The Riley County Police Department is investigating a reported theft involving a trailer taken from a Manhattan church property. Officers filed the report around 4:05 p.m. Jan. 27, 2026, in the 1500 block of Browning Place. University Christian Church was listed as the victim after police say an unknown individual stole a white 2010 enclosed [...]

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A toddler has died following a Monday fire in rural Dickinson County. According to the Dickinson County Sheriff’s office, deputies responded to a structure fire in the 15 hundred block of 14 hundred Avenue, which is located south of Abilene. Upon arrival, they found the residence fully engulfed, with an adult male and a child [...]

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A fire destroyed the Big Brothers Big Sisters building Tuesday morning. The Manhattan Fire Department responded to the fire at 519 Pierre St., a house that serves as the organization’s offices, shortly after 8:15 a.m. Flames and heavy smoke were coming out many windows of the building when officials arrived. Deputy fire chief Ryan Almes [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested Monday evening in connection with an incident reported last summer. Riley County Police say 20-year-old Taren Lhuillier was taken into custody around 6:55 p.m. Jan. 26 in the 100 block of 6th Street. The arrest stems from a report originally filed in July 2025. Lhuillier faces charges of aggravated robbery [...]

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A Topeka woman was arrested early Tuesday morning following a traffic stop in Manhattan. Riley County Police say officers filed the report around 1:44 a.m. Jan. 27, 2026, in the 2300 block of Tuttle Creek Boulevard. The case involved allegations of driving under the influence, driving while suspended and operating a vehicle without a required [...]

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A single-vehicle accident in Geary County Sunday sent a Fort Riley woman to the hospital. According to the Geary County Sheriff’s department, depuites responded to a report of an accident in the 75 hundred block of Old Highway 77 at 4:45 Sunday afternoon. According to reports, Katrena Bowers of Fort Riley was eastbound in her [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested Friday afternoon in connection with a rape reported Thursday night. Riley County Police say officers filed the report around 11:19 a.m. Jan. 23. A 54-year-old woman was listed as the victim, and a 24-year-old man known to her was identified as the suspect. Police arrested Griffin Day, 24, of Manhattan, [...]

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Manhattan Public Works director Brian Johnson told the Mercury a portion of Anderson Avenue will close at 6:00 p.m. Friday. The Mercury was not able to confirm what portion of the road will close, or when it will reopen. A winter storm warning was issu...

A winter storm is expected to impact much of northeast and east-central Kansas from Friday evening through early Sunday, bringing accumulating snow and dangerously cold temperatures, according to the National Weather Service in Topeka. Forecasters say snow will begin late Friday afternoon and continue into Sunday morning, with two rounds of heavier snowfall likely. The [...]

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Over the past month, the Riley County Police Department says it has seized “significant quantities” of illegal drugs as part of proactive investigations into drug-related crime in the area. In all, that amounts to nearly two pounds of fentanyl powder and more than 200 grams of methamphetamine, 96 grams of heroin, 8 grams of cocaine [...]

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