Lewis Marien, Mercury staff photographer, documents the month of March. GET IT TO GO — Austin English, Peace Lutheran Church pastor, places ashes on the forehead of Audrey Cook during a drive-through Wednesday, March 5, 2025, outside of the church on Kimball Avenue in Manhattan. Ash Wednesday started the Lenten season, which runs through April [...]
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All modes of severe weather will be possible across the region Tuesday evening into early Wednesday. The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center has placed the Manhattan area in an enhanced (level 3) risk for storm development. Large hail and damaging wind gusts will be the primary hazards, but tornadoes cannot be ruled out in [...]
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City officials are reminding Manhattan residents of the annual Spring Cleanup, happening next week. City crews will be circling neighborhoods between April 7 and April 11, collecting properly bagged and stacked yard waste, tree limbs and branches. Crews will be in different quadrants of the city each day, passing through areas only once to pick [...]
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Bootsies has opened at 1227 Bluemont Avenue, a site for several historically well known restaraunts. President of One-Egg-Group Evan Grier expresses his enthusiasm for the location. “We’re excited to be a part of the aggieville neighborhood, and we’ve had other restaurants here in town and do but never part of Aggieville, and we’re excited to [...]
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No injuries were reported Monday morning after a car fire north of Manhattan. Firefighters from Riley County Fire District No. 1 were dispatched around 7:20 am to the 7400 block of Tuttle Creek Blvd, less than a mile south of the four mile corner. According to Deputy Chief Jake Konrardy, the Ford SUV had heavy [...]
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Two people were seriously injured in a Sunday crash on I-70 near Junction City. The Kansas Highway Patrol says it happened just before 4:30 pm, about a mile east of the US-77 interchange. An eastbound SUV swerved to the right, striking an eastbound Toyota Prius, causing both vehicles to spin out. THE SUV rolled several [...]
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A strong storm system is could impact the area, bringing gusty south winds of up to 45 mph. Strong to severe storms are expected to develop Tuesday evening and continue into the overnight hours. The primary hazards include large hail, with sizes reaching up to 2.5 inches, and damaging wind gusts around 60 mph. Residents [...]
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Arby’s at 326 Southwind Place in the Seth Child Commons shopping center served customers for the last time on Sunday. Shift manager Jolene O’Donnell writing in a post on Facebook the closure is due to the building in need of a massive renovation and the volume of business at the location “not being enough to [...]
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Two people were seriously injured in a Sunday crash on I-70 near Junction City. The Kansas Highway Patrol says it happened just before 4:30 pm, about a mile east of the US-77 interchange. An eastbound SUV swerved to the right, striking an eastbound Toyota Prius, causing both vehicles to spin out. The SUV rolled several [...]
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Three people were injured in a fiery crash Saturday afternoon on Interstate 70, near Junction City. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a pickup rear-ended an SUV that had stopped in traffic in the outside westbound lane, about a mile west of the K-18 interchange, due to a bottleneck caused by road construction. The crash [...]
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