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The Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad is holding a fundraiser for track maintenance. This is the train that operates from Abilene to Enterprise and back during the spring and summer. General Manager Ross Boelling says the railroad wasn’t well maintained by previous ownership. The project will be done in two phases, with the first starting [...]

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Numerous groups took to the stage at Forum Hall in the K-State Student Union to commemorate the university’s Lunar New Year Celebration on Saturday. See a selection of images from the afternoon below. Click here for a preview of the event. The 2022 program is presented by the Vietnamese Students Association, Society of Asian Scientists [...]

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One person is dead and another is in stable condition in custody following an early morning shooting in Aggieville Saturday that also involved a Riley County Police officer. According to RCPD, a 21-year-old Fort Riley man was shot and killed by a 19-year-old Fort Riley man, in an apparent homicide. Preliminary investigation says the shooting [...]

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Geary County Schools USD 475 plans to highlight its strategic plan at a rescheduled 2022 State of Education address. Superintendent Dr. Reginald Eggleston joined KMAN’s In Focus Friday, discussing numerous topics including the address. That event is now planned for March 22nd at 7 p.m. at the Junction City High School auditorium after being postponed [...]

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USD 383 is seeking public input on a budget plan for millions of dollars of federal funding coming to the district. The Manhattan-Ogden school district was allocated over $7.25 million by Congress in March of 2021 intended to help elementary and secondary schools respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in various ways. This is the third [...]

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Valentine’s Day is just over a week away and downtown Manhattan invites you to celebrate. Gina Snyder, Downtown Manhattan Incorporated executive director, tells KMAN that several restaurants are running specials during the holiday weekend and on Valentine’s day itself. She says whether it’s dining in or picking up or whether its a full meal, drinks, [...]

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Governor Laura Kelly recently vetoed the congressional redistricting map. The map splits Wyandotte County into two separate congressional districts. It also separates the city of Lawrence from Douglas County and places urban boundaries of Lawrence into the Big First Congressional District. 51st district representative, Ron Highland, voted present on the bill the first time around [...]

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Riley County appears to be on the downhill side of the omicron surge. New COVID cases last week totaled 607, nearly 300 fewer cases than reported the week before. There are 638 active cases in Riley County, a decrease of nearly 350 active cases since last week. The two-week rolling percent positivity rate fell from [...]

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A community-wide housing survey is circulating in Manhattan this month, seeking feedback on housing experiences, conditions and issues. City officials say it’s the next phase of a Housing Market Analysis project, following the establishment of a housing steering committee last August, in addition to multiple rounds of stakeholder interviews and preliminary data collection. The 10-minute [...]

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Applications are now being accepted for the Manhattan Fire Department’s student firefighter program. The program is open to college students 18 and older attending K-State, MATC or Manhattan Christian College. Deputy Fire Chief Ryan Almes likens the program to a paid internship. “The statistics on the number of people we have that go through the [...]

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