NBA teams will play round-robin games for a week starting July 12 until July 19 MANHATTAN, Kan. (K-State Athletics) – Four former Kansas State men’s basketball – Keyontae Johnson, Markquis Nowell, Tylor Perry and Xavier Sneed – will participate in the NBA 2K25 Summer League that starts Friday (July 12) and runs until Monday, July 22 at the Thomas & Mack Center and Pavilion in Las Vegas. NBA teams will play round-robin games for a week starting Friday (July 12) until Friday, July 19 before the playoffs run from Saturday-Sunday, July 20-21 capped by the championship game on Monday, July 22. Johnson, who will begin his…
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The Manhattan City Commission on Tuesday will consider a resolution to pass a budget that generates more revenue than last year’s. Commissioners won’t approve a 2025 budget or mill levy at the meeting, according to city documents, but officials have said they intend to pass a 2025 budget that brings in more money. The state requires the city government to take certain steps to exceed the “revenue-neutral rate.” The revenue-neutral rate is the tax rate for the current year that would generate the same property tax revenue as levied in the previous tax year using the current tax year’s total…
Segment 1: Nancy McCarter, candidate for Pottawatomie County Commission District 2 Segment 2: Gary Yenzer, candidate for Pottawatomie County Commission District 4 Segment 3: Marcia Rozell, executive director of Visit Manhattan Segment 4: Chip Redmond from Kansas MesoNet
Officers filed a report of motor vehicle theft on July 11, 2024, at approximately 7:41 AM in the 400 block of Walters Drive. Officers listed a 32-year-old female as the victim when it was reported her Chrysler Town and Country was taken overnight by an unknown suspect. Officers were able to track the vehicle to a hit in Dickinson County and eventually the vehicle was tracked to Wichita where it was recovered. Officers filed a report of an injury accident in the 6400 block of Skyway Drive on July 11, 2024, at approximately 2:41 PM. Officers report the accident involved…
A motorcyclist was injured and hospitalized after a crash Thursday afternoon near Ogden. RCPD public information officer Ashley Tokoi said the crash was first reported at 2:40 p.m. involving a single motorcycle rider. This individual was left injured in the aftermath of the crash and transported to a Manhattan hospital for treatment. Their status is unknown at this time.
By Cole Bertelsen/Manhattan Mercury Construction on Aggieville’s Midtown project remains at a standstill more than a year after it stalled, and the developer said he expects it to serve a different purpose than its original intention. The initial plans approved in 2022 called for a $40 million, five-story commercial and residential building to replace the parking lot on 12th and Laramie behind Kite’s Bar and Grill, but construction stopped in March 2023 after a major investor withdrew funding. While some infrastructure and demolition work has restarted in recent months, construction on the edifice itself has yet to continue. TJ Vilkanskas,…
A Manhattan teenager who was previously charged with 3 counts of attempted murder for his role in a 2023 shooting, was arrested Wednesday morning at the Dickinson County Jail for committing two additional felonies. Law enforcement conducted a probable cause arrest on 18 year old Marc Anthony Oliver for distribution of a controlled substance and aggravated battery, both of which caused great bodily harm. Law enforcement also charged the teen in 2022 with criminal discharge of a weapon, illegal possession of a handgun by a person under the age of 18, and possession of marijuana. Oliver’s bond for the 2023…
Phase 4 of the Kansas Department of Transportation’s pavement improvement project on K-18/K-177 in Riley County is now underway. The northbound/westbound and southbound/eastbound K-18/K-177 traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction and will travel on the outside lanes while the medians are reconstructed. Turning restrictions will still be in place at the McDowell Creek Road intersection. All other side streets will now allow left turns. Permanent pavement marking will then be done in the project’s final phase. Individual lane closures will occur as needed. Traffic control will be in place to alert and direct motorists. Project…