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A light wintry mix could create minor travel issues across parts of the region Sunday, according to the latest forecast. Forecasters say confidence is increasing that snow, sleet and freezing rain will develop Sunday morning and continue through the evening hours. The greatest potential for minor travel impacts is currently focused over east-central Kansas, where [...]

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The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Manhattan man in connection with a Jan. 3 officer-involved shooting in Pottawatomie County. The agency says 38-year-old Brian Lovgren was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon by KBI agents and officers with the KU Medical Center Department of Public Safety. He was booked on a warrant for two [...]

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Kansas law requires that any person involved in a vehicular collision must immediately report the incident to police if any person involved in the collision is injured or killed as a result. A South Dakota man was convicted Tuesday of leaving the scene of a fatality accident after failing to do that when he was [...]

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The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the theft of a utility task vehicle and other items, believed stolen from a rural area northeast of Wamego. Detectives have determined the items were stolen between 7:35 p.m. and 8:05 p.m. on Monday from the area of Peddicord Road. The total loss is said to be in [...]

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There will be no more Taco Tuesdays in Manhattan. Taco John’s, which operated at 214 Leavenworth Street since June 2014, officially closed for good on Monday. The restaurant’s franchise owner Kimberly Jager recently decided to sell the business, an employee told The Mercury. The employee said there are plans for a new restaurant to take [...]

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Authorities say a 23-year-old man was found dead Tuesday afternoon in the 1800 block of Wildcat Creek Road in Manhattan. According to the Riley County Police Department, officers responded to an unattended death shortly after 2 p.m. The man was found with what is believed to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Police [...]

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A motorcyclist was injured Tuesday in a three vehicle accident at Bluemont Ave and Tuttle Creek Blvd. Riley County Police say just before 2:30 p.m. a Jeep Cherokee stuck a Harley Davidson motorcycle, which then struck a Ford Explorer at the intersection. The motorcyclist, identified as 59-year-old Donald George, of Manhattan, was transported to Via [...]

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Officials are planning for a lot of comings and goings at Fort Riley over the next two years. Unit deployments and redeployments will see a high of 14,000 soldiers on post and a low of 6,000 soldiers on base, according to a recent report from Fort Riley officials. The estimate of “troops on station” is [...]

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The building at the Riley County transfer station will temporarily close on Monday as officials begin the installation of a new tipping floor. As previously reported by The Mercury, county commissioners signed a contract with NF Construction of Marion, Kansas, for a tipping floor and chute repair project totaling $592,540. “During this time, both commercial [...]

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The defense for a semi-truck driver on trial in a fatal hit-and-run wanted jurors on Monday to see the victim’s injuries to convince them the man had intended to kill himself. Shane Jungemann, 48, of Jefferson City, South Dakota, is on trial this week in Riley County District Court. He is charged with leaving the [...]

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