By Emma Loura Members of the Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday took their first look at a proposed rate increase of 2.24% for a modest double-occupancy room with limited dining options at K-State in the 2025-26 school year. The jump for a newly renovated or constructed room with unlimited dining options would be 3.52%. The list of possible increases on the Manhattan campus varied widely depending on the type of room or suite, the building it’s in and the number of people living in it. The lowest hike would be 1.9% for a traditional double-occupancy room at Boyd, Ford,…
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Jalen Fures, 26, of District Height, MD, was arrested on November 20, 2024, at approximately 7:17 PM. Fures was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for Failure to Appear. The original charges in this matter are for aggravated domestic battery- strangulation x 2 and criminal damage to property. Total bond in this matter was set at $8,000. Fures was not confined at the time of this report.
The project consulting team of Stantec and BBN Architects have started a third round of public engagement for the East Manhattan Gateway Plan project on behalf of the City of Manhattan, and are looking for resident input. The East Manhattan Gateway Plan is a corridor and area plan for the area extending along the U.S. Highway 24 corridor from the Manhattan Town Center entrance to Hopkins Creek Road. The study area also includes the “McCall Triangle” and undeveloped greenfield surrounding existing residential development in the Green Valley area. The project was initiated in early 2023 and is expected to…
By Lewis Marien – Mercury Staff Photographer and Zach DeLoach Forty-eight hours after No. 10 Kansas State women’s basketball’s stalest offensive performance this season, it put out one of its best in school history. The Wildcats came 4 points shy of tying a single-game school record for points and one made basket short of the program-best for field goals in a game as they boat-raced Milwaukee 111-46 Wednesday evening. Kansas State center Ayoka Lee and Milwaukee forward Jorey Buwalda jockey for position during their non-conference game Wednesday at Bramlage Coliseum. Lee led with 25 points and added seven rebounds in…
By Toby Hammes With recent playoff memories fueling the fire, Manhattan High and Derby football will clash once again under the lights in a win-or-go-home sub-state championship game. “It’s just satisfying to be at this point,” Manhattan head coach Joe Schartz said. “But we’re not done yet.” The Indians (11-0) and the Panthers (11-0) will write another page in their recent chapter of dominating Kansas 6A West. It’ll be the fifth matchup between the two schools since 2022 — but the first time since then it won’t be an in-season rematch. To view the full article visit theMercury.com.
By Megan Moser USD 383 school board member Karla Hagemeister announced Wednesday she doesn’t plan to run for another term when hers is up in 2026. Hagemeister is in her second term on the board for the Manhattan-Ogden district. She told The Mercury in a phone interview Wednesday she feels it is the right time to step down. To view the full article visit theMercury.com.
Segment 1: 00:00 Segment 2: 8:16 Segment 3: 23:25 Segment 4: 37:01 On Wednesday’s edition of Within Reason with Mike Matson he spoke with the Kansas Livestock Association president Philip Weltmer and Scarlett Madinger on the KLA staff. Stream the show live weekday mornings at 9am: https://www.youtube.com/@NewsRadioKMAN
By Tim Everson On the field, Kansas State football has struggled with substandard play through the last several games, and two avoidable losses have bookended an off-week. Off the field, head coach Chris Klieman has been dealing with a “non-football situation” involving his family that’s taken a toll on the sixth-year Wildcat head coach. While he hasn’t gone into specifics on what it is, he’s mentioned the weight it has put on him over the last several weeks and nearly broke down in tears during an emotional press conference following Saturday’s loss to Arizona State. To view the full article…
From the Manhattan Mercury The Big 12 Conference named Kansas State star outside hitter Aliyah Carter as its offensive player of the week after leading the Wildcats to a sweep over then-No. 18 TCU, the league office announced Tuesday. Carter earns her second weekly honor of the season after picking up 22 kills against TCU, her eighth 20-kill match of the year, to power K-State to its first victory over a ranked opponent this season. Read the rest of the article at the mercury.com