Tuesday’s work session agenda for the Manhattan City Commission contains a discussion of city debt, the mill levy and sales tax renewal.

City administration has prepared a summary of the current and future debt as well as a sales tax renewal presentation. This will continue the commission’s budgeting efforts, where commissioners will provide guidance to staffers on construction budget proposals.

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Former Manhattan chiropractor and convicted sex crimes felon Clark Petersen is no longer licensed in Kansas after the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts voted unanimously to revoke his license on Monday.

Following a Riley County District Court trial in August, Petersen, 66 was convicted 51 counts of sex crimes against former chiropractic patients. He was sentenced in October to serve 32 years in prison under custody of the Kansas Department of Corrections.

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A Manhattan woman was injured Thursday evening in a two-vehicle crash on North Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, according to the RCPD.

Officers responded to the crash at approximately 5:33 p.m. July 9 in the 400 block of N. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.

Police said a Ford van driven by William Joseph Eichem, 46, of Manhattan, collided with a Subaru Forester driven by Teressa Chandler, 69, of Manhattan. Two additional passengers were in the Subaru at the time of the crash.

Chandler was transported to Via Christi Hospital for treatment of her injuries.

Following the investigation, Eichem was arrested on charges of driving while suspended and driving while a habitual violator. He was issued a total bond of $3,000 and is no longer confined in the Riley County Jail.

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A Junction City man was arrested early Friday after police said he discharged a firearm and damaged property.

Nicholas Taylor Salay, 25, of Junction City, was arrested just before 3 a.m. July 10 at 200 S. Jefferson St.

According to the Junction City Police Department, Salay was arrested on charges of criminal discharge of a firearm into an unoccupied dwelling, possession of a firearm while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and criminal damage to property.

As of Friday morning, no bond had been set and he remained confined in the Geary County Detention Center.

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A Junction City man was arrested early Friday after police said he discharged a firearm and damaged property.

Nicholas Taylor Salay, 25, of Junction City, was arrested just before 3 a.m. July 10 at 200 S. Jefferson St.

According to the Junction City Police Department, Salay was arrested on charges of criminal discharge of a firearm into an unoccupied dwelling, possession of a firearm while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and criminal damage to property.

As of Friday morning, no bond had been set and he remained confined in the Geary County Detention Center.

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The Riley County Commission on Thursday authorized alcohol sales at designated events in CiCo Park.

The commission voted to allow beer sales at the Manhattan Brewing Company and Aggieville Brewing Company’s “Little Apple Mayfest” to take place in May, and alcohol sales within two designated areas during the Riley County Fair.

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A Louisiana man was arrested Wednesday night following a reported domestic violence incident in Manhattan, according to the Riley County Police Department.

Officers filed a report just after 9 p.m. July 8, 2026, in Manhattan for aggravated domestic battery, criminal damage to property, criminal restraint and domestic battery.

A 36-year-old woman was listed as the victim. A known 35-year-old man was identified as the suspect.

Yances Baldizon, 35, of Gretna, Louisiana, was arrested just before 10 p.m. on charges of aggravated domestic battery, criminal damage to property, criminal restraint and domestic battery.

Baldizon was issued a total bond of $11,000 and remains confined in the Riley County Jail at the time of this report.

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Three people were arrested Tuesday for charges including drug possession and crimes involving alcohol. Two of them are held in custody at the Riley County Jail.

Police arrested Rausheed Deshon Green, 14; Madelyn Grace Cook, 21 and Terriundis Merrill Toliver Jr., 19, all of Manhattan, at 11:30 p.m. in the Blue Valley Trailer Court at 730 Allen Road.

To view the full article visit theMercury.com.

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Residents in the Manhattan Housing Authority’s Apartment Towers building had a brief reprieve from its elevator woes Tuesday when technicians got one of the building’s two elevators working for the first time in over two weeks.

MHA executive director Aaron Estabrook told The Mercury the building’s large elevator was back in working order just after 3:45 p.m. Tuesday. Any relief for residents of the 12-floor building was short lived, however, when the elevator went out of service again at 8:15 p.m. Estabrook said an emergency work order was placed for the unit.

To view the full article visit theMercury.com.

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