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The Riley County Police Department reported that two separate arrests were made Tuesday, for charges of sex crimes. 41-year-old Lamarques Channel, of Topeka, has been charged with criminal sodomy and rape. The arrest stems from the investigation of an incident that occurred in October 2019. Channel remains jailed on a $150,000 bond. 22-year-old Mason Dusseault, [...]

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Three teenagers have been arrested in connection to a stolen vehicle from an east Manhattan convenience store. According to the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office, dispatchers received a report shortly before 5 o’clock Monday that an SUV had been stolen from the Casey’s parking lot on East Highway 24. A short time later, dispatchers received a [...]

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A potential roundabout on Anderson Avenue near the Unger Complex continues to be a hot-button topic. Mayor Karen McCulloh, who joined Within Reason with Mike Matson on KMAN earlier this month, said she intends to listen to the engineers’ recommendations on how to potentially make the intersection safer. “The first time I was on the [...]

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Manhattan animal control officers said Tuesday they have made contact with a man who was driving around town with a dead possum tied to his car. In a written statement posted to social media Friday, animal control said someone had reported a driver dragging what appeared to be a dead possum tied to a rope, [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested Monday evening following a reported stabbing in the 3000 block of James Avenue. According to the Riley County Police Department, officers filed a report around 8:08 p.m. on April 28, 2025, for aggravated battery, aggravated endangering a child, and criminal damage to property. A 17-year-old female was listed as a [...]

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In Dickinson County, a Salina woman and child were injured when their vehicle crashed after hydroplaning on I-70, east of Abilene. The crash happened Monday evening just before 6 p.m. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the driver, 25-year-old Rebecca Pierce was attempting to pass a semi, but hydroplaned, went into a ditch and rolled. Pierce [...]

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By Emma Loura Riley County Planning and Development is encouraging the public to attend a community workshop in May. Public engagement is needed to help guide the comprehensive plan, regarding the future of land use between now and 2040. At Monday’s meeting, county officials heard about the work of the planning department with its Comprehensive [...]

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Cloudy and cool conditions are expected today, with isolated to scattered showers developing across the area from west to east. Rain and storm chances will increase tonight and continue into Sunday morning. Thunderstorms are forecast to redevelop Sunday afternoon and overnight, with some storms in north central Kansas potentially becoming strong to severe. An upper-level [...]

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By Emma Loura Kansas-born author and K-State graduate Tammi Sauer returned to her old stomping grounds Wednesday, teaching the 2nd and 3rd graders of Amanda Arnold Elementary about effective story-telling. Sauer, who has written and published 37 children’s books, says she combines heart and humor to her writing. “It’s just such a strange and wonderful [...]

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By Rose Gruenbacher Riley County Police Department this week proposed a $30.85 million budget for 2026, which would be a 7.28% increase from 2025. However police board members unanimously rejected the proposal, and chairman John Matta said the increase was twice as high as he wanted it to be. Director Brian Peete said the proposed number, [...]

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