The Manhattan Fire Department wrapped up their fire prevention week with family-friendly activities at their annual open house. Community members flocked to the Headquarters Fire Station to ride Old Engine 1, practice using real fire hoses, watch real fire demonstrations and more. MFD Captain Dan Newton explained more about the focus of this year’s fire [...]
Pottawatomie County will be the venue for Dana Chandler’s third trial for a 2002 double murder. Chandler was convicted in 2012 of the murders of her ex-husband Mike Sisco and his fiance Karen Harkness at a Topeka residence. However the conviction was overturned by the Kansas Supreme Court in 2018, citing prosecutorial misconduct after the [...]
Pottawatomie County will be the venue for Dana Chandler’s [...]
Kansas State University President Richard Linton acknowledges there is [...]
Kansas State University President Richard Linton acknowledges there is a sense of urgency when it comes to turn around years of lagging student enrollment numbers. “If we don’t solve this challenge, we either need to do one of two things, grow numbers, grow to a bigger institution, stronger and bolder, or rethink and be a [...]
That was Crisis Center Inc. Executive Director Kathy Ray officially announcing the opening of their new safe shelter. While the shelter was completed back in July, the announcement was made Tuesday at the center’s thank you reception inside the College Avenue United Methodist Church. The thank you reception was held to honor and recognize all [...]
A status hearing was held Tuesday for Robert Iacobellis, the former Manhattan restaurant owner charged with more than two dozen counts of sexual abuse involving four individuals. Judge Kendra Lewison, who is presiding over the case, announced that Salina attorney Julie Effenbeck has been appointed by as Iacobellis’ new attorney. The decision comes amid Iacobellis’ [...]
A motorcyclist was injured Monday following a crash in southern Riley County. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 23-year-old George Turner, of Fort Riley, was northbound on McDowell Creek Road shortly before 1 p.m. and failed to negotiate a right hand curve. The bike entered a ditch, struck an embankment and Turner was ejected. Turner sustained [...]
A 17-year-old is in custody for his role in a summer incident where shots were fired outside Manhattan’s Holiday Inn at the Campus. RCPD says Marc Anthony Oliver was arrested Friday at Manhattan High School on a warrant for criminal use of a firearm and marijuana possession. Oliver reportedly discarded a bag of marijuana and [...]
A 17-year-old is in custody for his role in [...]
