After about five hours of deliberation, jurors in the murder trial of Richard Goens returned guilty verdicts on all six charges. Following a jury poll, Judge Grant Bannister accepted the verdict and found Goens guilty of first degree murder for the 2019 shooting death of Tanner Zamecnik. Goens was also convicted on five other charges [...]

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Sunset Zoo has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums to promote local conservation efforts. The zoo announced the award is to promote conservation education efforts from the A-Z-A and the Disney Conservation Fund. This year, the association of Zoos and Aquariums has awarded Party for the Planet: Spring Into [...]

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Riley County commissioners will support recommendations and legislation for increased state funding for Community Corrections. Community corrections is looking for increased funding to deal with job retention and competitive wages. Commissioner John Ford has already met with community corrections on testifying if the need arises. Ford says this issue is more akin to working with [...]

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Day two of the murder trial of Richard Goens continued with state witness testimony and news of a COVID-19 exposure among the jury. As jurors were set to be released for lunch, Judge Grant Bannister informed the court that juror 13 had tested positive for the novel coronavirus some time prior to Monday morning. Bannister [...]

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Riley County Police are investigating an apparent aggravated battery and assault that occurred early Sunday morning at McDonald’s at 4th and Bluemont Ave. Police say a male suspect in the passenger side of a car in the drive thru lane reportedly pulled a gun on a 23-year-old man as he walked by. A separate male [...]

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A Manhattan man is jailed after an apparent knife attack that injured at least one person. The Riley County Police Department says a report was filed Saturday in the area of 9th and Humboldt Street, charging 39-year-old Benjamin Lewis with aggravated battery, aggravated assault and interference with LEO. According to the report, Lewis is alleged [...]

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A suspect from a 2019 house party brawl where shots were fired has been brought into custody from out of state. According to the Riley County Police Department, 30-year-old Travell Hairston of Sacramento, California, was extradited to the Riley County Jail Sunday and arrested for two failure to appear warrants. One of those is connected [...]

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