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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A Conway Springs man is in trouble with the law following his arrest for failing to appear in Riley County District Court. 27-year-old Trevor Smith was arrested just after 4:30 p.m. Monday afternoon on a Riley County District Court warrant for failing to appear. The charge comes from original charge for distributing narcotics, marijuana, cannabinoids [...]

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The third — and final — season of the series “Somebody Somewhere” returns Oct. 27, HBO announced this week. Manhattan native Bridget Everett stars in, writes for and executive produces the show, which is set in Manhattan, Kansas. The show films mostly in the Chicago area but has also filmed in several locations in Manhattan. The [...]

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By Emma Loura  –  eloura@themercury.com Riley County community corrections saw nearly twice the number of juvenile intakes in July as it did in June. Community corrections interim director Megan Lewis on Monday told Riley County commissioners her department had 10 more juvenile intakes in July. “We had 25 intakes in Riley County and two in [...]

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Another road construction project is underway in Manhattan. The intersection of Dickens and Wreath avenues closed to vehicular and pedestrian traffic on Monday for a full replacement and repair project that city officials expect will last four to six weeks, depending on the weather. The official detour for Wreath Avenue takes drivers west on Claflin [...]

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by Emma Loura The start of a new school year involves a good deal of preparation for teachers, and Woodrow Wilson Elementary School second-grade teachers Catelynne LePage and Ina Holmes have high hopes for 2024-25. LePage has been a teacher for six years, starting at Woodrow Wilson as a kindergarten teacher in 2018 before teaching [...]

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By Ned Seaton – nseaton@themercury.com In property tax rates, Manhattan is in the middle of the pack. New data from the Kansas League of Municipalities puts Manhattan in 15th place out of 26 of the state’s largest cities. The current tax rate here is 150.404 mills; a mill is $1 in tax for every $1,000 [...]

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One of Manhattan’s main east-west thoroughfares is set to reopen to through traffic next week after months of closure. Kimball Avenue will re-open Monday at the intersection with Denison Avenue, just in time for the first home K-State football game on Aug. 31. The city shut down the intersection in February as part of ongoing [...]

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The intersection of Fourth and Houston streets closed to vehicular and pedestrian traffic on Thursday. The closure is an expansion of the work in the 300 block of Houston Street, which has been shut down between Third and Fourth streets for months. City officials on Wednesday said they expect the project to continue through the [...]

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The Riley County commission on Thursday unanimously certified a 2025 budget of more than $104 million and a mill levy of 37.943 mills, meaning property owners will see a slight decrease in their taxes. This year’s mill levy is a 1.923-mill decrease from last year. A mill represents $1 in taxes for every $1,000 in [...]

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