Two Manhattan residents were arrested on Thursday evening for drug possession. 27-year-old Keyante White and 42-year-old Chasity Triplett were arrested just before 8 p.m. in the 200 block of North 4th Street on probable cause offenses for possession of drug paraphenlia with the intent of using, violating a protection order and possession of opiates. White [...]
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By Emma Loura eloura@themercury.com Manhattan homeowners next year will see an 8% decrease in their property taxes directed to the USD 383 Manhattan-Ogden school district. The USD 383 school board on Wednesday unanimously adopted its fiscal year 2025 budget, which exceeded the established “revenue-neutral rate” of 58.419 mills with a 2025 rate of 59.909 mills. [...]
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Flint Hills Christian School has new leadership this school year. Jeremy Davidson will serve as the school’s new principal after being its athletic director as well as an elementary and secondary teacher. Brenda Page, the former principal of Central El...
RCPD officers filed a report of unlawful discharge of a firearm on September 4, 2024, at approximately 9:15 PM in the 700 block of Pebblebrook Circle. Officers listed society as the victim when it was reported that an unnamed 28-year-old male discharged his firearm as a result of “waking from a dream disoriented.” The subject [...]
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By Emma Loura eloura@themercury.com Manhattan homeowners next year will see a 4.51% increase in their property taxes direct to the USD 383 Manhattan-Ogden school district. The USD 383 school board on Wednesday unanimously adopted its fiscal year 2025 budget, which exceeded the established revenue-neutral rate of 58.419 mills with a 2025 rate of 59.909 mill. [...]
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A hotel in Manhattan recently lost $20,000 after their computer system was hacked. RCPD filed a report for theft and unlawful acts on Wednesday afternoon just after 4:45 p.m. when the hotel Four Points by Sheraton reported that an unknown suspect had used a fraudulent credit card transaction commencing in July and extending into August [...]
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A Randolph man was taken into custody and arrested on charges of attempted murder on Wednesday afternoon by Geary County Sheriff’s Deputies. Deputies arrested Ryan Diedrich just after 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon after it was reported that Diedrich tried to drown another man at Milford Lake on Aug. 17 during a physical altercation at [...]
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 Riley County Fire District #1 announced on Wednesday the appointment of Jake Konrardy as the new Deputy Chief of Administration. Since joining RCFD#1 in 2018, Konrardy has become one of the most active volunteer responders in the department. He earned his Emergency Medical Technician certification and served as Battalion Chief for Ogden Station #103. [...]
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A K-State University engineer recently received a $560,000 National Science Foundation grant to enhance the security of AI in bioinformatics. Assistant professor Xiaolong Guo is working on cybersecurity tools to discover and optimize antimicrobial peptides, or AMP, which are essential for improving food safety, livestock health and agricultural productivity. Along with its goal of making [...]
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Kansas has made big strides in mental health rankings over the last two years. Mental Health America in 2022 ranked Kansas at 51st in mental health services among adults and 50th among children. However, in 2024 the state moved up to 22nd in 2024 for mental health services. The full story can be viewed at [...]
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