The Manhattan City Commission unanimously approved two rezoning requests Tuesday, clearing the way for a new Planet Fitness location on the city’s east side and advancing plans for the proposed Yuma Street Cultural Center. Commissioners unanimously approved rezoning property north of the intersection of East Poyntz Avenue and Sarber Lane from neighborhood commercial to a [...]

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Northeast Kansas could see multiple rounds of heavy rainfall through Friday before hot and humid conditions return for the weekend, according to the National Weather Service in Topeka. Forecasters say two rounds of thunderstorms are expected between Wednesday night and Friday morning, bringing widespread rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches across much of the [...]

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A Junction City woman facing a variety of drug charges including distribution causing death is scheduled to appear in Riley County District Court on Thursday for a plea hearing in her case. Ashley Nicole Price, 24, is charged with distribution of a controlled substance causing death on June 1, 2023. Leilani Alize Johnson, 20, was [...]

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During the highest-attended Riley County Law Enforcement Agency Board meeting this year, community members asked the board on Monday not to apply for a federal grant that would fund improvements and expansions for the jail, but require more cooperation with federal immigration enforcement agencies. However, the board granted approval to continue pursuing the grant with [...]

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Republican candidate for the Kansas House of Representatives Kaleb James is fueling up for his campaign to succeed Rep. Angel Roser for District 67. James spoke with Mike Matson on KMAN Tuesday discussing his views on property taxes, education, immigra...

The potential for data centers being built in Pottawatomie County gives rural landowners an uneasy future, an agriculture law professor said. Roger McEowen is the Kansas Farm Bureau professor of agricultural law and taxation at Washburn and also teaches undergraduate agricultural law courses at K-State. He said July 15 that the dynamic farmers are primarily [...]

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The Riley County Police Department is investigating an attempted vehicle burglary that damaged an unmarked law enforcement vehicle in Manhattan. Officers filed a report for attempted theft of property or services and criminal damage to property at approximately 7:07 p.m. Monday, July 20, in the 500 block of Third Street. According to police, an unknown [...]

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The Pottawatomie County planning commission’s public hearing originally scheduled for July 28 in St. Bernard Catholic Church Parish Hall has been rescheduled. A member of the commission’s staff told The Mercury on Thursday that they were unable to meet the mandatory 20-day advance publication of a legal notice for the hearing. The hearing will still [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested Saturday after authorities say he threatened another motorist during a road rage incident on Interstate 70 in Wabaunsee County. According to the Wabaunsee County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were dispatched at approximately 3:23 p.m. July 18 after receiving a 911 call reporting an active road rage incident on westbound I-70 near [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested Saturday after authorities say he threatened another motorist during a road rage incident on Interstate 70 in Wabaunsee County. According to the Wabaunsee County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were dispatched at approximately 3:23 p.m. July 18 after receiving a 911 call reporting an active road rage incident on westbound I-70 near [...]

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