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Officers responded to a report of an injury crash in the 800 block of N 3rd Pl. in Manhattan on July 11, 2025, at approximately 12:13 p.m. Upon arrival, officers found a 2004 Dodge Ram 2500 driven by, Jason Bryant, 26, of Manhattan had struck a pedestrian, Samantha Taylor, 24, of Manhattan. Taylor was transported to Via Christi for treatment of her injuries. Bryant was issued a citation for failure to yield to pedestrian in crosswalk. Melissa Carson, 38, of Manhattan was arrested on July 12, 2025, at approximately 10:26 a.m. for a Riley County District Court warrant and a Manhattan…
The RCPD released its latest reports, detailing a range of criminal activity in Manhattan over the weekend of July 12–13. Among the most serious incidents were multiple arrests related to domestic violence. On July 12, officers responded to a domestic battery and aggravated domestic battery case at The Links Apartments on Augusta Way. Eighteen-year-old Malachi Kahssay was arrested for allegedly choking a family member, while 19-year-old Alexander Anderson was also arrested in connection to the same case. Additionally, 46-year-old Jose Mendes Montes was arrested later that evening for domestic battery and criminal restraint following a separate incident on Gatlinburg Way.…
The Riley County Police Department responded to a series of incidents in Manhattan over the past few days, including injury accidents, drug-related offenses, and domestic disturbances. Among the notable cases, officers arrested 26-year-old Nathan Eugene Miller Ayalla of Manhattan twice on July 11. His first arrest occurred early in the morning for aggravated burglary, domestic battery, and criminal damage to property, resulting in a $15,000 bond. Later that same day, he was arrested again for possession of marijuana. In separate arrests, 39-year-old David Louis Rojas of Neodesha was taken into custody on a shoplifting warrant, and 38-year-old Brian Odell LaCamera…
The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office Friday morning issued a press release in an attempt to find witnesses to a fight in rural Wamego on July 3. One person was taken to an area hospital for their injuries when the sheriff’s office responded to a report from an injury from a fight at a party in the area of Elm Slough (Slew) Rd and Traytons Lane. Law enforcement has reportedly spoken with several people at the party, but are now asking the public for help identifying two vehicles and possible occupants who may have been witnessed the events. One vehicle is…
Joseph Hodges, 50, of Manhattan, was arrested on July 10, 2025, at approximately 3:51 p.m. at 1001 S. Seth Child Road for a no-bond Pottawatomie County warrant on failure to appear. Hodges is still confined in the Riley County Jail at the time of this report. Christopher Sims, 33, of Junction City, KS, was arrested on July 10, 2025, at approximately 2:30 p.m. in the 100 block of Courthouse Plaza on a Riley County District Court warrant for criminal threat. Sims was issued a total bond of $8000 and is no longer confined in the Riley County Jail at the…
Andrew von Lintel is one of the nine candidates seeking one of three spots up for election on the Manhattan City Commission this fall. Subscribe to our YouTube channel. Stream the show live weekday mornings at 9am: https://www.youtube.com/@NewsRadioKMAN. Click here to listen on Apple Podcast. Click here to listen on Spotify.
For the second straight season, Kansas State is extending head women’s basketball coach Jeff Mittie’s contract. The one-year contract extension, announced by the team on Thursday, follows the Wildcats’ first Sweet 16 berth in over two decades and looks to keep Mittie in Manhattan until 2030. Last year, Mittie signed a five-year contract through the 2028-29 season, which set his base salary for the 2024-25 season at $750,000. This year, that will go up $30,000, followed by $45,000 in 2026-27 and $50,000 in 2027-28 and 2028-29, meaning Mittie will have a base salary of $925,000 by the end of the…
By Rose Gruenbacher Riley County commissioners on Thursday said meetings with the city are pointless if county commissioners are not allowed to ask questions or participate in discussions. Commission member John Ford said he disagrees with the structure of the joint county and city meetings, calling the current system for updates “pointless.” “If we have something of interest or a challenge to discuss, I’m good with that, but just to talk about what’s going on … I can email certain city people and they’re usually pretty good about answering. I don’t need a 4 o’clock middle-of-the-afternoon meeting to accomplish that.”…
A Junction City man was arrested Wednesday afternoon on a litany of charges including aggravated kidnapping. Marcus Devior Jackson, 37, was arrested by Riley County police at 3 p.m. for aggravated kidnapping, attempted rape, aggravated burglary, aggravated domestic battery, criminal damage to property, aggravated sexual battery and protection order violation. He is in Riley County Jail on a $150,000 bond. Click here for more local news.