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The Bluemont and 4th Street roundabout in Manhattan saw the most accidents in the 3rd quarter of this year, which is between Jul. 1 and Sept. 30. In total, eight accidents occurred at that roundabout during that time frame, while the intersection at Tuttle Creek Boulevard and McCall Road saw seven accidents. The intersection of [...]

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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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By Emma Loura The school board on Wednesday voted unanimously to accept a $465,469 bid for services from BHS Construction to cover costs of changes to the park, some of which it will split with the city. Park improvements the district will pay for solely include relocated throwing areas for discus, shot put and javelin [...]

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By Emma Loura Members of the Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday took their first look at a proposed rate increase of 2.24% for a modest double-occupancy room with limited dining options at K-State in the 2025-26 school year. The jump for a newly renovated or constructed room with unlimited dining options would be 3.52%. [...]

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Police have arrested and charged an Ellsworth man for distribution of a controlled substance causing death. Police arrested Caziah Self, 23, on Wednesday afternoon at approximately noon on a Riley County District Court warrant on the aforementioned charge as well as single counts for using a communication facility in the commission of a felony drug [...]

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  The project consulting team of Stantec and BBN Architects have started a third round of public engagement for the East Manhattan Gateway Plan project on behalf of the City of Manhattan, and are looking for resident input. The East Manhattan Gateway Plan is a corridor and area plan for the area extending along the [...]

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Manhattan city commissioners on Tuesday unanimously voted to increase the 2024 budget by more than $2 million, going from an original $23.2 million to $25.3 million. The areas of increase are for employee benefits, fire pension, sales tax, special street and highway, and transient guest tax funds. City staff members said if employee benefits and [...]

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By Megan Moser USD 383 school board member Karla Hagemeister announced Wednesday she doesn’t plan to run for another term when hers is up in 2026. Hagemeister is in her second term on the board for the Manhattan-Ogden district. She told The Mercury in a phone interview Wednesday she feels it is the right time [...]

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Police arrested a Clay Center man at the Hy-Vee gas station on Tuesday morning just before 6 a.m. in the 200 block of Leavenworth Street. Dwayne Wright, 50, has been charged in this case with one count of criminal possession of a firearm by a felon and is confined on a bond of $5,000. Wright [...]

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One person is dead following a three-car accident on Tuesday afternoon on US-77 in west central Junction City. The accident occurred just before 5 p.m. when a 2021 Subaru Outback was traveling northbound near milepost 154 when it crossed the center line striking a 2009 Infinti G37. The Infinti, driven by Kaleb Jones-Bransford, 21, of [...]

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