Police are investigating a robbery reported Saturday night in Manhattan, according to the Riley County Police Department. Officers filed the report at approximately 10:01 p.m., Feb. 14th in the 700 block of Allison Avenue. A 58-year-old man reported that a 53-year-old woman and a 33-year-old man took his wallet and U.S. currency. The estimated total loss associated with the robbery is approximately $2,100.
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A bicyclist was seriously injured Friday evening following a crash at a Manhattan intersection, according to the Riley County Police Department. Officers responded at approximately 6:37 p.m., Feb. 13th to the intersection of Fort Riley Boulevard and South 10th Street for a report of an injury crash. Upon arrival, officers determined that a bicyclist, identified as Austin Rowzer, 32, of Manhattan, had collided with a 2006 Hyundai Sonata driven by Asia Arceneaux, 24, of Manhattan. Rowzer sustained major injuries and was transported by Riley County EMS to Via Christi Hospital for treatment.
Joshua Downey, 29, of Manhattan was arrested on February 13, 2026, at approximately 8:20 a.m. on a Riley County District Court warrant for Probation Violation. This warrant stems from an original charge of criminal damage to property. Downey was issued no bond and remains confined in the Riley County Jail at the time of this report. Officers responded to a report of an injury crash at the intersection of Fort Riley Blvd and S 10th St in Manhattan on February 13, 2026, at approximately 6:37 p.m. Upon arrival officers found a a bicyclist, Austin Rowzer, 32, of Manhattan, crashed into a…
Manhattan High’s girls wrestling team proved it belongs among the state’s elite Saturday, punching 13 tickets to state and finishing runner-up at the Class 6A West Regional at Wichita South. The Indians totaled 239 points, finishing just 8.5 behind team champion Garden City (247.5) in one of the toughest regionals in the state. “It actually taught us a lot,” head coach Shawn Bammes said. “We were closer than we thought at the beginning of the year to running Garden City down. So we learned a lot from it.” The West Regional featured over half of the top 10 teams in…
On today’s episode of Wildcat Insider, Jerome Tang is out at K-State, with AD Gene Taylor citing his comments following blowout home loss to Cincinnati as the reason. KSU MBB is off to a 1-11 start in Big 12 play for the 2025-26 season. https://www.youtube.com/live/JJiNNL2UoXI?si=dt37aSUHd1bY-RLN Hour 1 Segment 1 – Tang fired for cause Segment 2 – Why Tang has a case for firing for “cause”
By Nathan Gaddie Manhattan residents braved the rain Saturday to take the plunge for Special Olympics Kansas. Event coordinator Katelyn Andrist said the Polar Plunge is one of the organization’s biggest fundraisers of the year. “I think for people, it is very overwhelming, but you’re jumping in for our athletes,” she said. “You’re showing them that at the end of the day, we can all be comfortable or uncomfortable together. It’s breaking the ice, literally, of inclusion, of trying to come together and find something that really allows us to just bridge that gap and build community.” To view the…
By Lewis Marien JUNCTION CITY — A Geary County airport is hoping to achieve new heights with federal resources. U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, a Kansas Republican, announced to local officials on Friday a $4,038,000 grant to support Freeman Field in Junction City. The funding is part of more than $26 million to repairs and safety improvements at six regional airports around the state, included in a five-bill appropriations package approved by Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump earlier this month. Moran, who chairs the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation, Space and Innovation, said airports are among the…
By Ned Seaton K-State offered Jerome Tang the chance to coach out the rest of this basketball season and then resign with a negotiated payout at the end, but he turned down that offer and instead got fired for cause. Athletics director Gene Taylor confirmed to The Mercury Monday that when he met with Tang Sunday morning, he offered Tang a choice: coach the rest of the season and then resign, or else be terminated immediately for cause. If Tang chose the former, there would be some kind of financial package offered to him in lieu of a buyout, at…
By Toby Hammes Kansas State has started its search for a new men’s basketball head coach following the firing of Jerome Tang on Sunday. Here are eight names to look out for over the next several weeks as athletics director Gene Taylor begins his hunt for the 26th K-State men’s basketball coach in school history. “One of the things that we’ll probably focus on is head coaching experience,” athletics director Gene Taylor said of the coaching search on Sunday. “What kind of program they’ve had and what kind of success they’ve had as a head coach. That doesn’t mean those…