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After Manhattan’s Ascension Via Christi Hospital reported its highest number of COVID-19 positive inpatients, that number has declined slightly. Health officials (today) Wednesday confirmed Ascension Via Christi is caring for 23 positive patients, down from a high of 25, including five being treated in the Intensive Care Unit. In addition, 83 new positive cases and [...]

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A big change is coming for the Manhattan Mercury. Ned Seaton, Mercury publisher and editor in-chief, says the newspaper will be switching from five days a week print schedule to three days a week. Seaton says the Mercury will be utilizing their digital platform more and only printing the paper on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday [...]

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A big change is coming for the Manhattan Mercury. Ned Seaton, Mercury publisher and editor in-chief, says the newspaper will be switching from five days a week print schedule to three days a week. Seaton says the Mercury will be utilizing their digital platform more and only printing the paper on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday [...]

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A big change is coming for the Manhattan Mercury. Ned Seaton, Mercury publisher and editor in-chief, says the newspaper will be switching from five days a week print schedule to three days a week. Seaton says the Mercury will be utilizing their digital platform more and only printing the paper on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday [...]

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One person is dead and two others are injured following a crash Tuesday evening near Rossville. Authorities were dispatched shortly after 7:30 p.m. after a passenger car struck a deer on Hwy 24, about a mile east of Rossville. The driver was attempting to avoid hitting the deer, and in doing so, left the roadway, [...]

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Engaging with the local media, Garrison Commander Colonel Will McKannay of Fort Riley, came before the audience to speak on accomplishments in the past year during the pandemic and held a Q&A session pertaining to activities on the base. “In current times, as you know, 2020 was both a great and a challenging year for [...]

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Riley County Police arrested a 21-year-old man Monday on a warrant for his involvement in an alleged incident from last spring. Timothy Bell is charged with two counts of aggravated burglary, one count of aggravated robbery and one count of kidnapping. An online criminal complaint alleges that on May 22, Bell broke into an apartment [...]

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The following summary of calls for service/reports filed by the Riley County Police Department is a portion of those received by police.  Some names, addresses, and case details are withheld to follow local, state, and federal law as well as in an attempt to protect community members from being victimized further.  Those arrested are presumed innocent [...]

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A trial date is now set for a former Manhattan restaurant owner accused of multiple counts of sexual abuse. At a status hearing Monday, held via Zoom in the case of Robert Iacobellis, Judge Kendra Lewison scheduled a motions hearing for 9 a.m. April 21, with a seven day jury trial slated to begin June [...]

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Pott. County COVID-19-related hospitalization numbers About five Pottawatomie County residents were hospitalized with COVID-19 complications as of Monday’s report. However, Leslie Campbell, Pottawatomie County health director, told the Pott. County Commission on Monday that area hospitals are taking in out-of-county patients as well. The Onaga Community Healthcare System has people from Jackson, Nemaha (and) Marshall [...]

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