Lewis Marien, Mercury staff photographer, documents the month of April. THE ANCHOR — Kansas State senior defensive tackle and Manhattan High graduate Damian Ilalio speaks to reporters Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in the Steel and Pipe Team Theatre. Ilalio is entering his final season as a Wildcat and will once again lead the middle of K-State’s defensive line this fall.Staff photo by Lewis Marien TALENTED — Manhattan High School’s Interpersonal Skills class takes the stage to do the “Cupid Shuffle” Wednesday, April 2, 2025, during Manhattan’s Got Talent in Rezac Auditorium. The event featured various performances of skit, comedy and music.…
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The Riley County Police Department responded to a variety of incidents and made several arrests between May 2 and May 3. Among the 21 incidents reported, officers investigated two non-injury accidents, a stolen vehicle, domestic disputes, drug-related activity, and a sex offense. A reported unattended death occurred on the morning of May 3 on Tatarrax Drive in Manhattan. Other calls included an assault near N. 11th Street and Vattier, multiple instances of found property, and reports of disorderly conduct and larceny. Four arrests were made during the reporting period. Dana Marie Abernathy, 19, of Manhattan, was arrested for domestic battery.…
Tim Everson teverson@themercury.com For the first time ever, the Woodhalls got to compete on the same stage. Kansas State assistant track and field coach and Olympic gold medalist Tara Davis-Woodhall and her husband, gold-medal winning Paralympian Hunter Woodhall, both got a chance to show open the season at the same meet last weekend when the Wildcats traveled to Des Moines, Iowa, to compete in the Drake Relays. While both athletes have competed in their fair share of meets over the years, including meeting at a track meet as kids, they’ve never competed together at a professional level before last weekend.…
By The Kansas Reflector TOPEKA — The Trump administration defunded 16 of 17 Feed the Future labs across the country when it began wiping out U.S. Agency for International Development projects. After months in limbo, Kansas State University found out its lab is the lone survivor. Two K-State labs that are part of the Feed the Future network received stop work orders in January. In early April, K-State officials received notice that the Climate Resilient Cereals Innovation Lab could resume work, said Timothy J. Dalton, professor of agricultural economics and interim director of the lab. The second lab, the Feed…
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By Rose Gruenbacher Two men facing charges including distribution of a controlled substance causing death appeared via Zoom Wednesday in Riley County District Court to have their cases joined and tried together. Derrick Duncan, 22, of Manhattan is charged with distribution of a controlled substance causing death, distribution of a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of school property, two counts of aggravated battery, two counts of distribution of a controlled substance causing great bodily harm, possession of drug paraphernalia, unlawful use of a communication facility in relation to controlled substances and possession of marijuana. Caziah Self, 23, of Ellsworth is…
One person has been cited following a Wednesday morning crash in north Manhattan. According to the Riley County Police Department, two pickups collided at the intersection of Marlatt and College Avenue just after 7 a.m. Investigating officers determined the cause of the crash to be the result of a driver failing to yield right-of-way at the stop sign. Police issued a citation to Wade Walters, 57, of Riley. Walters and the other driver, Justin Brown, 42, of Leonardville, sustained minor injuries.
By Loryn Clauson – The Times Jared Tremblay, the Planning Director of the Flint Hills Metropolitan Planning Organization was back in front of Pottawatomie County Commissioners on Monday. Tremblay first presented the Commission with the Flint Hills MPO’s 2026 Budget Request of $5,226.63. This will be presented in the overall budget request. The second reason Tremblay was before the commission was to update the board regarding the budget update for the Highway 24 Corridor Study and the Cost-Benefit Analysis of a second route across the Big Blue River. To view the full article visit pottcotimes.com. Click here for more Pottawatomie…
The Riley County Police Department reported that two separate arrests were made Tuesday, for charges of sex crimes. 41-year-old Lamarques Channel, of Topeka, has been charged with criminal sodomy and rape. The arrest stems from the investigation of an incident that occurred in October 2019. Channel remains jailed on a $150,000 bond. 22-year-old Mason Dusseault, of Junction City is charged in a Riley County District Court warrant on suspicion of indecent liberties with a child and an aggragated count thereof. Dusseault was released from jail after posting a $50,000 bond. Click here for more local news.
Lamarques Channel, 41, of Topeka, KS, was arrested on April 29, 2025, at approximately 9:22 p.m. at 1001 S. Seth Child Road, for criminal sodomy and rape. The arrest stems from the investigation of an incident that occurred on October 25, 2019. Channel was issued a total bond of $150,000 and is still confined at the time of this report. Mason Dusseault, 22, of Junction City, KS, was arrested on April 29, 2025, at approximately 3:25 p.m. at 1001 S. Seth Child Road, on a Riley County District Court warrant for indecent liberties with a child and aggravated indecent liberties…