Tag: Manhattan

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Two 14-year-olds died and three other teens were injured in a crash in Manhattan over the weekend, the Kansas Highway Patrol reported. The crash happened Sunday afternoon, when a sport utility…

A federal judge on Tuesday denied President Donald Trump’s request that the United States replace him as the defendant in a defamation lawsuit alleging he raped a woman in a Manhattan department store in the…

MANHATTAN — Matthew Glenn Percy earned a trophy recently at the 110th annual Kansas Amateur Golf Championship at Colbert Hills Golf Course. Percy took home match play medalist honors during the stroke-play qualifying portion of…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A spike in reported coronavirus cases has prompted a northeast Kansas community to take a step back in reopening its economy and led the commanding general of a nearby U.S. Army…

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — An alligator that was recently spotted near a Kansas creek has died after being caught in a trap. The 5-foot  alligator is believed to be one of two stolen from a…

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Authorities in Kansas have closed a trail around a creek as they try to catch an alligator spotted there.  The 5-foot alligator is believed to be one of two stolen from…

The debate about reopening was really all contained in a news story in The Mercury Friday. Gov. Laura Kelly had announced that there would be a bit more delay before bars and nightclubs could reopen.…

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — A Riley County commissioner who said in March that Manhattan, Kansas, wasn’t at high risk for the coronavirus because it doesn’t have many Chinese residents should resign because such comments promote…

It’s gratifying to hear U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran voicing support for the Manhattan airport. What would be more gratifying is if the federal government put the money into a runway project that it originally said…

MANHATTAN – Research updates are the cornerstone of Kansas State University’s annual Swine Day, planned for Nov. 21. The program includes research updates by K-State swine faculty, highlighting nutrition, management, feed processing and feed safety.…