Story by Emma Loura/Manhattan Mercury The Riley County Health Department will extend its community health education position for another year and hire an additional staff member to coordinate its volunteer program. Functioning as the Board of County Health, the Riley County commission on Monday unanimously approved both personnel requests from health department administrator Julie Gibbs. [...]

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A portion of Casement Road closed for repairs Monday while southern access to North Martin Luther King Dr. Drive reopened to traffic. The Manhattan street division shut down Casement Road between Allen Road and Dix Drive for concrete panel replacement, and officials expect the closure to remain in place until at least July 26, depending [...]

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By Annie Wolfe/Pott County Times The Pottawatomie County Commission gave final approval to the 2025 budget at Monday’s board meeting. Details of the budget had been ironed out during a work session the previous week. For the first time since 2010, the county will see a decrease in assessed valuation. That valuation is determined by [...]

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Plans to open a Hawaiian Bros restaurant may be back on track. Hawaiian Bros Island Grill, Kansas City, Mo.-based chain, submitted plans to the Manhattan city government to open in the former Panera Bread building at 325 E. Poyntz Ave. in 2022. Since then, the building has sat vacant with no visible changes. But passersby [...]

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Officers filed a report of child endangerment, battery of a healthcare employee, and battery on an LEO on Saturday evening at Via Christi Hospital. Officers listed a 29-year-old female heathcare worker, a 43-year-old law enforcement officer, and a 1-year-old male child as the victims when it was reported Brittnee Armstrong, 31, of Manhattan, was believed [...]

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Geary County Emergency Management released a statement on Monday updating the status of the storm in Junction City that saw serious flooding and damage that led to the collapse of a building. In the statement, emergency manager Garry Berges reporting that in consulting with the National Weather Service in Topeka that winds got as high [...]

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There were no reported injuries Monday morning after an apartment building caught fire on the southwest side of town. Just before 7 am., the report of a structure fire in the 2500 block of Stagg Hill Rd. came in, and 17 Manhattan Fire Department firefighters responded. Upon arrival, crews found smoke coming out of the [...]

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Every year on the weekend before the 4th of July, the Randolph PRIDE event is always the town’s most attended event as the town celebrates freedom with a number of events that brings the town together and several from across the region. Randolph PRIDE is headlined by its antique car show. Event organizer Duane Scardina [...]

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Two accidents occurred over the weekend across the listening area. The first accident occurred in the afternoon just before 3 pm on Friday in Riley County just west of Manhattan near the Manhattan Regional Airport at the K-18 and Scenic Drive roundabout. The accident occurred when 22-year-old George Watson of Manhattan was trying to manage [...]

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Story by Emma Loura/Manhattan Mercury Soldiers lined up on Fort Riley’s Cavalry Parade Field, and the families of two major generals stood with them Friday as the First Infantry Division changed command. Maj. Gen. Monté Rone took over command after ceremonially receiving the colors from Lt. Gen. Bernabe, who received them from outgoing commander Maj. [...]

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