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A 37-year-old Westmoreland man was arrested Thursday after allegedly driving a pickup truck into another vehicle in Manhattan. According to the RCPD, officers filed a report for aggravated battery and criminal damage to property just before 3 p.m. near the intersection of Leavenworth Street and Tuttle Creek Boulevard. Police said Dexter Earl Johnson, 37, of [...]

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By Nathan Gaddie Democratic U.S. House of Representatives candidate Lauren Reinhold says she isn’t bought into the “really extreme nonsensical views” and is willing to go against her party line if it means improving the lives of Kansans. Running in Kansas’ 1st District, Reinhold joined Within Reason with Mike Matson Wednesday on News Radio KMAN [...]

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Two people were killed Wednesday afternoon in a head-on crash on I-70 near Junction City after a pickup truck reportedly struck multiple vehicles in Riley County before traveling the wrong way on the interstate. According to the Geary County Sheriff’s Office, the incident began just after 4 p.m. when authorities received reports of an erratic [...]

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A 30-year-old Manhattan man was arrested Wednesday on multiple allegations, including aggravated burglary, aggravated domestic battery and criminal threat. According to the RCPD, Marc William Reiss was arrested just before 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Manhattan on allegations of aggravated burglary, criminal restraint, violation of a protection order, criminal threat, criminal damage to property, domestic battery, [...]

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A Manhattan woman was injured Wednesday morning after being struck by a pickup truck while attempting to cross Anderson Avenue. According to the RCPD, officers responded to an injury accident at Anderson Avenue and Garden Way just before 11:30 a.m. Police said a 2003 Ford F-150 driven by William Wisell, 67, of Manhattan, struck Vanessa [...]

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Two people were killed Wednesday afternoon in a head-on crash on I-70 near Junction City during a pursuit involving the Geary County Sheriff’s Office. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, the crash occurred just after 4 p.m. in the westbound lanes of I-70, just east of the Washington Street exit. The crash report states that [...]

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By Ned Seaton Richard Linton has been named the next president of Virginia Tech. The Board of Visitors announced him as their pick at a meeting Wednesday at noon. Linton, who obtained undergraduate, master’s and Ph.D. degrees from Virginia Tech, said it was “incredibly meaningful” to take over the top job, saying it was a [...]

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The RCPD is investigating a reported theft involving unauthorized purchases made with a company credit card over a five-month period. According to the RCPD, officers filed a report for theft and criminal use of a financial card just after 4 p.m. Tuesday at ToothStory, located at 320 Sunset Ave. in Manhattan. A 46-year-old woman was [...]

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Two New Jersey residents were arrested early Tuesday after Wabaunsee County Sheriff’s deputies recovered a stolen vehicle along I-70. According to the Wabaunsee County Sheriff’s Office, deputies stopped a westbound 2025 Nissan Altima near mile marker 328, in the vicinity of the Plaza of the Flint Hills, just after 2 a.m. The vehicle had been [...]

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By Ned Seaton Richard Linton is expected to be named the next president of Virginia Tech, multiple sources told The Manhattan Mercury Tuesday afternoon. Linton is currently the president at K-State, having served in that role since 2022. He’s the 15th president in university history. Neither Virginia Tech nor K-State have announced anything, but the [...]

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