Author: KMAN Staff

By AJ Dome/Manhattan Mercury A Manhattan boy with a rare liver condition recently got a rare opportunity to meet the Kansas City Chiefs. The football organization welcomed 13-year-old Jude Fairchild to watch the Chiefs practice and join their team huddle May 28. Fairchild received a liver transplant last summer and has continued to receive treatment for his rare disease called progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 1, or PFIC-1, which is estimated to affect just 1 in 50,000 to 100,000 people worldwide. Fairchild’s liver was not absorbing nutrients properly, which was stunting his growth and compromising his immune system. The liver…

Segment 1 – 00:00 Segment 2 – 10:20 Segment 3 – 21:24 Segment 4 – 31:05 On Wednesday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 Superintendent Eric Reid and board member Christine Weixelman, Downtown Manhattan Inc. Event Manager Heather Hnizdil, and Manhattan Senior Center Director Liz Nelson.

Officers filed a report of theft in the 1800 block of College Avenue on May 4, 2024, at approximately 10:21 AM.  Officers listed Via Christi as the victim when it was reported a wheelchair was stolen from the property by an unknown subject. Total loss associated with this report is approximately $1,800. 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 theft in the 400 block of 3rd Place on June 4, 2024, at approximately 3:02 PM.  Officers…

Seven Wildcats to vie for All-America honors at NCAA Championships this week. MANHATTAN, Kan. (K-State Athletics) – The K-State track and field teams will be represented by seven athletes at the NCAA Championship at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., from Wednesday (June 5) through Saturday (June 8). Individually, four seniors will compete– Urte Bacianskaite in the women’s heptathlon, Eugene Omalla in the men’s 400 meter dash semifinals, Hannah Stewart in the women’s 3,000 meter steeplechase semifinals and Andrew White in the men’s discus. The men’s 4×400 relay team, with freshman Nen Matlock, E. Omalla and seniors Jaimie Omalla and Kyle Gale, will also race in the semifinals. During the first day of…

MANHATTAN, Kan. (K-State Athletics) – K-State head baseball coach Pete Hughes and student-athletes Owen Boerema, Ty Ruhl, Kaelen Culpepper and Tyson Neighbors addressed the media Tuesday in advance of the 2024 NCAA Super Regionals at No. 18 Virginia in Charlottesville, Va. The Wildcats (35-24) and 12th-national seeded Cavaliers (44-15) open their best-of three series Friday with a 6 p.m. CT contest, while Saturday’s game will hold a 2 p.m. CT first pitch. If necessary, the decisive third game will be played on Sunday at 2 p.m., with the winner advancing to the 2024 College World Series. All three contests of the NCAA Charlottesville Super Regional will be shown…

By Annie Wolfe, Pottawatomie County Times The Pottawatomie County Commission will hold off on a road agreement with a quarry, after concerns were raised by citizens Monday regarding the 10 cents per ton of aggregate sold that Mid-States Materials would pay to the county. That funding would be used for maintenance of the designated haul route from the quarry and for Wheaton Road. Citizens were concerned the agreed upon sum does not account for inflation. Commissioner Greg Riat says he’s fielded similar concerns, and noted more time was needed to explore other ways the agreement could be written to account for inflation. County Administrator Chad Kinsley…

MANHATTAN, Kan. (K-State Athletics) – Kansas State added its fourth FBS transfer of the spring window on Tuesday with the signing of cornerback Jordan Dunbar to a Financial Aid Agreement. Dunbar comes to K-State after spending the previous four seasons at Rice. He redshirted the 2023 season and will have two more years of eligibility remaining. He is joined in this year’s spring transfer window class by running back Dylan Edwards (Colorado), linebacker Alec Marenco (New Mexico) and quarterback Ta’Quan Roberson (Connecticut). A product of Tarrytown, New York, Dunbar saw action in 25 games with 21 starts over parts of…

By AJ Dome, The Mercury Officials with Riley County Emergency Management and the National Weather Service found signs of tornado damage after severe weather blitzed the Manhattan area in early May. Emergency Management Director Russell Stukey told county commissioners Monday that he activated the outdoor warning sirens in several locations across the county for severe thunderstorms on May 6. Sirens blared shortly after 7:30 p.m. May 6. Tornado warnings were also issued for parts of Clay and Pottawatomie counties on May 6. Initial reports indicated there was no tornado associated with the storms, only radar-indicated rotation within the thunderstorm. Stukey…

Researchers at Kansas State University have developed an improved treatment for lung cancer. According to a university release Tuesday, project collaborators recently completed the first procedure in Australia as part of a clinical study. The procedure involves improved bronchoscopic microwave ablation treatment which officials hope could treat small lung tumors. K-State collaborated with Royal Melbourne Hospital, phenoMapper LLC and Australian Healthcare Solutions on the clinical study, which was reportedly “straightforward and required skills that all interventional pulmonologists would possess,” according to Royal Melbourne professor of medicine Daniel Steinfort. The phenoWave system’s underlying technology was jointly developed by the research team…