Elected officials are required to review districts to ensure equal population rates. Riley County residents comprise three districts, each represented by a commissioner. The districts were contiguous to each other years ago. County Clerk Rich Vargo explains. Vargo says the districts must be less than a 5% variation in population, and the current districts are within [...]
Elected officials are required to review districts to ensure [...]
A Wamego man was found dead in a home Sunday afternoon and authorities are now investigating his death as suspicious. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says it’s working with the Wamego Police Department and Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office to positively identify the man. An autopsy was scheduled for Tuesday. Wamego Police responded to a 911 [...]
A Wamego man was found dead in a home [...]
A retired military officer is the first candidate to announce a run for a seat on the Manhattan-Ogden School Board. Robert Busby filed for the November general election Friday, according to the Riley County Clerk’s Office. Busby, who resides in the Green Valley area, is the current Vice Chair of the Pottawatomie County Planning Commission [...]
A retired military officer is the first candidate to [...]
A Manhattan man was jailed Saturday evening following a domestic incident in the 700 block of Dondee Drive. RCPD arrested 31-year-old Bryan Mosley on charges of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated battery, domestic battery, criminal threat, intimidation of a witness and aggravated assault. Police say a 28-year-old woman reported that Mosley hit her, took her cell phone [...]
In the first month since taking over as the sixth director of the Riley County Police Department, Brian Peete has done a lot of visiting with members of the public. A well-attended meet and greet was held Thursday at the Flint Hills Discovery Center. A day later, Peete visited with KMAN, calling the ceremony both [...]
Kansas State University honored the life and legacy Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with their annual candle lighting and wreath laying ceremony on campus Friday. Prior to the laying of the wreaths next to Dr. King’s bust outside of Ahearn Fieldhouse, members of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity held their candle lighting ceremony. Before lighting [...]
Kansas State University honored the life and legacy Dr. [...]
