Former Ogden treasurer pleads guilty to financial crimes with taxpayer funds

By KROCK Staff|2025-06-18T20:22:39-05:00June 18th, 2025|Categories: Local News|Tags: Riley County|Comments Off on Former Ogden treasurer pleads guilty to financial crimes with taxpayer funds

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2026 police budget increase adjusted to 5.4% before certification

By KROCK Staff|2025-06-18T14:40:52-05:00June 18th, 2025|Categories: Local News, Manhattan|Tags: Riley County|Comments Off on 2026 police budget increase adjusted to 5.4% before certification

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Riley County officials strike down city’s RHID duplex proposal

By KROCK Staff|2025-06-12T14:35:54-05:00June 12th, 2025|Categories: Local News|Tags: affordable housing Manhattan KS, Little Kitten Avenue development, Manhattan KS duplex project, property tax concerns Riley County, RHID Manhattan city plan, RHID program Kansas, RHID tax incentive rejection, Riley County, Riley County Commission housing decision, Riley County RHID vote, workforce housing Manhattan Kansas|Comments Off on Riley County officials strike down city’s RHID duplex proposal

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Bronx man arrested for child sex crimes; held on $200k in Riley County jail

By KROCK Staff|2025-05-31T09:43:03-05:00May 31st, 2025|Categories: Local News|Tags: aggravated criminal sodomy, aggravated indecent liberties, Bronx man arrest Kansas, child exploitation charges Kansas, child rape arrest Manhattan KS, child sex crime Kansas, New York man arrested in Kansas, RCPD arrest May 2025, Riley County, Riley County crime news, Riley County Jail arrest|Comments Off on Bronx man arrested for child sex crimes; held on $200k in Riley County jail

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Police board approves budget of nearly 6%

By KROCK Staff|2025-05-29T15:22:57-05:00May 29th, 2025|Categories: Local News, Manhattan|Tags: Riley County|Comments Off on Police board approves budget of nearly 6%

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USD 383 and RCPD close to negotiating a cost-share for SROs

By KROCK Staff|2025-05-27T18:02:51-05:00May 27th, 2025|Categories: Local News|Tags: Riley County, USD 383|Comments Off on USD 383 and RCPD close to negotiating a cost-share for SROs

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Police board continues to debate 2026 budget

By KROCK Staff|2025-05-20T14:12:58-05:00May 20th, 2025|Categories: Local News|Tags: Brian Peete RCPD, Manhattan Kansas police board, public safety funding Kansas, RCPD budget 2026, RCPD jail population, RCPD salary survey, Riley County, Riley County law enforcement budget, Riley County Police Department funding, school resource officer funding, USD 383 SRO cost sharing|Comments Off on Police board continues to debate 2026 budget

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RCPD officials say there have been less cars broken into this spring but more stolen cars

By KROCK Staff|2025-05-16T07:31:40-05:00May 16th, 2025|Categories: Local News|Tags: Brian Peete RCPD, Manhattan KS car theft, RCPD monthly crime report, RCPD vehicle burglary data, Riley County, Riley County crime report, Riley County police update, Riley County stolen vehicles, spring 2025 crime stats, vehicle burglary trends Kansas|Comments Off on RCPD officials say there have been less cars broken into this spring but more stolen cars

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Riley County to update fireworks regulations following state law change

By KROCK Staff|2025-05-13T10:58:46-05:00May 13th, 2025|Categories: Local News|Tags: fireworks sales regulations kansas, kansas emergency management, kansas fireworks law 2025, Riley County, riley county commissioners, riley county fire safety, riley county fireworks, seasonal fireworks sales, Senate Bill 199 Kansas|Comments Off on Riley County to update fireworks regulations following state law change

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Manhattan residents face meth charges; bond set at $60k and $27k

By KROCK Staff|2025-05-09T13:37:40-05:00May 9th, 2025|Categories: Local News|Tags: aggravated child endangerment kansas, cody dodge brittanie vaughn, elm lane drug bust, manhattan ks meth possession, Manhattan KS police report, methamphetamine arrest manhattan ks, rcpd drug charges, Riley County, Riley County arrests|Comments Off on Manhattan residents face meth charges; bond set at $60k and $27k

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