Officers filed a report of theft by deception in the 300 block of 3rd Place in Manhattan on April 5, 2024, at approximately 10:26 AM. Officers listed Hy-Vee as the victim when it was reported a store lead was deceived into sending Bitcoin to an unknown person fraudulently posing as the store manager. Total loss associated with this report is $1,440. Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers. Using Crime Stoppers allows you to remain anonymous and could qualify you for a cash reward of up to $1,000. Officers filed a report of aggravated assault and criminal damage to property on…
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MANHATTAN, Kansas (K-State Athletics) – K-State center Ayoka Lee will use her final season of eligibility and return to the Wildcat women’s basketball roster for the 2024-25 season. Lee was a Second Team All-America selection by The Athletic, a Third Team All-America honoree by The Sporting News, a 2024 John R. Wooden Award National Ballot top-15 candidate, an All-Big 12 First Team selection, a Big 12 All-Defensive Team member and Big 12 All-Tournament Team. In the 2023-24 season, Lee averaged 19.7 points on a .619 field goal percentage, 8.6 rebounds and 2.78 blocked shots. She is the first player in program history with…
AJ sits down with Kansas State representative Mike Dodson to discuss the latest legislative update from Topeka.
By Tim Everson teverson@themercury.com Kansas State men’s basketball head coach Jerome Tang is one of two finalists for the Arkansas job, sources close to the situation tell the Mercury. The other finalist is believed to be current Mississippi coach and former Texas coach Chris Beard. Former Arkansas coach Eric Musselman left the Razorbacks to take same job at USC after five seasons in Fayetteville. The same sources tell the Mercury that Tang has either met with officials from Arkansas or will be meeting with them while attending the Final Four in Phoenix, Arizona. Tang signed a new seven-year, $23.1 million…
On Friday’s edition of In Focus, Mike Riley for VFW Post 1786, Liz Nelson from the Manhattan Senior Center, and Chip Redmond from Kansas Mesonet.
Officers filed a report of fraud in the 1000 block of S. Seth Child Road on April 4, 2024, at approximately 3:32 PM. Officers listed a 32-year-old male as the victim when it was reported someone used his social security number for tax purposes which resulted in a fraudulent deficit to the State of Kansas of $8,468.96 in taxes. Officers filed a report of theft in the 300 block of Tuttle Creek Blvd on April 4, 2024, at approximately 6:45 PM. Officers listed Best Buy as the victim when it was reported an unknown male left the store with a…
K-State and the University of Kansas Health System announced Thursday plans to work together to support health care in rural Kansas communities. The two organizations made the announcement during a joint news conference. The partnership is a first-of-its-kind collaboration that brings together the land-grant mission and statewide presence of K-State through K-State Research and Extension with the expertise and experience of the state’s only academic health system. K-State Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff Marshall Stewart spoke at the news conference. Officials are working to identify areas of focus, which they said could include strategies to keep care local,…
By Tim Weideman, The Mercury Riley County’s legal team is about to go through significant changes. County Counselor Clancy Holeman is slated to retire Jan. 1, but the deputy county counselor position will become vacant much sooner. Shelley Woodard, who began in that role last summer, has announced her resignation, effective April 19. With that in mind, the Board of County Commissioners on Thursday unanimously approved a plan to hire a deputy counselor as soon as possible. County officials are hoping to fill the position by mid-May. The search and hiring process is being handled internally. The pay grade for…