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A Manhattan man is accused of theft from a pair of local businesses. According to the Riley County Police Department, 43-year-old Adam Rundell, was arrested Friday on charges of theft of property, theft by deception and making false information. Police said Rundell is a suspect in a pair of thefts on April 21 at Central [...]

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One person was injured Sunday evening following a head on crash near Junction City High School. According to the Geary County Sheriff’s Office, a passenger car and a pickup collided at the intersection of K-18 and North Ritter Road at around 6 p.m. Authorities say the driver of the passenger car, Jeremias Wilcox, of Junction [...]

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One person was injured Sunday evening following a head on crash near Junction City High School. According to the Geary County Sheriff’s Office, a passenger car and a pickup collided at the intersection of K-18 and North Ritter Road at around 6 p.m. Authorities say the driver of the passenger car, Jeremias Wilcox, of Junction [...]

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Lewis Marien, Mercury staff photographer, documents the month of April. THE ANCHOR — Kansas State senior defensive tackle and Manhattan High graduate Damian Ilalio speaks to reporters Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in the Steel and Pipe Team Theatre. Ilalio is entering his final season as a Wildcat and will once again lead the middle of [...]

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Tariffs could spell trouble for farmers, according to the executive director of the Kansas Farmers Union. “Tariffs are not good,” said Nick Levendofsky, who was a guest Wednesday on Within Reason with Mike Matson on KMAN. “They don’t work. Nobody wins in a trade war.” Levendofsky said current trade policies being implemented by President Donald [...]

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WESTMORELAND — One year after a tornado ripped through Westmoreland, the community is still reeling, but looking toward the future. “Everything’s kind of still in progress right now,” Mayor Waide Purvis said in an interview last week. “I believe, from the last report I got, there was one house that was destroyed that is completely [...]

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By The Kansas Reflector TOPEKA — The Trump administration defunded 16 of 17 Feed the Future labs across the country when it began wiping out U.S. Agency for International Development projects. After months in limbo, Kansas State University found out its lab is the lone survivor. Two K-State labs that are part of the Feed [...]

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A popular student food support program is likely coming to an end, its organizer said Wednesday. Konza Student Table, founded in 2021, has provided more than 100,000 meals to K-State students. Volunteers distribute the to-go meals weekly on campus, free of charge, to anyone who needs them. “Konza Student Table came to be because we [...]

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By Rose Gruenbacher A trans professor is suing K-State for more than $300,000 because he says the university discriminated against him because of his gender identity and sex. In a complaint filed this week in federal court, Harlan Weaver, a professor in K-State’s Department of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies, alleging discrimination and retaliation on [...]

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By Rose Gruenbacher Two men facing charges including distribution of a controlled substance causing death appeared via Zoom Wednesday in Riley County District Court to have their cases joined and tried together. Derrick Duncan, 22, of Manhattan is charged with distribution of a controlled substance causing death, distribution of a controlled substance within 1,000 feet [...]

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