The Manhattan City Commission met with department heads Tuesday as discussions surrounding the 2025 budget continue. City staff provided an overview of 2023 actual revenues, and approaches to 2024 and 2025 operations. The city is facing a projected shortfall in the cash balance due to federal COVID funds running out, and much of Tuesday’s discussion [...]

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Kansas U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall is weighing in on the Republican Farm Bill framework, noting it puts “farm” back in the Farm Bill. Marshall says the framework, released on Tuesday, prioritizes crop insurance, while not cutting funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Marshall says the new bill would enhance crop insurance coverage through [...]

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A plan for how future planning commission seats are assigned appears to be in place following a joint meeting Monday by the Pottawatomie County Board of County Commissioners and the Planning Commission. As reported in the Pottawatomie County Times, with the Board of County Commissioners expanding to five members after the upcoming election, the Unified [...]

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Authorities are investigating a vehicle burglary reported in Manhattan Monday that saw the theft of a government issued Dell laptop. RCPD says the incident was reported in the 4100 block of Spook Rock Way, in northwest Manhattan. The 24-year-old male victim reported that in addition to his computer, his wallet and trail camera were also [...]

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No injuries were reported after a semi trailer became fully engulfed in flames on Interstate 70 early Tuesday morning, in rural Geary County. Deputies responded to the area, east of Milford Lake Road just after 1:30 a.m., according to Rural Fire Chief Garry Berges. He says the driver, an Ohio man, reported his truck began [...]

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The Clay County Hospital Foundation’s campaign to support the construction of a new mental health clinic and expansion of the Clay Center Familiy Physician has attracted broad financial support from the region. According to campaign director Dan Thalman, the campaign has surpassed its initial goal of raising $150,000 by raising well over $200,000. The organization [...]

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A Junction City man was hospitalized overnight following a motor vehicle accident in Geary County. The Sheriff’s Office reported that Shaun Felton was northbound on U.S. Highway 77 just after midnight Tuesday when he overcorrected his pickup and drifted off the roadway near mile marker 158. The vehicle traveled off an embankment until the truck [...]

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A hospital spokesperson with Ascension Via Christi says some progress has been made as it looks to overcome a major cybersecurity incident first reported one month ago. In an update Monday, it was noted that the company’s hospitals in Wichita and Pittsburg saw restoration of primary technology used for electronic patient documentation in care settings. [...]

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By Emma Loura/Manhattan Mercury Work on Fancy Creek Bridge is complete. John Ellermann, the public works director and county engineer, told Riley County commissioners on Monday that the Fancy Creek Bridge west of Tuttle Creek Boulevard is open for business after a 90-day bridge replacement project. “The bridge finished, the road opened up and graveled [...]

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