By Rose Gruenbacher Riley County commissioners on Monday considered a 2026 budget which would create a 10% increase in property taxes for the average homeowner. The proposed county mill rate is 39.981, an increase of almost 2 mills from 2025. A mill is $1 in taxes for every $1,000 in assessed, taxable property value. A [...]

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Authorities have arrested a Junction City man after he apparently brandished a firearm during an argument. According to the Riley County Police Department, 27-year-old Brian McCallum was charged with aggravated assault and disorderly conduct after an incident Sunday afternoon near the intersection of Fort Riley Blvd. and Poyntz Ave. A 39-year-old man was listed as [...]

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A Manhattan man was cited over the weekend after striking a pedestrian with her truck Friday afternoon. The Riley County Police Department says 26-year-old Jason Bryant was driving in the 800 block of North 3rd Place when the incident occurred. The pedestrian, 24-year-old Samantha Taylor, also of Manhattan, was transported to Via Christ for treatment [...]

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A new hotel project in Manhattan’s Aggieville district will begin construction on Monday. In a Friday news release, BHS Construction announced it plans to start the Hampton Inn project at 12th and Laramie Street. City officials in January approved $20 million in bonds for the hotel along with an amended development agreement with Midtown Land [...]

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The Manhattan City Commission will consider several items when it meets Tuesday for its first legislative meeting in nearly a month. In a state-required step, city officials will consider a resolution to exceed the calculated revenue-neutral rate of 51.156 mills for the 2026 budget. That figure is the minimum required to generate the same amount [...]

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The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office Friday morning issued a press release in an attempt to find witnesses to a fight in rural Wamego on July 3. One person was taken to an area hospital for their injuries when the sheriff’s office responded to a report from an injury from a fight at a party in [...]

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By Ned Seaton The property tax rate paid by Manhattan residents again ranks in the middle of the pack for comparable Kansas cities, according to data obtained by The Manhattan Mercury. Manhattan’s rate — which combines the taxes levied by the city government, the county government and the local public school system — ranks 14th [...]

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A Chinese company owns 160 acres of farmland just a mile and a half from Fort Riley as the crow flies. Is that a problem? President Donald Trump thinks so. The land is three parcels near I-70 in Geary County, according to records obtained by The Mercury. The plots are unassuming — some fields, greenhouses, [...]

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Local families who rely on the Boys and Girls Club of Manhattan for could be forced to find other options for after school programming amid recent federal cuts to social programs. The organization is a 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC), a federally funded program that provides academic enrichment and other services to students, [...]

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