By Manhattan Mercury Staff Col. Laudino Castillo took over command of Irwin Army Community Hospital last week in a ceremony at Fort Riley. Col. Anthony Gray relinquished command to Castillo. Medical Readiness Command West commander and Brig. Gen. Yolonda Summons praised Gray’s leadership during a challenging period marked by personnel shortages, budget constraints and modernization [...]

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By Beth Day/Pott County Times For the first time in 15 years, Pottawatomie County’s valuation has dropped, commissioners learned at a Monday budget work session. Assistant County Administrator Heather Gladbach presented the commissioners with a budget that includes a 9.9 percent decrease in the mill levy, making the mill levy 26.0 for 2025. The last [...]

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A Manhattan man died in an accident just before 10p.m. Sunday in Cloud County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2006 Ford van driven by Marco Lopez, 47, Kansas City, Missouri, was westbound on U.S. 24 and struck a 2015 Yamaha motorcycle driven by James Ray Dille, 63, Manhattan. Dille was pronounced dead at the [...]

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By AJ Dome/Manhattan Mercury The Kansas wheat harvest is fully underway, and ag producers are trying to finish cuttings after recent storms brought interruptions. The wheat harvest across the state is about 30% complete, according to officials from the Kansas Wheat Commission. This time last year saw only 6% harvest completion, while the average for [...]

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It’s expected to heat back up in the listening area over the next couple of days and into the weekend. Temperatures are expected to touch the mid-to-upper 90s over the weekend, with highs of 96 on Saturday and 94 on Sunday in Manhattan. The Little Apple could see triple digits at the start of next [...]

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By Emma Loura/Manhattan Mercury The Riley County commission on Monday unanimously approved a letter of support for a federal grant to help pay for trails project. The Flint Hills Regional Council and the Flint Hills Metropolitan Planning Organization are partnering to apply for the 2024 Active Transportation Infrastructure Investment Program, a grant from the Federal [...]

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By Emma Loura/Manhattan Mercury The Manhattan Area Garden Tour will return for a 35th year later this month. Set for June 22 and put on by K-State Research and Extension Master Gardeners, the tour will feature five home gardens, two community gardens and the K-State gardens. The theme of this year’s tour is “Nature Scapes.” [...]

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Riley County Police are searching for a suspect following a hit-and-run overnight that seriously injured a male pedestrian. Officers responded after 2:00 am in the 1100 block of Fremont finding a 41-year-old male following a hit-and-run crash. The victim was transported to Via Christi with serious injuries. His identity is unknown at this time. Officers [...]

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The City of Manhattan will be closing Manhattan Avenue next week from the Anderson/Bluemont intersection to Old Claflin Road. As a result, K-State says the A5 parking lot between the Campus Creek Complex and Justin Hall will be closed during the duration of the road closure between Monday and Friday, June 21 for repairs. ADA [...]

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A Manhattan man is in custody after an apparent attempted child abduction The Riley County Police Department says officers responded Wednesday afternoon to So Long Saloon in Aggieville. Officers say the suspect, 43-year-old Jonathan Valentine is charged with attempted aggravated kidnapping after witnesses reported him agressively claiming a child did not belong to the child’s [...]

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