By Emma Loura Officials want K-State to be more walkable. That was a major theme of a presentation on the university’s master plan earlier this week. K-State officials said Tuesday they’re looking at closing some roads, such as parts of Martin Luther King Drive and College Heights Road, which would connect Anderson Hall and Ahearn Field House. “We are trying to take away some of the roadways in the middle of the campus, so Mid-Campus Drive in the middle of Anderson Hall, removing that,” said Neal Kessler, the senior principal of the planning firm SmithGroup. “Removing MLK and College Heights…
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Monday marked the end of an era for one local Cub Scout organization in Manhattan. Cub Scout Pack 75, has been part of the lives of many young boys — and in recent years, young girls — for 75 years. The pack was started the year Lee Elementary School opened and held its final meeting Monday. To view the full article visit theMercury.com. Click here for more local news.
A couple of weak storm systems will bring minor travel impacts to the area this weekend. On Friday morning, there is a low chance for a mix of light sleet, snow, and freezing rain, particularly north of Interstate 70, with a light glaze of ice possible. A second system will move in late Friday night, starting as light rain before transitioning to a rain/snow mix. By Saturday afternoon, the system will switch to all snow as a strong cold front moves through, dropping temperatures from the 30s into the teens and 20s. Snow accumulations are expected to be minimal, with…
Officers filed a report of rape on February 12, 2025 in Manhattan. Due to the nature of this crime, no other information will be released. Officers filed a report of attempted aggravated arson on February 12, 2025, at approximately 4:42 PM in the 4300 block of Fawn Circle. Officers report a fire was set at a residence by a subject with one victim, age 62, inside. The fire was quickly extinguished with little damage. Brittany Conrad, 27, of Manhattan, was arrested on February 12, 2025, at approximately 9:00 AM in the 1000 block of S. Seth Child Road. Conrad was…
By Tim Everson The question is inescapable for the Kansas State men, especially now that they’ve won six straight games after downing No. 13 Arizona Tuesday evening: What switch has flipped that’s turned the Wildcats from looking like one of the worst teams in the country into what is statistically the best team in the nation over the last three weeks. No one knows the full answer. In fact, head coach Jerome Tang has joked several times that if he and his staff knew exactly what’s led to the Wildcats’ recent uptick, they would’ve done it sooner. Some of it’s…
Kansas Reflector TOPEKA — Academic leaders of the University of Kansas and Kansas State University said Tuesday legislation retroactively abolishing property rights inherent in tenure would run off distinguished educators, undercut faculty recruiting, destroy research programs, trigger an exodus of students and deliver a devastating blow to the state’s economy. KSU President Richard Linton and KU Chancellor Doug Girod testified against a Kansas House tenure reform bill despite issuance of what the chief of staff to Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly characterized as a threat from Senate Republicans that state university budgets would be slashed if academic leaders spoke out against House…
This morning’s winter weather sent a Salina woman to the hospital after she lost control of her vehicle on I-70 in Geary County. The Kansas Highway Patrol says that 46-year-old Lisa Good was eastbound on the interstate when a truck passed her 2023 Lexus ES, causing Good to have to move further to the right. That caused her to go into the ditch and into a flat spin just east of the exit to U.S. 77 in Junction City. She then struck a delineator post before coming to a rest. Good was transported to Stormont Vail with minor injuries. No…
By Emma Loura Officials shared that and other planned changes at an event Tuesday to discuss the university’s master plan and seek feedback on it. Attendees left their thoughts with an online form or sticky notes. K-State recently demolished the Ahearn Natatorium and attached gymnasium but kept the 1950 field house building, which for many years was the site of basketball, volleyball and indoor track events. Until now, officials haven’t released plans for the building. “I think Ahearn has a lot of memories for a lot of alumni, and I think there are a lot of interesting things we can…
By Zach DeLoach City commissioners on Tuesday supported a housing rehabilitation program that would reimburse local nonprofits for performing structural repairs on qualifying homes to build up and maintain Manhattan’s workforce housing stock. Commissioners in October said they were interested in funding a program like that, and community development director Stephanie Peterson on Tuesday presented the framework city staffers had developed since. Commissioners didn’t vote on implementing the program because they were in a work session, but they will take it up at a future meeting. The proposed program would allot $100,000 of workforce housing sales tax funds for four repair…
An injury accident occurred at the intersection of Southwind Road and S. Seth Child Road on February 11, 2025, at approximately 12:01 PM. According to the police report, Courtney Downs of Manhattan failed to yield the right of way at a traffic light, causing her vehicle to collide with a car driven by Dauane Briggs of Salina. Both Downs and a passenger in Briggs’ vehicle were transported to Via Christi by EMS for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Click here for more local news.