Col. Gerald Nunziato said Friday that Fort Riley recorded an increase in the population of military families on base in 2025. That’s good news for the local economy and a positive trend for Fort Riley soldiers. Nunziato was speaking at the Regional Growth Summit, an annual event put on by the Manhattan, Junction City and [...]
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A Manhattan man was arrested Friday afternoon in connection with a rape reported Thursday night. Riley County Police say officers filed the report around 11:19 a.m. Jan. 23. A 54-year-old woman was listed as the victim, and a 24-year-old man known to her was identified as the suspect. Police arrested Griffin Day, 24, of Manhattan, [...]
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Manhattan city commissioner Andrew Von Lintel told The Mercury Friday he will remain in his position despite a “significant setback” and mental breakdown. “January 12th I had a very hard time going to sleep and I ended up with less than 1 hour of sleep that night,” Von Lintel wrote in a public statement on [...]
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Manhattan Public Works director Brian Johnson told the Mercury a portion of Anderson Avenue will close at 6:00 p.m. Friday. The Mercury was not able to confirm what portion of the road will close, or when it will reopen. A winter storm warning was issu...
NBAF, the federal animal disease lab in Manhattan, is being exempted from the federal hiring freeze and is looking to fill 150 positions, officials said Wednesday. Alfonso Clavijo, director of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, said lab, which is the only biosafety level-4 lab in the country that can house large livestock, told local [...]
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A winter storm is expected to impact much of northeast and east-central Kansas from Friday evening through early Sunday, bringing accumulating snow and dangerously cold temperatures, according to the National Weather Service in Topeka. Forecasters say snow will begin late Friday afternoon and continue into Sunday morning, with two rounds of heavier snowfall likely. The [...]
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Over the past month, the Riley County Police Department says it has seized “significant quantities” of illegal drugs as part of proactive investigations into drug-related crime in the area. In all, that amounts to nearly two pounds of fentanyl powder and more than 200 grams of methamphetamine, 96 grams of heroin, 8 grams of cocaine [...]
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Over the past month, the Riley County Police Department says it has seized “significant quantities” of illegal drugs as part of proactive investigations into drug-related crime in the area. In all, that amounts to nearly two pounds of fentanyl powder and more than 200 grams of methamphetamine, 96 grams of heroin, 8 grams of cocaine [...]
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Riley County commissioners approved a plan to keep the county’s waste transfer station open as it undergoes construction to install a new tipping floor and chute later this year. Assistant county engineer Evan McMillan presented two potential plans to commissioners Thursday. The board ultimately selected a proposal to construct a temporary chute and dumping area [...]
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Just over a year into the school district’s CiCo Park improvement project, officials say they are on track for an August completion. BHS Construction project manager AJ Devlin on Wednesday told USD 383 school board members that Phase 2 upgrades to the district’s sports facilities at the park are going well. The upgrades include four [...]
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