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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A woman who said she was attacked near Aggieville last week is recovering “slowly,” her father said Friday. Police said they received a report Sept. 3 that Kenna Hibbs, a K-State student from Norwich, was found in the 800 block of Laramie Street with head injuries after walking home from Aggieville in the early morning [...]

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A former Manhattan chiropractor pleaded not guilty to 63 counts of sex crimes in Riley County District Court on Monday. Sixty-five-year-old Clark Petersen, who owned the now-closed Petersen Chiropractic in Manhattan, was charged in August 2023 with counts ranging from rape to aggravated sexual battery for offenses between 2017 and 2022. Petersen and his attorney, [...]

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Manhattan city commissioners on Tuesday will discuss how much oversight they want to have of change orders to construction contracts. The city currently doesn’t have standardized procedures regarding who approves change orders and how, though city officials typically have asked the commission to do it if the total project costs exceeds $50,000 or if the [...]

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Two Manhattan residents were arrested on Thursday evening for drug possession. 27-year-old Keyante White and 42-year-old Chasity Triplett were arrested just before 8 p.m. in the 200 block of North 4th Street on probable cause offenses for possession of drug paraphenlia with the intent of using, violating a protection order and possession of opiates. White [...]

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By Emma Loura eloura@themercury.com Manhattan homeowners next year will see an 8% decrease in their property taxes directed to the USD 383 Manhattan-Ogden school district. The USD 383 school board on Wednesday unanimously adopted its fiscal year 2025 budget, which exceeded the established “revenue-neutral rate” of 58.419 mills with a 2025 rate of 59.909 mills. [...]

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Flint Hills Christian School has new leadership this school year. Jeremy Davidson will serve as the school’s new principal after being its athletic director as well as an elementary and secondary teacher. Brenda Page, the former principal of Central El...