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by Emma Loura The start of a new school year involves a good deal of preparation for teachers, and Woodrow Wilson Elementary School second-grade teachers Catelynne LePage and Ina Holmes have high hopes for 2024-25. LePage has been a teacher for six years, starting at Woodrow Wilson as a kindergarten teacher in 2018 before teaching [...]

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By Ned Seaton – nseaton@themercury.com In property tax rates, Manhattan is in the middle of the pack. New data from the Kansas League of Municipalities puts Manhattan in 15th place out of 26 of the state’s largest cities. The current tax rate here is 150.404 mills; a mill is $1 in tax for every $1,000 [...]

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By Ned Seaton – nseaton@themercury.com In property tax rates, Manhattan is in the middle of the pack. New data from the Kansas League of Municipalities puts Manhattan in 15th place out of 26 of the state’s largest cities. The current tax rate here is 150.404 mills; a mill is $1 in tax for every $1,000 [...]

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Westwood Elementary student Grayson Silver recently caught a 42-inch catfish while fishing with his family at Homer’s Pond in Junction City. “This fish was really cool. It was as long as me and I am actually getting an award for it, which means I am a professional fisherman. I really like to fish,” said Silver. [...]

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RCPD recently identified Glen B. Raw, 78, of Junction City, as the man who was killed in a rollover crash Thursday afternoon in Manhattan. Riley County Police officials said a white Honda Civic was eastbound on Anderson when it collided with a green Chevrolet Equinox that was attempting to make a left turn onto Seth [...]

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One of Manhattan’s main east-west thoroughfares is set to reopen to through traffic next week after months of closure. Kimball Avenue will re-open Monday at the intersection with Denison Avenue, just in time for the first home K-State football game on Aug. 31. The city shut down the intersection in February as part of ongoing [...]

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The intersection of Fourth and Houston streets closed to vehicular and pedestrian traffic on Thursday. The closure is an expansion of the work in the 300 block of Houston Street, which has been shut down between Third and Fourth streets for months. City officials on Wednesday said they expect the project to continue through the [...]

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One person was seen leaving on a Life Star Air Medical Service helicopter Thursday afternoon following a rollover accident at the intersection of Seth Child and Anderson. The crash occurred Thursday around 1:45 p.m. on Anderson Ave. underneath the Seth Child Rd. overpass, which is currently under partial construction. News Radio KMAN and The Manhattan [...]

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The Riley County commission on Thursday unanimously certified a 2025 budget of more than $104 million and a mill levy of 37.943 mills, meaning property owners will see a slight decrease in their taxes. This year’s mill levy is a 1.923-mill decrease from last year. A mill represents $1 in taxes for every $1,000 in [...]

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A Junction city man was arrested Wednesday morning on a host of theft-related charges. 26-year-old Estarlin Almendares Guardado was arrested around 11:15 a.m. Wednesday in the 7400 block of Appennines at Fort Riley. He was then booked into the Riley County Jail on probable cause offenses of burglary; criminal use of a financial card; and [...]

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