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The Riley County Health Department has identified nine new COVID-19 cases and three additional recoveries in the past week. Health officials say there are 16 known active cases in the county. An additional death was verified through the Office of Vital Statistics last week, showing a 101-year-old patient who tested positive for COVID-19 on Jan. [...]

A 9-year-old Junction City boy is recovering after an accidental shooting Tuesday. Junction City Police were called out around 7 p.m. Tuesday to the 2000 block of North Wind Drive where they found 9-year-old Terrance Resto suffering from a gunshot wound. He was stabilized and transported to Geary Community Hospital and then air lifted to [...]

Kansas State University President Richard Linton has appointed search committees to lead national searches for two vacant cabinet-level positions. The search for the university’s next chief financial officer and vice president for university operations/chiefs operations officers, formally merges the CFO and COO positions into one. The national search will be co-chaired by VP for Research [...]

Riley County Police are investigating after a car was stolen from a local car rental facility Tuesday morning. Officers filed a report for theft, criminal damage to property and criminal trespass, listing Hertz Rental & Lewis Automotive Group as well as a 32-year-old man as victims. Police say an unknown suspect broke into a lock [...]

As Sunset Zoo prepares to unveil its Expedition Asia exhibit Saturday morning, a special guest has been announced for the festivities. National Geographic Photo Ark founder and photographer Joel Sartore is scheduled to attend Saturday’s ribbon cutting. The Photo Ark is an ambitious project committed to documenting every species living in the world’s zoos, aquariums, [...]

A Pottawatomie County commissioner says the Belvue Bridge may need to close in the near future due to its deteriorating condition. Pat Weixelman, the current chair of the board, shared his concern during commissioner comments Monday, after saying he noticed some truckers still crossing the bridge despite concerns of its current weight limitations. “There’s going [...]

Manhattan has found its next Director of Community Development. Stephanie Peterson, who currently serves as Executive Director of the Flint Hills Metropolitan Planning Organization, has been hired to fill the position and will start on May 9. She will succeed Eric Cattell, who retired in March. Peterson will oversee the city department which administers different [...]

A Junction City woman is among two K-State undergraduate students receiving 2022 Barry Goldwater Scholarships, according to a Monday release. Lexe West of J.C. and Avanelle Stoltz of Leawood were named as the recipients of the award from the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. 417 college students across the US received the [...]

No Stone Unturned will be holding their 14th annual Wildcats for No Stone Unturned fundraiser. Kelly Keogh, Executive Director, tells KMAN that No Stone Unturned is a therapeutic learning center that meets the needs and changes lives of children of their families who are battling intellectual disabilities of all ranges. She talks more about the [...]

The annual Grow Green Match Day is just around the corner. Vern Hendricks, Greater Manhattan Community Foundation President and CEO, says now that they have rounded out the CFAs, it is time to move to the next event. On Grow Green Match Day, donations made through the GMCF to nonprofits will receive a 50% match. [...]