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…
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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…
Segment 1 – 00:00 Segment 2 – 10:09 Segment 3 – 24:30 Segment 4 – 31:55 On Tuesday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Manhattan Interim City Manager Jason Hilgers and Mayor Susan Adamchak. Jo Brunner and Laura Warta discuss the nonprofit Daniel Keating Foundation and an upcoming fundraiser and golf tournament.
Thomas Leggio, 23, of Manhattan, was arrested on June 4, 2024, at approximately 2:31 AM in the 500 block of Rio Hondo Way. Leggio was arrested on probable cause offenses of aggravated assault of an LEO, display of a license plate, failure to yield stop or sign, interference with an LEO, flee or attempt to elude five or more moving violations, flee or attempt to elude LEO by engaging in reckless driving x2, unsafe turning or stopping, and maximum speed limits. Total bond was set at $5,000. Leggio was not confined at the time of this report.
Segment 1 – 00:00 Segment 2 – 13:07 Segment 3 – 19:20 Segment 4 – 32:34 On Monday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Manhattan Parks and Recreation’s Recreation Supervisor Tyler Burroughs. K-State College of Veterinary Medicine Clinical Professor Dr. Susan Nelson discusses noise phobias, water safety, summer pests, dog bite prevention and food safety.
Officers filed a report of theft of mislaid property and criminal use of financial cards on May 31, 2024, at approximately 8:56 AM in the 2800 block of Kelly Drive. Officers listed an 88-year-old female as the victim when the victim reported her card had been used by an unknown subject at multiple locations to make purchases she did not authorize. Total loss is valued at $1,041.73. 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 responded to the report of an…
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (K-State Athletics) – K-State’s pitching staff of Ty Ruhl, Cole Wisenbaker, Blake Dean and JJ Slack tossed eight scoreless innings to help the Wildcats advance to their second Super Regional in program history with a 7-2 victory over SEMO Sunday night in the regional championship of the 2024 NCAA Fayetteville Regional at Baum-Walker Stadium. https://twitter.com/NCAABaseball/status/1797447209824469359 The Wildcats (35-24), travel to Charlottesville, Va., to take on No. 18 Virginia in the best 2-of-3 Super Regional for the right to advance to the 2024 College World Series, while the Redhawks ended their season 36-27. More information about the Super Regional will be released later this week.…
By AJ Dome, The Mercury Riley County commissioners have approved starting the application process for building a new rural water tower. Commissioners on Thursday voted to allow county officials to begin applying for a special use authorization to construct a 300,000-gallon water tower for Riley County Rural Water District #1, covering some 160 square miles of water line from near Ogden north on Wildcat Creek Road to Anderson Ave, then west to Keats and north to the water tower along Tuttle Creek Blvd near the shooting range. Agenda documents indicate county officials recently granted a private easement to RWD 1…
A 26-year-old Manhattan man was arrested on a host of drug-related offenses. The Riley County Police Department says Justin Nunez was taken into custody Thursday afternoon on a warrant alleging distribution or possession with intent to distribute drug paraphernalia, marijuana possession and other charges, for attempting to distribute. Nunez was released from jail after posting a $15,000 bond.