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The Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s COVID testing site will soon be moving to an indoor facility. Riley County commissioners Thursday approved a lease agreement with the health department to move the testing site to 3019 Anderson Ave, in the Plaza West Shopping Center. Health Department Director Julie Gibbs says this will allow the [...]

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Three area students were recognized as winners in the annual student photo contest ahead of Kansas Day. 2rd grader Amelia Higgins and 6th grader Kaden Singh Dhillon of St. Marys Grade School in Pottawatomie County as well as 5th grader Ashlynn Buchmann of Riley County Grade School were recognized for their photos in a virtual [...]

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Pawnee Mental Health Services are excited about a multi-million dollar federal grant awarded to the organization in Fall of 2021. Executive Director Robbin Cole discussed the SAMHSA Community Mental Health Centers grant program with KMAN Thursday. Pawnee was awarded nearly $4.75 million through the program, intended to expand access to mental health support amid the [...]

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A virtual meeting Saturday will be the second in a series of ongoing community conversations aimed at generating ideas for potential use of kitchen and cafeteria space within the Manhattan High East Campus. The facilitated conversations are being led by the Kansas State University Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy (ICDD). An in-person discussion was [...]

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A Clay Center man was arrested Wednesday morning on drug and burglary charges north of Randolph in Riley County. 31-year-old Brock Odell was arrested following a report of a burglary in progress on Peach Grove Road after 11 a.m. Wednesday, January 26. Riley County police responded to the scene and found Odell in possession of [...]

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Junction City Police are investigating an apparent double homicide after two men were found dead Wednesday. Officers were called out around 12:30 p.m. to the 600 block of West Vine Street in Junction City for a male with a suspected gunshot wound. Upon arrival, officers found two males with gunshot wounds. Both were pronounced dead [...]

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The attorney of the City of Junction City encourages residents not to possess or utilize products made from the cannabinoid commonly called Delta-8 in city limits following an opinion released by the Kansas Attorney General on December 2, 2021. Guided by the A.G.’s opinion, City Attorney Britain Stites’ office sees products consisting of more than [...]

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Nearly 900 new COVID cases and two COVID-related deaths were recorded this week by the Riley County Health Department. The latest deaths involved two men, aged 75 and 70 who tested positive earlier this month and died this week. The older patient was fully vaccinated, while the younger patient was not. Ascension Via Christi is [...]

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Two individuals were recognized for their diversity efforts at Kansas State University Tuesday. Commerce Bank and the W.T. Kemper Foundation Presidential awards for diversity excellence were handed out to mathematics professor, Marianne Korten, and veterinary medicine student, Shumin Li. As part of Martin Luther King Jr. observance week, K-State held a virtual reception, Tuesday, to [...]

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Pottawatomie County planning officials are slowly working toward developing a publicly available draft for solar farm regulations. A joint meeting was held last Thursday between the three Pottawatomie County commissioners and the 10-member Planning Commission. County Planner Stephan Metzger tells KMAN that coming to consensus on a plan has not been easy. “The one thing [...]

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