Commissioners on Tuesday approved the purchase of cloud service software and design implementation services with Oracle Permitting and Licensing (OPAL). “The idea here is that we’re trying to create a customer portal where all of that is in one place,” said Assistant City Manager Jared Wasinger. “So the members of the development community or an [...]

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Riley County Police have arrested a Manhattan woman on suspicion of forgery. According to Wednesday’s RCPD arrest report, 35-year-old Marijke Torres is additionally charged with unlawfully obtaining a prescription drug and three counts of identify theft. Officers say two women were reported as victims Monday when Torres allegedly used both women’s information to obtain the [...]

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By Rose Gruenbacher A Riley County District Court judge on Tuesday denied an attorney’s request to withdraw from a case that includes nearly 100 counts of sex crimes against a child. Defense attorney Jonathan Phelps in February filed a motion with the court to withdraw as counsel for Thomas Quinn, 39, who faces charges of [...]

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By Rose Gruenbacher Dana Chandler is set to be sentenced for the double-homicide of her ex-husband and his fiancee, after being convicted by a Pottawatomie County jury in March. Chandler was tried this year for the third time for the murders of Michael Sisco and Karen Harkness in Topeka on July 7, 2002. This time, [...]

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Geary County officials on Monday unanimously approved a request from the Convention and Visitors Bureau to fund repairs at the Milford Nature Center’s butterfly house. The attraction, which draws visitors from across the region, sustained significant roof damage from a recent snowstorm. Assistant CVB director Rick Dykstra informed the Geary County Commission that the nature [...]

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Heavy rain fell overnight in portions of northern Riley County, leading to some Wednesday morning road closures, according to officials with Riley County Emergency Management. A bridge on Kansas Avenue, west of the City of Riley, remains closed until further notice after sustaining some asphalt damage from overnight storms. Officials said Public Works is assessing [...]

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By Rose Gruenbacher A man charged with first-degree murder is scheduled to appear in court for his arraignment, after a preliminary examination concluded Friday in Riley County District Court. Hunter Logan Smith, 24, will be arraigned for counts of murder and criminal threat. Smith was arrested on November 11, after Riley County Police officers responded [...]

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A Topeka-based manufacturing company cleared the first hurdles on Tuesday, as it looks to expand into Manhattan. City commissioners unanimously advanced an economic development application and incentives package for PTMW, Inc., which plans to lease a speculative industrial warehouse facility in east Manhattan. Morgan Padgett, PTMW’s senior vice president of accounting, told commissioners Tuesday, the [...]

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Lewis Marien, Mercury staff photographer, documents the month of March. GET IT TO GO — Austin English, Peace Lutheran Church pastor, places ashes on the forehead of Audrey Cook during a drive-through Wednesday, March 5, 2025, outside of the church on Kimball Avenue in Manhattan. Ash Wednesday started the Lenten season, which runs through April [...]

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All modes of severe weather will be possible across the region Tuesday evening into early Wednesday. The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center has placed the Manhattan area in an enhanced (level 3) risk for storm development. Large hail and damaging wind gusts will be the primary hazards, but tornadoes cannot be ruled out in [...]

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