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By Emma Loura, The Mercury The USD 383 Manhattan-Ogden school board on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding with Manhattan Technical College to continue allowing Manhattan High School students to receive concurrent college credit next school year. The memorandum of understanding for the 2024-25 academic year will return to the financial splits it had previously [...]

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By Tim Weideman news@themercury.com Short-term rentals are causing a stir in at least one Riley County neighborhood. Several residents of Terra Heights Drive raised concerns during Thursday’s Riley County Commission meeting ranging from parties causing disturbances to trespassing on neighbors’ properties. Popularized by platforms such as Airbnb and VRBO, short-term rentals are privately owned homes, [...]

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By Beth Day – The Times Pottawatomie County Amy Davis was surprised Thursday afternoon when the town hall she thought she was attending at Wamego’s Valley Vista turned out to be a celebration in her honor. Davis is the Valley Vista Director of Nursing. When she came into the room, it wasn’t just the regional [...]

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After five hours of deliberation Wednesday, a Pottawatomie County jury has convicted 22-year-old McKaine Farr of distribution of a controlled substance causing death. The conviction stems from a March 2023 incident at a Manhattan hotel involving Thomas Jackson DeLoach, of Manhattan, who died. This was Farr’s second conviction on the same charge. In December, he [...]

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Pottawatomie County Attorney Sherri Schuck gave her opening statement Monday in the second trial of 22-year-old McKaine Farr, of Wamego, for distribution of a controlled substance causing death. Farr is accused of distributing fentanyl to Thomas Jackson DeLoach, of Manhattan, in March 2023, causing his death. Farr was convicted of the same charge in December [...]

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Riley County has certified the results of the recent presidential preference primary. The commission, acting as the Board of County Canvassers on Monday, unanimously approved the provisional ballots and certified the election results. A total of 2,624 Riley County residents (about 7%) took part in the primary, the state’s first since 1992. During the meeting, [...]

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By Tim Weideman, Manhattan Mercury Riley County Commissioners approved a request Monday from Community Corrections to continue using as-needed on-call juvenile intake staff in 2025. The department has already been bringing in an additional person to cover on-call needs on Fridays for Juvenile Intake and Assessment Services (JIAS). That person responds to law enforcement requests for [...]

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Two Manhattan men were transported to Ascension Via Christi on Friday evening after a serious accident along K-113 near Seth Child Road and Marlatt Avenue. The accident occurred at 4:30 pm on Friday afternoon when a 1996 GMC SC1 failed to yield the right of way to a 2003 Ford Econoline. The Ford, driven by [...]

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One person is hospitalized, following a three vehicle crash about 15 miles north of Clay Center Thursday. The Kansas Highway Patrol says a Clay Center man was northbound on K-15, shortly after 4:30 p.m., when his SUV crossed the center line and struck an oncoming Dodge Caravan. The SUV then was struck by an oncoming [...]

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The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the report of a stolen bicycle from Manhattan last weekend. Authorities say the bike was reported stolen March 17 from the 4600 block of Sunflower Slope Drive. The bike is a Trek Roscoe 24 inch bicycle valued at approximately $569. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective [...]

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