A Manhattan man was arrested Friday night after allegedly fleeing from police, crashing a vehicle, and leaving the scene with three young children inside. Police say 23-year-old Mason Moon was operating a vehicle while intoxicated when he attempted to flee from officers. He later crashed the vehicle and fled the scene. A 2-year-old girl and two 1-year-old boys were in the vehicle at the time of the wreck. Moon was arrested on three counts of aggravated battery, three counts of aggravated endangering a child, as well as the aforementioned driving offenses. He was issued a total bond of $50,000 and…
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Officers filed a report for aggravated burglary and violation of a protection order in Ogden on July 17, 2025, at approximately 10:00 p.m. A 33-year-old woman was listed as the victim and a 29-year-old man was listed as the suspect. Keith Rea, 29, of Junction City, KS was arrested for violation of a protection order and aggravated burglary. Rea was issued a total bond of $15,000 and is no longer confined at the time of this report. Officers filed a report for theft in the 900 block of Moro St in Manhattan on July 18, 2025, at approximately 7:14 a.m.…
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By Rose Gruenbacher The Kansas Court of Appeals ruled this month that Riley County District Court judge’s decision to affirm the approval of an amended planned unit development application for Liquid Art winery by county commissioners was valid. While the court saw the merit of Prairiewood Holding’s appeal, their final opinion upholds Judge Grant Bannister’s decision. Prairiewood, a retreat and tallgrass preserve on Wildcat Creek Road, brought the board of Riley County Commissioners to court after the board in 2022 approved an application from Lawe LLC for replatting and an amended PUD on their property. The amendment did not include…
Two people were hospitalized with serious injuries Sunday after a crash involving a motorcycle and a pickup truck on U.S. Highway 24 west of U.S. 59. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, the crash occurred around 11 a.m. when 56-year-old Dwight O. Mewes of Ogden was riding a 2017 Harley-Davidson westbound on U.S. 24. Mewes reportedly braked for a vehicle in front of him, lost control of the motorcycle, and slid into an eastbound Nissan Frontier. Mewes was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash. He was transported to Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka with suspected serious injuries.…
The RCPD responded to a variety of incidents over the weekend, including multiple arrests, an animal bite, battery cases, and an unattended death. One of the arrests occurred early Sunday morning when officers took 23-year-old Kaiden Michael Burton of Wamego into custody in the 1000 block of Kearney Street. Burton was arrested for battery on a law enforcement officer during an encounter that began just after midnight. He was also booked on a parole violation warrant, with a total bond set at $2,000. In a separate incident, 30-year-old Aspeen Daiquan Markee Carlton of Ogden was arrested by the Kansas Highway…
The Riley County Police Department responded to a series of incidents throughout Manhattan on Friday, July 18, resulting in ten arrests on a variety of charges. In the early hours of the morning, officers were called to the 1100 block of Moro Street for a reported fight. Two individuals, 20-year-old Edwin Wesley Daniels Jr. of Fort Riley and 27-year-old Sean Reeves Mahoney of Seneca, were arrested at the scene for disorderly conduct related to brawling or fighting. Both were issued a $500 bond. Later in the evening, another arrest occurred when officers took 23-year-old Mason Clay Moon of Manhattan into…
A Manhattan woman was hospitalized following a single-vehicle crash Friday afternoon on K-177 near mile marker 96. According to the Geary County Sheriff’s Office, the crash occurred at approximately 3:38 p.m. on July 18. Payton Schlieper was driving a Toyota Prius southbound when she failed to negotiate a right-hand turn onto the westbound ramp of I-70, reportedly due to excessive speed. The vehicle went through a guardrail and came to rest in a ditch. Schlieper and any additional occupants were transported to the hospital for medical evaluation. No further details about the extent of injuries were immediately available. Click here…
A Manhattan woman sustained a minor injury Friday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash near the junction of I-70 and K-177 in Geary County. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at 3:35 p.m. on July 18, when a pickup truck exited I-70 and attempted to cross K-177 to assist at another collision scene. The truck failed to yield at a stop sign and was struck by a 2019 Cadillac XT4 traveling northbound. The driver of the truck, 19-year-old Nicholas K. Newland of Kamuela, Hawaii, was wearing a seatbelt and was not injured. The driver of the Cadillac, 33-year-old…
On today’s edition of The Game, we’ll have our first annual Game Night featuring some of your favorite games over the past years, including the return of several show hosts. You won’t want to miss it! https://www.youtube.com/live/t1tYChn1sOg?si=366zuSimPL57ki6o Full Show Segment 1 – Blindly Rank 5 Segment 2 – Stump the Shaw Segment 3 – K-State Classics with Cole Segment 4 – Mason v Music v John v Movies & Ask Us Anything