Manhattan city commissioners will approve the second reading of the 2025 budget and tax rate ordinance at their weekly meeting Tuesday evening. On Sept. 3, the commission narrowly approved the first reading of the budget, with the $299.6 million budget and 3.99-mill increase passing on a vote of 3-2. Commissioners John Matta and Peter Oppelt [...]
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National Merit Scholarship Corporation officials this week announced four Manhattan High School students and one Manhattan Virtual Academy student are among the approximately 16,000 semifinalists nationwide. Asa Amama represents the Manhattan Virtual Academy on the semifinalists lists, while George Durrett, Patrick Fu, Andrei Mazin and Rachel Wei represent Manhattan High. “These are great students and [...]
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K-State and the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility are celebrating five years of partnership. NBAF’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory has allowed K-State students to spend three weeks learning about high-containment laboratory safety through an online K-State course. Once that’s completed, students then spend eight weeks at K-State’s Biosecurity [...]
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A pickup truck hit what Wabaunsee County sheriff’s officials called a “wild, non-farm raised bull elk” on I-70 at mile marker 335, which is near the Paxico exit. No injuries to the pickup truck’s occupants were reported, according to a message on the Wabaunsee County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page that was posted at 1 a.m. [...]
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Junction City Police Department officials on Wednesday said they’d found a shooting threat against Junction City Middle School unfounded. The threat circulated on TikTok and referred to a list of schools identified as potential targets for shootings, but a JCPD spokesperson in a release said, “there is no credible evidence to suggest any immediate danger [...]
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Just before 2:30p.m. Tuesday, police arrested 34-year-old Destiny Milam of Manhattan on a Riley County District Court warrant for probation violation, according to the Riley County Police Department activity report. The original charge in this matter was for interference with an LEO. Milam has previous convictions for Interference with Law Enforcement; falsely accusing LEO of [...]
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By Emma Loura eloura@themercury.com The Riley County jail has had high population numbers in recent months, and officials who previously anticipated a decrease in incarcerations now say that hasn’t happened. Jail captain Mark French on Monday told Riley County commissioners there are 124 inmates in the jail. In addition, there are 29 female inmates in [...]
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The Riley County Police Department announced Tuesday the promotion of Erin Freidline to Assistant Director, effective January 1, 2025. Freidline will succeed Assistant Director Kurt Moldrup. Captain Freidline began her career with the Riley County Police Department in June 2000 as a Dispatcher, transitioning to a Patrol Officer in 2001. Freidline was promoted to Sergeant [...]
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By Annie Wolfe/Times of Pott County Pottawatomie County residents will have a 9.9% property tax decrease next year. County tax payers will see a 2.856 mill levy decrease in the General Fund for 2025, which is a drop of $2,311,044 in ad valorem taxes levied. The 2025 General Fund includes a 4.5 percent cost of [...]
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By Emma Loura/Manhattan Mercury Julie Gibbs is no longer the Riley County health director. County officials confirmed Friday that Gibbs was not employed by the county as of Aug. 29. They would not give details about the circumstances of her departure. Riley County fiscal analyst Shelley Hayes also ceased employment with the county on that [...]
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