By Lewis Marien – Mercury Staff Photographer ELECTION DAY — Voters arrive and depart Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, at Zeandale Community Church. Polling places were open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for the 2024 general election, which included several local races. CURTAIN CALL — At left, Leslie Dymond, choreographer of the Manhattan Arts Center’s MACademy Youth [...]
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By Megan Moser A K-State professor is suing the university because she said her supervisor discriminated against her because of a disability. Rebecca Hackemann-Bahlmann, professor of photography, filed a lawsuit last month in federal court. She alleges discrimination on the basis of disability, retaliation for engaging in a protected activity, interfering with the exercise of [...]
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Manhattan city commissioners on Tuesday will consider funding part of the CiCo Park improvement project with a proposed resolution allowing parks and recreation staff to authorize naming rights for new and existing facilities and their amenities. The goal is to reduce the overall tax subsidy of the park upgrades by increasing private funding through donations [...]
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By Beth Day – The Times The Caterpillar buildings and grounds in Wamego are up for sale, according to an email sent Nov. 20 by the Pottawatomie County Economic Development Corporation. Caterpillar announced in June that it would be closing the Wamego facility. At the time of the closure announcement, Caterpillar was the third largest [...]
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Riley County police are looking at phone evidence to investigate a report of an Aug. 30 attack. The woman, K-State student Kenna Hibbs, told police that someone attacked her in the early-morning hours while she was walking home from Aggieville, causing severe head injuries. RCPD public information officer Ashley Tokoi said that the Aug. 30 [...]
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True Colors, a nonprofit that supports LBGTQ+ youth, is in trouble, its leaders say. Katie Baker, executive director of True Colors Flint Hills, said in an announcement last week that the organization has seen declining donations over the past year, and unless something changes will have to close its doors next month. She said True [...]
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By Emma Loura – eloura@themercury.com The start of classes at K-State means the arrival of international students, who come to Manhattan from various parts of the world to study. The K-State Alumni Association, in collaboration with the Union Program Council, held an International Block Party Friday as part of its Week of Welcome. It is [...]
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