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A Colorado woman was sent to the hospital on Sunday after an accident near Highway 24 in Leonardville. Riley County Police responded to the accident around 4 p.m. to find a two-vehicle accident. Officers reported that a 2016 Dodge Caravan driven by 62-year-old Deanna Currey (Curry) of Riley rounded a corner and was unable to [...]

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U.S. Rep. Tracey Mann is the only incumbent candidate in Riley County facing a primary challenger. Eric Bloom is looking to unseat Mann as the District 1 representative in the U.S. House. Bloom is a Lawrence property investor and farm owner who once ran for lieutenant governor alongside his father, Dan Bloom, in 2002. Mann [...]

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By Emma Loura/Manhattan Mercury With District 51 Rep. Kenny Titus making a run at the Kansas Senate this year, there’s a spot open for a new Republican candidate to take over. Voters on Tuesday will choose between Eli Kormanik of Alta Vista and Megan Steele of Manhattan to represent the GOP in the race for [...]

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Kaleb James and Angel Roeser are vying to represent the Republican Party in District 67, the seat left vacant after Rep. Mike Dodson announced he wouldn’t seek another term. District 67 generally covers western Manhattan as well as some areas to the north and south. James is a Junction City High School graduate, a former [...]

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Donnithan Maurice Jones, of Dodge City, was arrested shortly after noon on Friday for possession of heroin with the intent to distribute. The 31-year-old Jones was in the Riley County Jail for violating post-release orders on a separate drug distribution case where he spent over two years in various state prisons. Online records show Jones [...]

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The City of Manhattan announced Friday that the City Commission will vote this Tuesday to appoint Danielle Dulin to serve as Manhattan’s newest City Manager. A contract will also be considered by the City Commission during the August 6th meeting, and Dulin has an anticipated start date of Monday, October 14. Dulin was selected after a [...]

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By Emma Loura/Manhattan Mercury There’s been an increase in musk thistle this year, and Riley County officials want residents to know how to identify and get rid of it. Michael Boller, the county’s director of noxious weeds and household hazardous waste, told the Riley County commission Thursday evening that people should spray for the biennial [...]

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It’s been nearly two months since the announcement by Caterpillar that they will be closing down their facility in Wamego. The announcement has brought a major shock to the region and Pottawatomie County as it is one of the biggest job producers in the region. Executive director Shanna Goodman said that the news stunned Pott [...]

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A longtime mayor and local of Pottawatomie County is looking to make his way onto the expanded Pottawatomie County Commission. Terry Force, the longtime mayor of Wheaton, is running in the newly created 5th district on the Pottawatomie County Commission, which encompasses the northern portion of the county. Force has also been in the surveyor [...]

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Chick-fil-A will be closing down for at least 2 weeks beginning this Saturday for remodeling. The store located at 636 Tuttle Creek Blvd just next to Walmart announced on its Facebook on Thursday that the restaurant’s final day of service would be on Friday with drive-thru only service with the remodeling beginning the following day. [...]

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