A local resident has been arrested in association with several motor vehicle burglaries that occurred across the area over the last few weeks. On Tuesday, officers arrested 19-year-old Alexander Darnell for his role in some of the burglaries. Officers charge Darnell is this case with probable cause offenses of motor vehicle theft with a value [...]
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The Riley County Police Department and emergency medical services responded Tuesday night to a vehicle vs pedestrian accident that happened near 4th and Moro St. RCPD posted on Facebook around 6:45 p.m. announcing that 4th Street was closed for over an hour from Bluemont to Laramie due to the accident, and that at least one [...]
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Riley County police on Tuesday reported 11 motor vehicle burglaries in the past 24 hours. Police believe these burglaries are connected but are still in the early stages of investigating. Most of the cars the burglars broke into were unlocked, police said. Items stolen include cash, purses, wallets, sunglasses, and a weapon. Tokoi said the [...]
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Photos by Lewis Merian – Mercury Staff Photographer An annual tradition in the Little Apple, the 23rd Spirit of the Holidays Lighted Parade took place Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, in Manhattan. Heritage Builders takes part in the 23rd annual Spirit of the Holidays Lighted Parade, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, in Manhattan. Entries make their way [...]
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For the fourth year in a row, Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan has been named as a 2025 High Performing hospital for Maternity Care by U.S. News & World Report, a global authority in hospital rankings and consumer advice. The designation is the highest recognition a hospital can earn in the Best Hospitals for Maternity [...]
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RCPD filed a report for aggravated battery on Monday following an incident between two 14-year-old boys in Manhattan. Officers filed the report just prior to 12:45 p.m. in the 700 block of Pebblebrook Circle when one of the 14-year-olds hit the other 14-year-old over the head with a beer bottle twice. The beer bottle proceeded [...]
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Sheriff’s deputies in Pottawatomie County arrested a local woman on Monday after reports were filed in Riley County of two stolen vehicles. RCPD filed the report of motor vehicle theft in the 500 block of S. 15th Street just prior to 7 a.m. on Monday when a service vehicle was stolen by an unknown suspect. [...]
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By Annie Wolfe/Times of Pott County Construction of the bridge on Schoeman Rd crossing the Kansas River, often referred to as the Belvue Bridge, is off to a strong start. Nearly 75 percent of the deck has been removed, and the steel is in good condition other than a five foot area of corrosion that [...]
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By Emma Loura One option, a 1998 4800 International dual-purpose wildland pumper, is the fire department’s proposed pick. It costs $30,000 and has 44,400 miles. “It is a dual-purpose truck, it has four wheel drive,” said Russel Stukey, the emergency management director, “So it’s not an aggressive, what we call heavy brush but it’s a [...]
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A Manhattan man is behind bars following a an early morning arrest on Monday. 64-year-old Kenneth Edward Scott was arrested in the 2100 block of Patricia Plaza around 3 a.m. on one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and anotgher count of criminal threat causing evacuation. He is still being held within the [...]
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