A Topeka woman was arrested early Tuesday morning following a traffic stop in Manhattan. Riley County Police say officers filed the report around 1:44 a.m. Jan. 27, 2026, in the 2300 block of Tuttle Creek Boulevard. The case involved allegations of driving under the influence, driving while suspended and operating a vehicle without a required [...]

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A single-vehicle accident in Geary County Sunday sent a Fort Riley woman to the hospital. According to the Geary County Sheriff’s department, depuites responded to a report of an accident in the 75 hundred block of Old Highway 77 at 4:45 Sunday afternoon. According to reports, Katrena Bowers of Fort Riley was eastbound in her [...]

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Col. Gerald Nunziato said Friday that Fort Riley recorded an increase in the population of military families on base in 2025. That’s good news for the local economy and a positive trend for Fort Riley soldiers. Nunziato was speaking at the Regional Growth Summit, an annual event put on by the Manhattan, Junction City and [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested Friday afternoon in connection with a rape reported Thursday night. Riley County Police say officers filed the report around 11:19 a.m. Jan. 23. A 54-year-old woman was listed as the victim, and a 24-year-old man known to her was identified as the suspect. Police arrested Griffin Day, 24, of Manhattan, [...]

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Manhattan city commissioner Andrew Von Lintel told The Mercury Friday he will remain in his position despite a “significant setback” and mental breakdown. “January 12th I had a very hard time going to sleep and I ended up with less than 1 hour of sleep that night,” Von Lintel wrote in a public statement on [...]

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Manhattan city commissioner Andrew Von Lintel told The Mercury Friday he will remain in his position despite a “significant setback” and mental breakdown. “January 12th I had a very hard time going to sleep and I ended up with less than 1 hour of sleep that night,” Von Lintel wrote in a public statement on [...]

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Manhattan Public Works director Brian Johnson told the Mercury a portion of Anderson Avenue will close at 6:00 p.m. Friday. The Mercury was not able to confirm what portion of the road will close, or when it will reopen. A winter storm warning was issu...

NBAF, the federal animal disease lab in Manhattan, is being exempted from the federal hiring freeze and is looking to fill 150 positions, officials said Wednesday. Alfonso Clavijo, director of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, said lab, which is the only biosafety level-4 lab in the country that can house large livestock, told local [...]

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A winter storm is expected to impact much of northeast and east-central Kansas from Friday evening through early Sunday, bringing accumulating snow and dangerously cold temperatures, according to the National Weather Service in Topeka. Forecasters say snow will begin late Friday afternoon and continue into Sunday morning, with two rounds of heavier snowfall likely. The [...]

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Over the past month, the Riley County Police Department says it has seized “significant quantities” of illegal drugs as part of proactive investigations into drug-related crime in the area. In all, that amounts to nearly two pounds of fentanyl powder and more than 200 grams of methamphetamine, 96 grams of heroin, 8 grams of cocaine [...]

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