The Riley County Police Department paid Flock Safety $33,000 this year for access to its 11 surveillance cameras around town, according to documents obtained by The Mercury. The police department in 2023 made an agreement with the company, which makes high-speed, computer-controlled cameras that capture license plate and vehicle information for investigations. The Mercury obtained [...]

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A Manhattan man pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges against him alleging sex crimes against children and offender registration violation. Phillip Andrew Dews, 32, entered not guilty pleas in Riley County District Court to one count of aggravated internet pornography trading of a child, four counts of aggravated sex offender registration violation and one [...]

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A judge convicted an Ogden man of first-degree murder and attempted murder after the man entered a plea deal Wednesday in Riley County District Court. Cordarius Devonte Maurice Gowdy, 24, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, two counts of attempted first-degree murder and criminal discharge of a firearm that stemmed from an early morning shooting in [...]

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Manhattan city commissioners discussed plans to replace a road salt storage facility and build two smaller sites to improve snow removal efficiency during a work session Tuesday. Public works director Brian Johnson said the city’s salt storage facility on Denison Avenue is fully deconstructed after a June storm caused damage to the structure. This has [...]

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By Ned Seaton Richard Linton has been named the next president of Virginia Tech. The Board of Visitors announced him as their pick at a meeting Wednesday at noon. Linton, who obtained undergraduate, master’s and Ph.D. degrees from Virginia Tech, said it was “incredibly meaningful” to take over the top job, saying it was a [...]

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The RCPD is investigating a reported theft involving unauthorized purchases made with a company credit card over a five-month period. According to the RCPD, officers filed a report for theft and criminal use of a financial card just after 4 p.m. Tuesday at ToothStory, located at 320 Sunset Ave. in Manhattan. A 46-year-old woman was [...]

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Two New Jersey residents were arrested early Tuesday after Wabaunsee County Sheriff’s deputies recovered a stolen vehicle along I-70. According to the Wabaunsee County Sheriff’s Office, deputies stopped a westbound 2025 Nissan Altima near mile marker 328, in the vicinity of the Plaza of the Flint Hills, just after 2 a.m. The vehicle had been [...]

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By Ned Seaton Richard Linton is expected to be named the next president of Virginia Tech, multiple sources told The Manhattan Mercury Tuesday afternoon. Linton is currently the president at K-State, having served in that role since 2022. He’s the 15th president in university history. Neither Virginia Tech nor K-State have announced anything, but the [...]

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A Manhattan man pleaded not guilty to 25 charges of child solicitation and promoting obscenity to minors on Tuesday in Riley County District Court. Kenneth Owen Kelley, 25, entered not guilty pleas to 13 counts of electronic solicitation of someone the offender believed to be a child less than 14 years old and 12 counts [...]

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A 49-year-old Manhattan man barricaded himself in his apartment Monday afternoon at the 400 block of Leavenworth Street while police attempted to arrest him. A Riley County Police Department representative said the man was wanted for aggravated assault on a 49-year-old man working in the 200 block of North 5th Street in an incident at 1:14 [...]

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