By Tim Everson/The Mercury Kansas State quarterback Avery Johnson’s fleet feet were finally on display for the nation to see Friday in the No. 14 Wildcats’ 31-7 win over No. 20 Arizona. The sophomore showed a little bit of everything, from juking his way through Arizona defenders, to blazing his way down the field with straight-line speed, the visiting Wildcats had no answer for Johnson as he racked up 110 yards on 17 carries, averaging 6.5 yards per rush. “He’s very fast,” sophomore running back Dylan Edwards said. “He definitely sneaks up on people when he drops back and just…
Author: KMAN Staff
Manhattan city commissioners will approve the second reading of the 2025 budget and tax rate ordinance at their weekly meeting Tuesday evening. On Sept. 3, the commission narrowly approved the first reading of the budget, with the $299.6 million budget and 3.99-mill increase passing on a vote of 3-2. Commissioners John Matta and Peter Oppelt voted against it. To view the full story visit theMercury.com.
National Merit Scholarship Corporation officials this week announced four Manhattan High School students and one Manhattan Virtual Academy student are among the approximately 16,000 semifinalists nationwide. Asa Amama represents the Manhattan Virtual Academy on the semifinalists lists, while George Durrett, Patrick Fu, Andrei Mazin and Rachel Wei represent Manhattan High. “These are great students and a perfect example of the amazing people that are at Manhattan High School,” MHS principal Michael Dorst said. To view the full article visit theMercury.com.
K-State and the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility are celebrating five years of partnership. NBAF’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory has allowed K-State students to spend three weeks learning about high-containment laboratory safety through an online K-State course. Once that’s completed, students then spend eight weeks at K-State’s Biosecurity Research Institute, where they learn hands-on skills including laboratory benchwork, large animal handling and mosquito handling. To view the full article visit theMercury.com.
KMAN’s AJ Shaw is joined by Kristi Ingalls from the American Red Cross to preview the Manhattan Community Blood Drive, Shawn Steward of AAA Kansas and Troy Coverdale sits down with Chip Redmond from Kansas MesoNet.
Despite a strong defensive effort, Kansas State soccer fell short of No. 19 Colorado, 1-0, in the Wildcats’ conference opener Thursday night at Buser Family Park. Thursday opened the new-look Big 12 season, with new member Colorado (7-1-0, 1-0-0 Big 12) joining along with Utah, Arizona and Arizona State. The Buffaloes left the Big 12 for the Pac-12 back in 2011, five years before the Wildcat soccer program was founded. The two school did not play as non-conference members, making Thursday’s K-State (3-4-1, 0-1-0 Big 12) loss the first meeting between the two schools. “I thought we had a great…
Kansas State volleyball opened their home schedule with a win Thursday, topping Lipscomb 3-1 (20-25, 27-25, 25-22, 25-22) in the first game of The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Classic at Morgan Family Arena. The Bison (3-4) held the Wildcats (2-4) a .051 hitting percentage in Set 1 to grab an early 1-0 advantage, but K-State rallied back, winning the final three sets for its second win of the season. Senior Pepperdine transfer Meg Brown led the Wildcats with 20 kills on a .471 clip and four blocks, followed by senior Aliyah Carter who had 17 kills and…
By Toby Hammes Playing under the unusual circumstance of Thursday Night Lights, Manhattan High football fended off Lawrence Free State, taking a 38-28 home victory. It was a regional playoff rematch between the two as Manhattan ended Free State’s season in a defensive slugfest last season, winning 21-7. Manhattan head coach Joe Schartz said before the game the Firebirds would come out motivated to right their wrongs — and they did. To view the full story visit theMercury.com.
A pickup truck hit what Wabaunsee County sheriff’s officials called a “wild, non-farm raised bull elk” on I-70 at mile marker 335, which is near the Paxico exit. No injuries to the pickup truck’s occupants were reported, according to a message on the Wabaunsee County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page that was posted at 1 a.m. Thursday. The elk didn’t survive the collision. The Facebook post, which was accompanied by photos of the elk and truck after the collision, explained that the elk was legally transferred to a local Wabaunsee County Kansas family who was enrolled on the Salvage Tag program.…
Junction City Police Department officials on Wednesday said they’d found a shooting threat against Junction City Middle School unfounded. The threat circulated on TikTok and referred to a list of schools identified as potential targets for shootings, but a JCPD spokesperson in a release said, “there is no credible evidence to suggest any immediate danger to our students.” School resource officers and USD 475 officials conducted a “thorough investigation” and found that the TikTok list “appears to include Title 1 schools from across the state, which are schools receiving federal funding to support educational programs. The full article can viewed…