Forecasters are urging residents to prepare for a potentially dangerous day of severe weather across the region on Tuesday, with threats that include large hail, damaging winds, tornadoes and flash flooding. Scattered light showers and non-severe storms will linger into early afternoon, with gusty winds up to 50 mph possible. A boundary setting up south of I-70 is expected to become the focus for storm development later this afternoon. If storms form along this boundary, they could bring very large hail, damaging wind gusts and isolated tornadoes. A more widespread severe threat arrives this evening as a line of storms…
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The Manhattan Walmart reopened at 12:30 p.m. Monday, after closing Friday when someone reportedly started a fire in the store. An employee said in a phone interview Monday morning that the store had passed the required inspection and was preparing to open again after being closed for the entirety of Father’s Day weekend. The employee said all other information would come from Walmart’s corporate media relations team. That team did not respond to requests for comment. To view the full article visit theMercury.com. Click here for more local news.
The Riley County Police Department says three business thefts from last Monday are believed to be connected and the case is under investigation. Energy Center Pool Manhattan, the Flint Hills Breadbasket and Prairiestone Inc. all were victims of theft, as previously reported by News Radio KMAN and The Mercury. A dump trailer taken from Energy Center Manhattan Pool was recovered at 8:05 p.m. Monday. To view the full article visit theMercury.com. Click here for more local news.
After capturing the North Central Kansas League title and earning the No. 1 seed in Class 4A West, Wamego football’s 2024 season ended in heartbreak with a 28-14 sectional loss to Buhler. The 9-2 Red Raiders, who defeated Buhler earlier in the season, will aim for another league championship and a deeper playoff run in 2025. 2025 Wamego football schedule Sept. 5 — vs. Concordia, 7 p.m. Sept. 12 — at Rock Creek, 7 p.m. Sept. 19 — vs. Marysville, 7 p.m. Sept. 26 — at Hayden, 7 p.m. Oct. 3 — vs. Buhler, 7 p.m. Oct. 10 — vs.…
The Manhattan Area Resettlement Team welcomes and helps integrates refugees from all over the world. Executive director Virginia Rodriguez joins Mike on today’s show to discuss community building, misconceptions, and their mission of unity and understanding. Subscribe to our YouTube channel. Stream the show live weekday mornings at 9am: https://www.youtube.com/@NewsRadioKMAN. Click here to listen on Apple Podcast. Click here to listen on Spotify.
Officers filed a report for criminal possession of a weapon in the 1400 block of Colorado St. in Manhattan on June 13, 2025, at approximately 9:59 a.m. Donte Long, 24, of Manhattan was arrested for criminal possession of a weapon. Long was issued a total bond of $5,000 and remains confined in the Riley County Jail at the time of this report. Officers filed a report for aggravated domestic battery, aggravated battery, domestic battery, criminal restraint, and abuse of a child in Manhattan on June 13, 2025, at approximately 12:00 p.m. A 33-year-old woman and a 11-year-old boy were listed…
FRANKFORT — Playing four sports at an extremely high level is something few can do. Playing two at the same time at an all-state level, that’s a near-impossible feat. But somehow, Frankfort’s Carter Olson makes it look effortless. For that reason, in addition to winning an individual state championship in track and field, and helping revitalize a baseball program that’s laid dormant for six decades, Olson is The Mercury’s Spring All-Flint Hills Male Athlete of the Year. To view the full article visit theMercury.com. Click here for more high school sports.
In a sport that thrives on pressure and nowhere to hide, it’s rare to find someone who not only embraces the moment, but also dominates it. When the lights were brightest, Manhattan’s Harli Omli rose up and delivered a season for the ages, stealing the spotlight at the state track meet at Cessna Stadium in Wichita, leaving with three gold medals and one silver.\ To view the full article visit theMercury.com. Click here for more high school sports.
Storms are expected over the next 24 hours for the region as multiple rounds of severe weather are forecast to impact the area beginning overnight Monday into Tuesday morning. The first wave of storms is expected during the overnight and early morning hours Tuesday, with a second, potentially more intense round arriving by Tuesday evening and lasting into the night. Forecasters warn that some of these storms could produce large hail, damaging winds, heavy rainfall and even a few tornadoes. Residents are urged to remain weather aware and have multiple ways to receive warnings. Stay tuned to News Radio KMAN…
Five individuals were arrested by the Riley County Police Department between the evening of June 14 and the early morning of June 15, according to the latest media arrest report. Jaylen Zlane Cruse, 22, of Manhattan, was arrested around 12:15 a.m. on June 15 at Tubby’s Sports Bar on Moro Street for criminal trespass. Cruse was booked with a bond set at $500. Robert Taylor Jordan Gibbons, 35, of Ogden, was taken into custody at 11:21 p.m. on June 14 at a residence on Riley Avenue. Gibbons faces charges including criminal threat and two counts of failure to appear, with…