Two Junction City school buildings were briefly placed on lockdown Wednesday morning. Junction City Police responded to a call around 10 a.m. on the northwest side of the city, resulting in the nearby Karns building and Westwood Elementary school being placed into lock down in an abundance of caution. The schools went on lockdown following [...]
Manhattan city officials say Kimball Avenue will be reopened to all four lanes of traffic between College Avenue and North Manhattan Avenue, starting Thursday. The project, part of the North Campus Corridor plan around Kansas State University, had interrupted traffic flow on the major thoroughfare for almost a year, shutting down last October, as part [...]
One person was injured just before noon Tuesday in a crash on K-99 near the westbound off ramp of Interstate 70 in Wabaunsee County. The Kansas Highway Patrol says a semi driver failed to yield to a northbound pickup as it crossed the highway from the off ramp. The semi struck the pickup on the [...]
Junction City Police say one person is in custody following a 4 and a half hour standoff Tuesday afternoon with law enforcement. Authorities with JCPD and the Geary County Sheriff’s Office responded sometime after 5 p.m. to a disturbance between neighbors in the 800 block of Skyline Drive. Upon arrival, an unidentified person barricaded himself [...]
About 55 miles of historic fences exist along a route in the Flint Hills, identified as the Native Stone Scenic Byway. Mary Mertz belongs to a group dedicated to preserving the structures. She describes a fundraiser at The Lazy T Ranch on September 10th. Mertz says crafters, artists, authors, photographers, and florists are offered free [...]
Riley County Public Information Officer Vivienne Uccello proposed an update to the employee social media policy at Monday’s Commissioner meeting. It mainly applies to the deletion of public comments on county-run sites. Uccello explains what will be deleted: She said while private companies can delete any comment they want to; the county rarely deletes comments because [...]
Local celebrity and philanthropist C. Clyde Jones is the namesake of the annual C Clyde Run, which raises funds for Shepherd’s Crossing. Jones shares why, at 99 years old, he continues to help fundraise. Jones was the first dean of K-State’s College of Business Administration, which hosts C Clyde Run and Midge’s Mile Fun Run/Walk, [...]
A new need-based grant program is providing eligible Kansas State University students with an award, covering in-state tuition remaining after other grants and scholarships are applied to a student’s account. The Land Grant Promise, as its called is open to degree-seeking undergraduates enrolled full-time that have completed the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) [...]
As most residents know, Kimball Avenue has been closed north of K-State’s campus since last year. One cause for these closures is the current construction within the planned Edge Collaboration District, in the North Campus Corridor. K-State President Dr. Richard Linton explains the eventual changes that this project will bring to that area once completed. [...]
Pottawatomie County commissioners received a less than favorable status update Monday to its ongoing radio systems upgrade, that could see delays well into next year. Motorola representative Richard Nita told commissioners about supply chain delays for the shipment of generators, which had previously been noted to be around 52-weeks. He says their distributor now expects those [...]
