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A Manhattan teen is behind bars following a Wednesday morning arrest. 18-year-old Laynie Marie Perez was arrested at the Hilton Garden Inn around 9 a.m. and charged with aggravated assault and aggravated robbery; with both including the use of a deadly weapon. Perez’s bond for these charges was set at $25,000, and she was still [...]

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An early morning accident on I-70 in Dickinson County Wednesday left a Herington man injured. The Kansas Highway Patrol reports a 2023 International semi driven by Travis P. Williams, of Wellington, was westbound on Interstate 70 one and one half miles west of Fair Road when it rear-ended a 2011 Chevy Cruze driven by 19-year [...]

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Residents of Pottawatomie County are advised that landowners in the area have observed the presence of blue-green algae in their privately-owned ponds. Conditions may be favorable for other algae blooms to form in ponds on nearby properties, and this can be dangerous for both humans, livestock and pets. If a landowner suspects that blue-green algae [...]

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The Geary County Schools USD 475 Board of Education recently approved the hiring of Amanda Cunningham and Lisa Ledbetter to assistant principal positions within the district for the 2024-25 school year. Cunningham will take over as an assistant principal at Seitz Elementary during the 2024-25 school year after teaching fifth grade for the Dragons this [...]

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Riley County police were investigating the theft of outdoor equipment from a Manhattan business. The theft was reported around 7:22 p.m. Tuesday from the Bomgaars store at 427 Hummels Place. Riley County police said two unknown people left the establishment with two chainsaws and one weed eater without paying for them. The total estimated loss [...]

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The unemployment rate once again rose in the month of June. Preliminary reports by the Labor Market division of the Kansas Department of Labor and the Bureau of Labor Statistics show an adjusted unemployment rate of 3.1% in June. This is an increase from 2.9% in May and an increase from 2.6% in June of [...]

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A Manhattan resident is dead following a Sunday crash on Interstate 35 in Missouri. Four people were inside a Kia Sorento at the time of the crash. Victor B. Imad, 31, of Manhattan, died in the crash, and the three other occupants, all from Minnesota, were seriously injured in the crash. The crash occurred around [...]

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A local man is in jail following his arrest on Monday afternoon for possession of a stimulant and failure to appear. Brian Flanary, 45 of Manhattan, was arrested on probable cause charges just after 1:30 pm in the 5300 block of Tuttle Creek Boulevard. Flanary is charged with two counts of failure to appear, one [...]

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The 10th annual Everybody Counts event is set to return later this summer. Organizer Deb Nuss said the event was formed ten years ago following a report delivered to the USD 383 Board of Education on homeless children in the school district. “At the time, there were about 250 children reporting as homeless in the [...]

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By Emma Loura/Manhattan Mercury The Riley County Fair is coming to town, bringing the lights and thrills of the carnival and saddling up for the rodeo. The fair runs July 25-29 in CiCo Park. The event will feature a carnival by WEEE Entertainment and the Kaw Valley Rodeo at Wells Arena. This year’s fair will [...]

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