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By Emma Loura Riley County’s budget and planning committee on Monday presented a policy for incentives intended to entice developers build affordable housing. The committee members proposed Reinvestment Housing Incentive District policy. The RHID captures the increase in property taxes created by the development for up to 25 years. Brittany Phillips, county budget and finance [...]

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The Riley County Police Department and emergency medical services responded Tuesday night to a vehicle vs pedestrian accident that happened near 4th and Moro St. RCPD posted on Facebook around 6:45 p.m. announcing that 4th Street was closed for over an hour from Bluemont to Laramie due to the accident, and that at least one [...]

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Riley County police on Tuesday reported 11 motor vehicle burglaries in the past 24 hours. Police believe these burglaries are connected but are still in the early stages of investigating. Most of the cars the burglars broke into were unlocked, police said. Items stolen include cash, purses, wallets, sunglasses, and a weapon. Tokoi said the [...]

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Riley County Police responded to an injury accident on the morning of November 30, 2024, at the intersection of Leavenworth Street and N. Juliette Avenue. According to the report, a 2013 Toyota Tacoma driven by 21-year-old John Mayes collided head-on with a 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan operated by 47-year-old Marco Galeano-Casco. Galeano-Casco sustained non-life-threatening injuries [...]

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Officers filed a report of aggravated criminal threat on December 1, 2024, at approximately 4:57 PM in the 600 block of Tuttle Creek Blvd. Officers listed both T Mobile and a 47-year-old female as the victim when it was reported the subject threatened ...

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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