By Emma Loura eloura@themercury.com Manhattan homeowners next year will see a 4.51% increase in their property taxes direct 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 mill. [...]

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A new K-State partnership aims to address rural health issues in north central Kansas. The K-State 105 initiative is bringing together Kansas State University, The University of Kansas Health System and Phillips County Health Systems to support rural health care in Phillips County, which is north of Hays. As part of this partnership, Phillips County [...]

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An inmate at the Riley County jail died Monday, according to Riley County Police Department officials. Corrections officers found 51-year-old Michael Smith unresponsive around 4:30 p.m. Monday. They alerted emergency medical services, who responded to the scene and provided immediate CPR. Smith was pronounced dead at the scene. The full article can be viewed at [...]

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Manhattan city workers on Tuesday closed the area around the intersection of Stratton Circle and Sunset Avenue for repairs. Only local traffic will be allowed into the section, with through traffic diverting at Grandview Drive to the south and Anderson Avenue to the north. City officials expect work on the intersection — which is on [...]

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A young woman from the Wichita area was rushed to Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka after someone attacked her in Aggieville early Friday in Manhattan. RCPD Public Information Officer Ashley Tokoi said police are aware of the social media messages about the attack that have been circulating, but she said it includes some misinformation. Tokoi [...]

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Health officials are seeing COVID-19 cases rising in Manhattan. Ascension Via Christi president Bob Copple told The Mercury that over the last week, the hospital has had one to five outpatients in the emergency department each day and three to five inpatients. Copple said most of those are not there primarily because of COVID. The [...]

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Below is a letter from our Senior Marketing Consultant, Amber Potter, looking back on the past 41 years and thanking him for his longtime support of Manhattan Broadcasting. Quitting Business Sale… At least that’s what Steve at Furniture Warehouse decided to call it. I hardly call it quitting after 41 years. Quitting has such a [...]

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The Riley County commission on Thursday agreed to rezone a property north of Manhattan to allow a landscaping business to move onto it. Done Right Landscaping LLC will take over the plot at 6621 Tuttle Creek Boulevard after commissioners approved the request to rezone it from single-unit residential to a planned-unit development. Justin Brock, the [...]

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by Emma Loura A group of volunteers on Tuesday afternoon collected litter into trash bags along Linear Trail and the Kansas River. Friends of the Kaw, a nonprofit organization, organizes monthly cleanups during spring, summer and fall in communities between Kansas City and Junction City where the river flows. Tuesday’s event targeted the Manhattan area, [...]

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