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While some ICE activity was confirmed in Manhattan Thursday morning, officials on Friday denied reports of operations at schools and Kansas State University. Michele Jones, director of communications, health and safety at USD 383, told The Mercury that no federal Immigrations and Customs Enforcement operations were active on campuses Thursday. To view the full article [...]

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A Salina woman was arrested Thursday by Riley County Police on a Pottawatomie County District Court warrant. Kelli Wilson, 38, was charged with a single count of theft by threat; $1,500 or less from three businesses in 72 hours. The warrant stems from an original report filed in November 2025. Online court records show Wilson [...]

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Riley County Police have arrested a Manhattan man on a warrant for two counts of violating the offender registration act. Aaron Renshaw, 30, was arrested just before 8 p.m. Thursday in the 1000 block of Sunset Avenue. A search of the Kansas Department of Corrections Offender Registry show Renshaw has six drug-related convictions out of [...]

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A Junction City man was arrested in Pottawatomie County Thursday on a Riley County District Court warrant for violating terms of his probation. According to the Riley County Police Department, 27-year-old Tristen Jepsen the warrant stems from original charges of aggravated battery, residential burglary and theft. A search of Kansas District Court records shows Jepsen [...]

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Riley County Police arrested a Salina man Thursday in the 400 block of East Poyntz Ave. on a pair of Saline County District Court warrants for drug possession. According to Friday’s RCPD Daily News, 45-year-old Calvin Anderson III is charged with possession of an opiate or narcotic, and possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia. [...]

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TOPEKA — Almost six months after the trial of chiropractor Clark Petersen began, some of his 19 victims passed the first hurdle to create a state law requiring a person be remanded to jail when convicted of certain felonies. Senate Bill 358 passed the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday and now will be put to vote [...]

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Recess is about to get even better for students at Lee Elementary. The USD 383 school board on Wednesday unanimously approved new turf and equipment for the school’s playground at a cost of $375,000. According to a memo, the district has a rotation for replacing turf on all its school playgrounds and playground equipment every [...]

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Riley County officials painted a grim picture of rising employee benefit costs following a new long-term analysis presented to county commissioners Thursday. The county’s human resources and budget and finance departments recently completed a seven-year review of benefit expenses, which concluded that the county’s long-standing estimate is no longer sufficient. Since 2020, Riley County budgeted [...]

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During this week’s Manhattan City Commission retreat, commissioners considered permitting beer sales at concession stands and adopting the riverfront concept to its parks and recreation master plan. Parks and rec director Aaron Stewart proposed serving cereal malt beverages and hard seltzers at the Anneberg Sports Complex and Steel and Pipe Supply facility concessions. Stewart said [...]

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Residents made several reports of ICE activity in multiple locations in Manhattan Thursday morning. Riley County police confirmed that federal Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officials were active in the area, but a spokesman said the police department was not directly involved and couldn’t comment on any operations. RCPD director Brian Peete said the department was [...]

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