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By Emma Loura/Manhattan Mercury There’s been an increase in musk thistle this year, and Riley County officials want residents to know how to identify and get rid of it. Michael Boller, the county’s director of noxious weeds and household hazardous waste, told the Riley County commission Thursday evening that people should spray for the biennial [...]

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It’s been nearly two months since the announcement by Caterpillar that they will be closing down their facility in Wamego. The announcement has brought a major shock to the region and Pottawatomie County as it is one of the biggest job producers in the region. Executive director Shanna Goodman said that the news stunned Pott [...]

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A longtime mayor and local of Pottawatomie County is looking to make his way onto the expanded Pottawatomie County Commission. Terry Force, the longtime mayor of Wheaton, is running in the newly created 5th district on the Pottawatomie County Commission, which encompasses the northern portion of the county. Force has also been in the surveyor [...]

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Chick-fil-A will be closing down for at least 2 weeks beginning this Saturday for remodeling. The store located at 636 Tuttle Creek Blvd just next to Walmart announced on its Facebook on Thursday that the restaurant’s final day of service would be on Friday with drive-thru only service with the remodeling beginning the following day. [...]

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The Kansas Highway Patrol responded to a two-vehicle crash Thursday afternoon near Junction City. KHP Trooper Ben Gardner tweeted shortly after 1 p.m. that one person has died in the crash on Thursday. KHP Troop C first posted to social media around noon on August 1 about a crash involving a semi-truck and a motorcycle [...]

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One person is injured following a car versus e-bike crash that happened just after 3 p.m. Wednesday in Manhattan. The Riley County Police Department reported that a vehicle driven by an 83-year-old Frederick Bammes of Manhattan struck an e-bike driven by 25-year-old Zackary Murphy of Manhattan at the corner of Osage and N. 5th Street. [...]

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The local brewery announced Wednesday it will open an additional permanent location in Wichita later this month. Under the name MBC Lounge, the new location is set to start business Aug. 23 at 117 North Handley Street in the Delano District of Wichita. It will be open on the weekends, including from 5 to 10 [...]

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By Zach DeLoach/Manhattan Mercury Tuition is set to increase next year at K-State and most other public universities in Kansas, a step Gov. Laura Kelly said was needed even as the institutions and the government seek ways to keep higher education affordable. In an exclusive interview with The Mercury on Tuesday, Kelly said the 2.5% [...]

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Riley County Police have arrested a man for aggravated assault using a deadly weapon. 27-year-old Jacob Shepard of Ogden was arrested in the 400 block of Fifteenth Street just before 4:30 pm for one count of aggravated assault with the use of a deadly weapon, one count of attempted aggravated battery with a locked dwelling [...]

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Dkuwasi Oscar, 19, of Manhattan, was arrested Wednesday at approximately 11:00 AM. Oscar was charged on 4 counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, 2 counts of sexual exploitation of a child, and also criminal sodomy. His total bond for these crimes was set at $200,000, and he was still confined in the Riley [...]

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