JCPD investigating attack at Walmart
Shortly before 7 p.m. on Wednesday, officers with the Junction City Police Department responded to the local Walmart Supercenter in reference to a subject that had been attacked while in her car....
View ArticleFire destroys 28 units at The Bluffs in Junction City
Click to view slideshow.A large fire totally destroyed 28 units of The Bluffs Apartment Complex in Junction City on Saturday evening. Junction City Fire Department Chief Terry Johnson told K-MAN at...
View ArticleGeary Co. officers search for missing child on I-70
Geary County Sheriffs Officers and other law enforcement agencies spent nearly two hours searching for a missing autistic child midday Saturday. At 11:08 a.m., the Geary county sheriff’s department and...
View ArticleArea unemployment numbers trending downward
Unemployment rates across the area dropped during the month of March. According to a release from the Kansas Department of Labor, the unemployment rate in Riley county for March was 2.7-percent, which...
View ArticleUpdates on KDOC inmates with local connections
Michael Long-KDOC photo 2015 A Kansas Department of Corrections inmate convicted in Riley county nearly 35 years ago for second degree murder apparently has been passed over for parole. 63-year-old...
View ArticleRough weather for the Manhattan/Junction City area Thursday evening
Updated 10:30 a.m: Still not much damage to report from Thursday night’s weather activity, although Riley County Emergency Management Coordinator Laurie Harrison indicates a street sign and tree on...
View ArticleFort Riley psychologist files to run for election for board of education
Clinical psychologist, Dr. Jennifer Prewitt filed to run for election for USD 383 Board of Education in November. Prewitt and her family have lived in Manhattan for four years, all of which she has...
View ArticleMeat recall involves Junction City company
Armour Eckrich Meats location Armour Eckrich Meats, LLC, a Junction City establishment, is recalling approximately 90,978 pounds of ready-to-eat sausage products that may be contaminated with...
View ArticleRiley County Police Department Daily Activity 6/12/2017
Lawyer Davis, 21, of Manhattan was arrested by RCPD detectives in the 200 block of E. 9th St. in Junction City, on June 9, 2017 at approximately 9:40 PM. Davis was arrested for aggravated robbery....
View ArticleFort Riley comments on ‘tragic’ soldier drowning
Harden (Photo courtesy Fort Riley) Fort Riley has confirmed the death of one its soldiers Tuesday. As KMAN reported Monday, 23-year-old Xavier Harden was found dead Sunday at Milford Lake. According to...
View ArticleRiley County Police Department Daily Activity 6/19/2017
Officers filed a report for motor vehicle theft in the 2100 block of Prairie Lea Pl. on June 16, 2017 at approximately 9:15 AM. Officers listed Michael Carson, 27, of Manhattan, as the victim when he...
View ArticleMilford Reservoir placed under blue-green algae warning
Milford Reservoir is one of seven lakes across Kansas which have now been placed under a blue-green algae warning by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Activities such as boating and...
View ArticleRiley County Police Daily Activity 6/26/2017
Officers filed a report for sexual exploitation of a child and battery in the city of Manhattan on June 23, 2017. Officers listed a 7 year old female as the victim when it was reported that a male...
View ArticleGeary county injury
Geary county Sheriff’s department responded to an injury accident on Wednesday July 28th. Deputies were dispatched to Interstate 70 milemarker 310 westbound for an injury accident. Roger Ambrosier...
View ArticleWeekend accidents, with one fatal in the area
A Junction City man died in a Clay County accident Sunday. James Jenkins, 29, was driving a Chevrolet Impala eastbound on K-82 at the west end of the Milford Lake causeway when he drove off the north...
View ArticleRiley County Police Department Daily Activity 7/20/2017
Officers filed a report for motor vehicle theft in the 4800 block of Skyway Dr. on July 19th, 2017 at approximately 10:50 AM. Officers listed Briggs Super Center as the victim when it was reported that...
View ArticleFatal fire reported in Junction City
A Junction City man has died from a structure fire late Monday morning. The Junction City Fire Department announced Tuesday Derrick Williams, 37, died in the blaze at an apartment complex at 1431...
View ArticleRiley County Police Department Daily Activity 7/31/2017
Nicole Holt, 23, of Chapman, was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on July 28, 2017 at approximately 10:50 AM. Holt was arrested on 2 Riley County District Court warrants for...
View ArticleFort Riley soldier died of self-inflicted gunshot wound
Updated Thursday afternoon: An autopsy on a Fort Riley soldier found in a vehicle on I-70 earlier this week has determined his death was from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. As reported by KMAN Monday...
View ArticleRiley County Police Department Daily Activity 08/08/2017
Freddie Jackson, 31, of Manhattan, was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on Aug. 7, 2017 at approximately 2:05 PM. Jackson was arrested on four Geary County District Court warrants...
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