Kansas State baseball scored nine runs in a three-inning span Sunday, backing Lincoln Sheffield’s quality start to clinching the Amegy Bank College Baseball Series title with a 10-2 defeat over No. 22 TCU at Globe Life Stadium. “Our mindset was to treat this four-team tournament like a regional,” said head coach Pete Hughes in a written statement. “Proud of how our boys embraced that mindset.” The Wildcats (4-4) announced their presence on a national scale, defeating three teams featured in the national polls — No. 5 Arkansas (D1Baseball), No. 25 Michigan (Baseball America), No. 22 TCU (D1Baseball) — in a…
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About a dozen people ultimately lost their jobs this week at the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan after federal officials made cuts and then tried to rehire some employees, a USDA spokesperson said in a statement. The Mercury earlier this week reported that according to a source, at least 28 people at NBAF had been notified by email that they had lost their jobs. The email said the decision was related to job performance, but it seems they were part of the nationwide federal workforce reductions by the Trump administration. The USDA subsequently announced it was rehiring some…
By Megan Moser Eleven people have been terminated this week at a USDA agricultural research facility in Manhattan as part of broad cuts to the federal workforce by the Trump administration, a source said Friday. The people fired were employees at the Center for Grain and Animal Health Research, 1515 College Ave. The center is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service department. The source, who spoke to The Mercury on the condition of anonymity, said he was among the people fired. Like many federal employees across the country, he said he and his coworkers were notified…
A 19 year old Manhattan man has been arrested on a lewd and lascivious conduct charge by Riley County Police after an incident earlier in the month. Keavoyan Brown was taken into custody Friday as RCPD says an early morning incident on February 3rd in the 2800 block of Kelly Avenue was traced back to him. Bond was set at $13,000 for Brown, who could have with two counts of criminal trespass, two counts of stalking, and one count of lewd and lascivious conduct made official against him at his initial court hearing. An additional $32,000 bond is in place…
By Rose Gruenbacher WESTMORELAND — The adult children of a woman accused of killing her ex-husband and his fiancee in 2002 testified Thursday to their interactions with their mother before and after the murders. Dana Chandler is charged with murdering Michael Sisco and Karen Harkness in July 2002 in Topeka, but she’s in court in Pottawatomie County with local jurors after a Shawnee County District Court judge granted a change of venue for her third trial. Chandler, who is representing herself after firing her defense attorneys before opening statements, was convicted in 2012, but the Kansas Supreme Court overturned it…
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By Ned Seaton and Megan Moser The Mercury reported Monday that at least 28 people had been fired from the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan as part of Trump administration cuts. NBAF, the federal animal disease lab north of the K-State campus, is under the control of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. However, later in the week, national media outlets reported that some federal employees who had been cut — particularly those working on projects like the avian influenza response — were being rehired. “Some people were hired back and some were not,” a source with direct knowledge…
Officials on Wednesday announced the annual event celebrating the music, art and ecology of the Flint Hills will be its last. “For nearly two decades, we’ve gathered under breathtaking sunsets, creating lasting memories with attendees from near and far,” said Mary Ice, board chair of Symphony in the Flint Hills, in a written statement. “What started as a vision to deepen appreciation and knowledge of the Flint Hills tallgrass prairie has become a beloved tradition embraced by thousands — many of whom have never missed a single year. This 20th anniversary represents a moment to reflect on how far we’ve…