Jury Deliberating in Geary County Murder Case
Christopher Lyman A Geary County first degree murder/child abuse jury trial resumes Thursday with the jury recessing at 5 p.m. Wednesday. The group will continue deliberations in the Christopher Lyman...
View ArticleMan Found Guilty of Murder, Battery, Abuse
Christopher Lyman A man arrested nearly two years after an eight-month old child died at a Kansas City Hospital was found guilty of felony murder, aggravated battery and child abuse in Geary County...
View ArticleRCPD Report 5/15/15
On Thursday at approximately 10:15 a.m. officers with the Riley County Police Department arrested Darius Williams, 21, of Manhattan on a warrant for motion to revoke probation violations. The warrant...
View ArticleJunction City Reports of Spray Paint, BB Guns
The Junction City Police Department issued a press release on Thursday involving damaged property by spray paint and BB guns. Officers say most of the cases have been in the Westwood and Patriot Point...
View ArticleJunction City teen dies in Saturday accident
At about 3:30 pm Saturday, the Riley County Police Department received a 911 call from a passerby who reported a one vehicle rollover accident with entrapment in the 3200 block of Stagg Hill Road,...
View ArticleLightning strike ignites fire, causes $1M damage
On May 23 at approximately 5:23 pm, the 9-1-1 Center received several calls concerning lightning striking an apartment complex in Grandview Plaza. The complex is located at 1103-1111 Cannon View....
View ArticleRCPD Report 5/27/15
Additional information has been released by Riley County Police regarding a fatality accident that occurred over the weekend. George Davis, 19, of Junction City was identified as the second passenger...
View ArticleChild Abuse Case Reported in Geary County
Junction City Police reported Wednesday afternoon at about 1 p.m. JCPD was contacted by Children’s Mercy Hospital, in Kansas City, Mo, in reference to a three month old infant that had been...
View ArticleJunction City Man Files Lawsuit Involving Shawnee County
Jason Dixon-Photo Courtesy of KDOC TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Junction City man has filed a $2 million lawsuit against the Shawnee County Jail claiming it failed to provide proper medical attention for a...
View ArticleJCPD Child Abuse Case Update
Cyjay Echon A Fort Riley soldier taken into custody in Kansas City, Missouri Wednesday in a child abuse case has been transported back to Junction City. Cyjay Echon, 22, was booked into the Geary...
View ArticleTwo Inmates with Geary County Convictions Passed Over for Parole
Terry Kirchoff Tabor Adkins Two Kansas Department of Corrections inmates who have been serving time on convictions from the 1980’s have apparently been denied parole. Terry Kirchoff, 49, was convicted...
View ArticleFire Damages Junction City Home
Fire caused nearly $100,000 in damage to a home in Junction City Sunday night. The Junction City Fire Department reports at approximately 7:03 PM, the Junction City Fire Department responded to a...
View ArticleArea Law Enforcement Run for a Cause
Officers and employees of the Riley County Police Department will be on the run Thursday. The police department will join over 950 other participants from across the State of Kansas in the annual Law...
View ArticleRCPD Report 6/4/15
Officers in the north eastern portion of Manhattan are investigating a rash of vehicle burglaries which occurred on June 2, 2015 overnight. Victims in the 3200 and 3300 blocks of Valleywood Drive in...
View ArticleKuwait Deployment from Fort Riley
Ahead of its deployment to Kuwait, the 1st Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade will conduct a ceremony 10 a.m. June 10 on Cavalry Parade Field in which leaders will case the brigade colors and...
View ArticleGeary County Highway Chase
An attempt to stop a vehicle in Geary county for speeding led to a law enforcement chase Monday, with three Kansas City men ending up in the hospital. The Kansas Highway patrol reports the incident...
View ArticleChild Abuse Arrest in Junction City
Brian Mastin Junction City Police are investigating a child abuse case, reported Tuesday, June 9th. Junction City Police received a report of an alleged Child Abuse that had occurred in Junction...
View ArticleJCPD Seeks Juvenile Suspects
The Junction City Police Department is attempting to locate three juveniles, who may be involved with vehicle burglaries reported since Wednesday night. JCPD received a report the three juveniles had...
View ArticleGeary Count Accident Involving School Buses
An accident on I-70 in Geary County involving school buses was reported over the noon hour Friday. The accident occurred in the westbound lanes near Exit 301. Traffic slow-downs were being reported,...
View ArticleVictory Week Photos 2015
Photo credit to Amanda Kim Stairrett, 1st ID The Bell OH-58, also known as the Kiowa helicopter made it’s final flight this weekend over Fort Riley during Victory Week in a stunning display of Army...
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