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The Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art has an ongoing exhibit that celebrates an African American artist from Kansas. The museum is highlighting the Gordon Parks: Homeward to the Prairie I Come in cooperation with Black History Month. Museum Curator Aileen June Wang says Parks grew up in segregated Fort Scott until he was 15. [...]

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The Riley County Extension held its second ever Rural Revitalization Conference Wednesday in Riley. The event is an opportunity for those interested in rural economies and starting their own business. Extension Director Gary Fike says the most important aspect is hearing from local entrepreneurs . One of the speakers Wednesday was Trish Purdon, who is [...]

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Pawnee Mental Health is holding their annual “Pancakes for Pawnee” event on Shrove Tuesday, March 1. Executive Director Robbin Cole says the event has proven year after year to be a huge success to raise money for mental health needs in the area. “Events like this help bring in additional, charitable dollars to help support [...]

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A bill that would expand scholarships to veterinary students in the Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine who pledge to return to practice in the state has passed a final House vote 121-6. HB 2605 would change the loan amount appropriated from the state, from $20,000 per year to $25,000. It also expands the [...]

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The Riley County Health Department is announcing that some services will be offered on a walk-in basis beginning March 1. Appointments are still recommended, but not required for those needing routine immunizations or for COVID-19, TB skin tests, Plan B, blood pressure checks, vaccine titers to confirm immunity, B12 injections, head lice checks as well [...]

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For the first time in 10 years the average daily inmate population in the Riley County Jail climbed to 100 in the month of January. It follows seven consecutive months of increases in the jail dating back to last June. Interim director Kurt Moldrup addressed some of the reasons behind the increases, primarily attributed to [...]

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Two Riley County Police Department officers were publicly recognized at Tuesday’s Law Board meeting for compassion they showed to a family in distress, after a mother of four died last summer of an accidental drug overdose. Interim RCPD Director Kurt Moldrup read a letter of appreciation to Officer Jesse Shane and Officer Jonathan Shepard and [...]

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The Flint Hills Breadbasket has a new executive director. The nonprofit agency has announced the hiring of Karla Hagemeister, who takes over after 22 years with the Riley County Attorney’s Office and two years as a social worker. Hagemeister also currently serves on the Manhattan-Ogden School Board and is a past president of the board. [...]

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A Kansas State University graduate from Missouri’s 2020 aggravated criminal sodomy conviction was upheld by the Kansas Court of Appeals, according to an unpublished opinion of the court filed February 18, 2021. Devonta D. Bagley was sentenced to 24 years in prison in 2020 after being found guilty of the sexual assault as well as [...]

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Two people were killed over the weekend in separate fires in Pottawatomie County. Jill Bronbaugh, a spokesperson for the State Fire Marshal’s office tells KMAN the first fire occurred Saturday at 303 Bidwell Street in Emmett. The second occurred Sunday at 7301 Flint Rock Road, in rural St. George. Both instances involved single fatalities, though [...]

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