomes on March 28 for two counts of conspiracy to commit sexual exploitation of a child — [...]

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Two people have been charged in connection to a pair of shootings last fall in Manhattan. The Riley County Police Department said Friday that 20-year-old Victor Fuentes, Jr., of Compton, California, and 17-year-old Delron Tyree, Jr., of Topeka, had each been charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder, three counts of criminal damage to [...]

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A portion of U.S. 24 near Manhattan is scheduled to close next week, as part of the Kansas Department of Transportation’s roundabout projects at the K-113 and K-13 junctions. In a news release, KDOT stated that in this phase of the project, U.S. Highway 24 between the two junctions will be closed to through traffic [...]

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Police on Wednedsay arrested two men in custody after an apparent altercation. 23-year-old Cordarius Gowdy and 27-year-old Jacob Thompson, both of Ogden, face charges of aggravated assault and trafficking contraband into the jail. Gowdy was additionally charged with an aggravated weapons violation and criminal threat. Gowdy’s bond was set at $27,000, while Thompson’s bond was [...]

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Two people escaped serious injury when a car and pickup collided at a busy Manhattan intersection Wednesday evening. According to the Riley County Police Department, it happened shortly before 5:30 pm at Tuttle Creek Blvd and Kimball Ave. when a passenger car driven by Deanna Nelson, of Riley, struck a pickup driven by Craig Carlson, [...]

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Riley County Police have arrested a Manhattan woman on suspicion of forgery. According to Wednesday’s RCPD arrest report, 35-year-old Marijke Torres is additionally charged with unlawfully obtaining a prescription drug and three counts of identify theft. Officers say two women were reported as victims Monday when Torres allegedly used both women’s information to obtain the [...]

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By Rose Gruenbacher A Riley County District Court judge on Tuesday denied an attorney’s request to withdraw from a case that includes nearly 100 counts of sex crimes against a child. Defense attorney Jonathan Phelps in February filed a motion with the court to withdraw as counsel for Thomas Quinn, 39, who faces charges of [...]

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