The Manhattan city commission on Tuesday approved the first reading of an ordinance adopting the 2025 budget and mill rate, with the second and final reading taking place Sept. 17. The $229.6 million budget and 4 mill increase passed on a vote of 3-2, with John Matta and Peter Oppelt voting no. More on the [...]

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Riley County Police Department officials on Tuesday said they’re investigating an incident in which a woman was attacked near Aggieville last week. Police have not publicly identified the woman, but her father, Roger Hibbs, said in a written statement that the victim of the attack was his daughter, Kenna Hibbs of Norwich, a small town [...]

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An inmate at the Riley County jail died Monday, according to Riley County Police Department officials. Corrections officers found 51-year-old Michael Smith unresponsive around 4:30 p.m. Monday. They alerted emergency medical services, who responded to the scene and provided immediate CPR. Smith was pronounced dead at the scene. The full article can be viewed at [...]

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Manhattan city workers on Tuesday closed the area around the intersection of Stratton Circle and Sunset Avenue for repairs. Only local traffic will be allowed into the section, with through traffic diverting at Grandview Drive to the south and Anderson Avenue to the north. City officials expect work on the intersection — which is on [...]

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A young woman from the Wichita area was rushed to Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka after someone attacked her in Aggieville early Friday in Manhattan. RCPD Public Information Officer Ashley Tokoi said police are aware of the social media messages about the attack that have been circulating, but she said it includes some misinformation. Tokoi [...]

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A Manhattan man is being held in the Riley County Jail after being arrested Saturday morning for assaulting police officers. 31-year-old Camron Todd Leupold was arrested in the 2200 block of Buckingham around 2:30 a.m. on two counts of assaulting a law enforcement officer, and one count each of battery and interference with a law [...]

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Health officials are seeing COVID-19 cases rising in Manhattan. Ascension Via Christi president Bob Copple told The Mercury that over the last week, the hospital has had one to five outpatients in the emergency department each day and three to five inpatients. Copple said most of those are not there primarily because of COVID. The [...]

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Law enforcement are investigating a recent case of burglary and identity theft. Just before 10 a.m. Thursday, RCPD officers filed a report of vehicular burglary in the 2800 block of Allison Avenue in Manhattan, where a 45-year-old woman reported her car was broken into and her Chase Bank card was taken by an unknown subject. The [...]

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A Manhattan man is behind bars following an early-morning arrest that occurred on Friday. Douglas Michael Holen was arrested around 3:30 a.m. in the 1200 block of Walters Drive for criminal trespassing and violating a protection order. The 58-year-old ...