Riley County needs more Election Day workers. County elections officials on Tuesday said they’re looking to hire 20-25 additional workers to help out with the Nov. 5 general election. “For the 2020 presidential election, almost 65% of registered voters participated with a total of 25,073 ballots cast,” county clerk Rich Vargo said in a written [...]

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by GW Clift Contributing writer Bill Medley performed in McCain Auditorium on the campus of K-State on Sunday night. With his replacement partner Bucky Heard, he gave us a Vegas show featuring many of the popular songs he had recorded with Bobby Hatfield when they performed as the Righteous Brothers. Hatfield is gone now. But [...]

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Police on Monday investigated a threat of violence at Wamego High School but determined it was unfounded, according to a Wamego Police Department post on social media. Police learned of a group chat mentioning violence at the school before the day began Monday and stationed additional officers at district schools while others investigated. Police discovered [...]

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Junction City police have arrested a juvenile for making threats directed at Junction City Middle School students and staff. According to a release from Junction City Police Department spokesperson Cadin Sanner, officers on Tuesday identified and arrested the juvenile believed to be responsible for a Snapchat post Friday that included a list of names of [...]

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A Manhattan man was injured in an accident just before 1:30p.m. Sunday in Manhattan. According to the Riley County Police Department, a 2018 Hyundai driven by Cody Copeland, 23, Manhattan, failed to yield right of way at the intersection of Pillsbury Drive and McDowell Creek Road. The vehicle struck a 2006 Yamana motorcycle driven by [...]

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By Emma Loura/Manhattan Mercury The University Park lagoon project is still on, but the county is going to need a loan to complete it. The Riley County commission on Monday unanimously approved a 20-year loan from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s State Revolving Fund to cover any costs of the project beyond what [...]

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By Annie Wolfe/Times of Pott County Pottawatomie County Commissioner Greg Riat was unwilling Monday to sign a reimbursement request submitted by Commissioner Dee McKee at a previous meeting and County Counselor John Watt informed the commissioners they would need to “cuss and discuss” the issue during the public meeting. “A voucher was turned in, and [...]

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K-State on Friday reported that a student had tested positive for tuberculosis. The student is undergoing medical treatment and is isolating according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, officials said in a written statement. They said K-State is working closely with the Riley County Health Department to identify any people who had [...]

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A federal jury convicted a Kansas man of assault with a deadly weapon following an incident on a United States Army installation, according to the United State’s Attorney. In Nov. 2023, Jordan Thompson, 24, assaulted an adult male victim while at Fort Riley. According to evidence presented at trial, Thompson was involved in a domestic [...]

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By Emma Loura eloura@themercury.com For 100 years, the radio towers behind Nichols Hall on the K-State campus have stood as a historical monument to the development of technology to bring information to the people of Kansas. The university on Friday held a ceremony honoring its long history of broadcasting, which including trailblazing the use of [...]

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