The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office is investigating vandalism to a water tower near Olsburg. Deputies were called out Wednesday morning to the area of Swede Road and Shannon Creek Road where it was discovered a tower serving Rural Water District No. 2 had sustained numerous bullet impacts. Sheriff Doug Adams says it does not appear the damage was recent, but also appears to be intentional. He estimated the damage likely occurred sometime between mid-August and late November. The Rural Water District is continuing to examine the structure to determine the overall cost of repairs, which may up exceeding $100,000. Officials…
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Gabriel Burch, 33, of Ogden, was arrested at approximately 2:45 p.m. on Dec. 2, 2025 in the 300 block of Walnut Street on a Kansas Department of Corrections warrant for probation violation. Burch was issued no bond and remains confined in the Riley County Jail at the time of this report. Officers responded to a report of an injury crash near mile marker 102 on Pillsbury Drive on Dec. 2 at approximately 11:11 a.m. Kansas Highway Patrol responded and filed the crash report while RCPD officers assisted on the crash scene. Please contact KHP for any further details (www.kansas.gov/khp-crashlogs/search.do). Anyone…
By Ned Seaton Chris Klieman is set to retire as the K-State football coach as early as today, and his replacement is already lined up: Collin Klein. The Manhattan Mercury has learned that the coaching transition is to be announced this week. No press conference had been announced as of early Wednesday, but the transition is expected to take effect this week. Klieman, 58, just completed his seventh season at K-State, compiling a 54-37 record, winning the Big 12 Championship in 2022. The Wildcats will play in an as-yet-undetermined bowl game this year, having gone 6-6 in the regular season.…
Cox Brothers Barbecue in Manhattan has announced they are closing at the end of the day on Friday. In a letter to their guests, the McCall Rd restaurant said they’d enjoyed being part of the communities events, tailgates and memorable moments for more than 10 years. Representatives at HCI Hospitality, the operating company of Cox Brothers, were not available for comment on the decision to close Manhattan’s local barbecue joint. Click here for more local Manhattan news.
A 54-year-old Overland Park man died and a passenger was seriously injured Tuesday morning in a two-vehicle crash south of Deep Creek Road. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, the crash occurred around 11:08 a.m. Dec. 2 on K-177 near mile marker 101. Troopers say a 2005 Ford Super Duty driven by 17-year-old Avery Gene Lindsey of Manhattan was traveling north in the right lane when it approached a 2012 Hyundai Accent ahead of it, also traveling north. The Ford rear-ended the Hyundai, sending both vehicles off the roadway. The KHP reports the pickup came to rest on the west…
On today’s episode of The Game, we’ll go over the worst non-conference loss of the Jerome Tang era as K-State falls to Bowling Green at home, talk to Curry Sexton for a WildcatNIL update, hear Brett Yormark FINALLY fight for the Big 12 and more! https://www.youtube.com/live/FBf3_Sj9cxw?si=hKqGb0DiXH3m9fXy Hour 1 Segment 1 – Tang pissed after disappointing loss to Bowling Green Segment 2 – Brett Yormark (finally) pleads cases for Tech and BYU Segment 3 – Jabroni of the Week Hour 2 Segment 1 – Interview with Curry Sexton Segment 2 – Important week for Jerome Tang to “figure it out” Segment…
Kamahl Bobian’s life sentence has not changed. At his resentencing Tuesday, Judge Kendra Lewison formally pronounced Bobian’s sentence for first-degree premeditated murder at Riley County District Court. Lewison said at the original sentencing, which took place December 2023, Bobian’s sentence of 50 years to life had not been stated on the record and this needed to be amended. The sentences for the Manhattan man’s other charges — 52 months for aggravated burglary and 24 months at Riley County jail for two counts of violating a protection order — remain the same. In November 2023, the court found Bobian guilty for…
For a short moment, Jacob Huyett had the rare opportunity to feel the magic of discovering his K-State home for a second time. Huyett and his fellow Putnam Hall residents had been waiting all semester for the chance to see their new residence hall, ahead of K-State’s planned move into the newly renovated Boyd Hall in the historic Strong Complex. On Sunday, the residents had a brief chance to explore the soon-to-open Boyd Hall, rushing through the building’s spacious common areas and finding their new rooms. To view the full article visit theMercury.com. Click here for more Kansas State University…
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