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Union Pacific No. 4014, a 132-foot-long and 1.2 million-pound steam locomotive built in 1941, made its way into Manhattan without any stops. This was the third time it has come through town, after previously appearing in 2021 and 2019. The Big Boy has been on what Union Pacific officials call a “Heartland of America Tour,” which [...]

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By Emma Loura/Manhattan Mercury With the rise of artificial intelligence, USD 383’s information technology department has set new guidelines for its use in schools. The Manhattan-Ogden school board discussed AI policies at its meeting Wednesday. The three-page document directs students to keep use of generated content appropriate for school, to check for information accuracy, and [...]

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A Big Boy traveled through the Little Apple Thursday afternoon. Union Pacific No. 4014, a 132-foot-long and 1.2 million-pound steam locomotive built in 1941, made its way into Manhattan without any stops. This was the third time it has come through town, after previously appearing in 2021 and 2019. The Big Boy has been on what Union [...]

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Kansas Republicans are saying that a post made by House Democratic candidate Kim Zito in 2020 contains “racist language.” The Kansas Republican House Campaign Committee put out a statement Wednesday after the Kansas Black Republican Council brought attention to the post. In a Facebook post dated Nov. 9, 2020, Zito is describing a scene shortly [...]

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RCPD filed a report for theft by deception Wednesday afternoon after a 31-year-old man was falsely issued a lease. The report was filed just after 3:30 p.m. in the 1100 block of Vattier Street and lists the male as the victim after a subject known to him issued him a lease and then secured a [...]

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RCPD filed a report for electronic solicitation of a child on Wednesday in Manhattan. The report was filed by officers just before 10 p.m. Due to the nature of the crime, no further information is being released at this time. Anyone with information i...

By Cale Prater The Rock Creek Board of Education Monday night discussed a question that will be placed on the November ballot regarding the creation of a recreation department that would serve the Rock Creek area. The ballot question will read as follows: Shall the following be adopted? USD 323 Rock Creek School District, shall [...]

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Angel Roeser, candidate for Kansas House of Representatives, said Tuesday evening she didn’t intend to withhold information about her degree, even though she now acknowledges that she has not yet graduated from K-State. That followed a report in The Mercury earlier that day that Roeser, a Republican running for the District 67 seat, did not [...]

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Several counties in Northeast Kansas are set to be in red flag warnings today due to high winds that could exceed 40 miles per hour. Currently, Riley, Pottawatomie, Geary and Wabaunsee Counties will be under a red flag warning from 11 a.m. this morning until 8 p.m. tonight. Also, Pottawatomie and Riley Counties have burn [...]

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Manhattan city commissioners are split on allowing a developer to use more than $2 million in tax breaks and assistance to turn the downtown Commerce Bank building into retail and residential space. Officials from Hutton Development on Tuesday requested a 10-year property tax abatement, a sales tax exemption on construction materials and for the city [...]

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