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A Junction City teenager is dead following a head on motorcycle crash in California. The California Highway Patrol says 17-year-old Jayce Alonzo was riding his motorcycle Friday afternoon north of Fresno. As he approached a curve, authorities say the bike crossed into the northbound lane, directly into the path a Ford F-350. Alonzo was pronounced [...]

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A Colorado woman was seriously injured Sunday in a crash on Interstate 70 in Riley County. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 61-year-old Ralph Wilson of Euless, Texas, was driving a semi westbound on I-70 and was pulling onto the shoulder just west of Tallgrass Road when his trailer was rear-ended. Troopers say the other vehicle, driven by 26-year-old [...]

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Authorities are investigating after a man was injured in an officer-involved shooting Saturday afternoon in east Manhattan. According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, deputies from the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office responded around 3:50 p.m. to a report of shots fired at a residence on Josie Lane, when a man was shot. The man was [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested Wednesday afternoon following a drug and DUI investigation on the east side of town. Riley County Police say officers filed the report around 3:58 p.m. Dec. 31 at the intersection of East Poyntz Avenue and McCall Road. The case involved possession of an opiate, opium, narcotic or certain stimulant; driving [...]

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With K-State football finding its new head coach, a school board member drawing months’ worth of public ire with a post and 15 inches of snow covering Manhattan, 2025 was an interesting year in news. And every step of the way, The Mercury was there to note down the details. Each year we revisit our [...]

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“The Fighting Sixth” — a Fort Riley cavalry regiment deactivated earlier this month — can now resume operations after the Army reversed its decision. The Army announced Tuesday it will retain military working equid (MWE) programs, including Fort Riley’s 1st Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment. The Fighting Sixth was initially deactivated Dec. 12 as part of [...]

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The Riley County Police Department is investigating two unrelated vehicle thefts reported Tuesday in Manhattan. The first report was filed around 2:04 p.m. Dec. 30 in the 1100 block of Garden Way. A 20-year-old man and a 52-year-old woman were listed as the victims after a gray 2007 Chevy Impala was stolen by an unknown [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested twice Tuesday night on separate warrants and charges, according to the Riley County Police Department. Police say Marcel McGill, 49, was first taken into custody around 10:03 p.m. Dec. 30 in the 700 block of Griffith Drive on a Riley County District Court warrant for failure to appear. That warrant [...]

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The Riley County Police Department arrested three individuals Tuesday following the execution of two search warrants connected to an ongoing drug investigation. The first arrest occurred at approximately 12:34 p.m. Dec. 30 in the 3200 block of Fort Riley Boulevard. Police took Scott Marchand, 48, of Manhattan, into custody on multiple felony drug and weapons [...]

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A long term road closure begins next week. K-13 will be closed starting Monday, Jan. 5, from just south of Tuttle Cove Road to the U.S. 24 roundabout. The closure is needed for a culvert replacement as part of the U.S. 24 roundabout project and is expected to last until spring of 2026. KDOT says [...]

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