U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue was in Manhattan Wednesday for a full day of tours and discussion panels. He began the day at River Creek Farms east of Manhattan with Kansas Senators Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran, then co-hosted an open Q&A panel at K-State’s Stanley Stout Center with Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer. Finally, Perdue [...]

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Riley County Commissioner Ben Wilson announced Thursday he will not be seeking a second term. “After much consideration, I have decided not to run for reelection or for any other office this year,” Wilson declared during Thursday morning’s county commission meeting in Manhattan. “I have greatly enjoyed working with the county commission and our amazing [...]

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Following last week’s fire on the Hale Library roof, K-State has announced a fundraiser to cover the cost of damage. The fundraiser, named the “Help for Hale” initiative, has already raised $15,000 according to Jeff Morris, K-State Vice President for Communications and Marketing. Morris told the Mercury recently that all of the funds will be [...]

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A body was found in between two buildings in Junction City Monday afternoon, according to information released from the Junction City Police Department late Tuesday afternoon. According to a press release from the JCPD, officers were advised of the body at 2:25 p.m. in the area of 140 E. 2nd St. in Junction City. The [...]

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JUNCTION CITY — Authorities say a 28-year-old soldier drowned at Milford Lake during the holiday weekend. Geary County Sheriff Tony Wolf says Jonathan Rivera, of Grandview Plaza, tried to swim across a cove at the south end of the lake but became exhausted and went under water. Authorities do not believe the drowning is suspicious. [...]

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Story and photos by Mikayla Gentine FORT RILEY — Fort Riley soldiers, Gold Star families and the surrounding community gathered to remember the fallen on Memorial Day. In attendance was U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, Kansas Governor Jeff Colyer, U.S. Congressman Roger Marshall of Kansas’ 1st District, and Fort Riley Garrison Commander, Col. John [...]

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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue is spending a few hot days in Kansas this week, and he has a full schedule on Wednesday. The Secretary will be participating in the Kansas Agriculture Roundup to be held Wednesday at the River Creek Farms at 7280 Zeandale Road. Also joining Secretary Perdue will be Kansas Governor [...]

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Officers responded to the report of an injury accident near the intersection of Pillsbury Crossing Rd. and Pleasant Valley Rd. on May 22, 2018 at approximately 3:45 PM. When officers arrived on scene, they found a silver 1993 BMW driven by Noah Hardin, 20, of Fort Riley had crashed. Hardin was transported to Via Christi [...]

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A K-State student was critically injured Saturday in a boating accident at the Lake of the Ozarks in southwest Missouri. Twenty-one year old Ashley Lamb of Olathe was flown to a Springfield hospital after the 2a.m. crash that killed three others from suburban Kansas City. Lamb, a senior at Kansas State University, is in a [...]

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A St. George woman was injured Tuesday afternoon when the vehicle she was driving collided with a Kansas Highway Patrol cruiser. According to KHP, 30-year-old Trooper Scott Moses had been parked alongside Highway 24, near Rockenham Road in Pottawatomie County, when he pulled onto the road to attempt to stop a vehicle that had passed [...]

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