KMAN Staff

A Kentucky man was arrested Thursday morning after an overnight manhunt, stemming from a high speed chase on Interstate 70. According to the Junction City Police Department, 24-year-old Robeon Downs and two other suspects fled after their vehicle became disabled near McDowell Creek Road, shortly before midnight. A search of the suspect vehicle found 84 [...]

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A Kansas City woman is in custody after police allege she made a bomb threat at a Manhattan restaurant. The Riley County Police Department says 41-year-old Tisha Steenrod walked into the Taco Bell at 1155 Westport Road at around 5 p.m. Wednesday and told employees she had an explosive device. Officers were called to the [...]

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By Emma Loura Riley County is projected to receive $620,178 in opioid funds over the next 13 years. The county had allocated opioid funds toward Community Corrections and the Department of Health. Both departments requested the continuation of these funds. “The Health Department is asking to continue their education, the community health educator that they [...]

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By Rose Gruenbacher The victim in a child sex crimes trial said she wasn’t taken seriously when she told her caregivers of repeated sexual abuse by a man who was living with her family. The girl, now 17, testified Monday in Riley County District Court about the incidents alleged in the case. Michael Steere, 28, [...]

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A Texas man was arrested Saturday on a Riley County District Court warrant, alleging theft, criminal use of a financial card and other related crimes involving technology. According to the Riley County Police Department, 31-year-old Ryan McIntosh is charged with four counts of unlawful acts involving computers, four counts of identity theft, two counts of [...]

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Authorities are investigating a pair of arson reports from over the weekend in northern Riley County. According to the Riley County Police Department, three people, aged 40, 41 and 72, were listed as victims when a 30-year-old unnamed individual started a fire Friday evening, just after 5:30 p.m. Police said the fire damaged two wheat [...]

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From the Times of Pottawatomie County WAMEGO, June. 22 — An Onaga woman was arrested early Sunday morning on attempted murder charges, according to a press release from Pottawatomie County Sheriff Doug Adams. At approximately 12:35 a.m., the PTSO received a 911 call about a female run over in the 20000 block of Pauling Run [...]

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A Marysville man was seriously injured Friday afternoon in a rollover crash in Pottawatomie County, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. The crash occurred bout two miles north of Havensville along southbound K-63 at mile marker 25. Authorities say the driver of a 2021 Kenworth semi-truck drove off the west edge of the highway, overcorrected, and [...]

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By Rose Gruenbacher RCPD director Brian Peete on Thursday said local CBD stores selling products not compliant with Kansas law could see police enforcement “at any time.” Some store owners and customers are complaining that Manhattan is enforcing the law differently than other places. Riley County police officers recently visited CBD stores in the area, [...]

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Cooling shelters are available in the Manhattan area for the public to get a break from the heat. Daytime locations in Manhattan include Be Able, the Manhattan City Hall lobby, the Flint Hills Discovery Center, the Manhattan Public Library, Manhattan Senior Center, Manhattan Town Center, the Riley County Historical Museum and The Salvation Army. The [...]

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