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A pair of top Kansas State University administrators will retire early next year. The university announced last week that Chief of Staff and Director of Community Relations Linda Cook will retired Jan. 31 following four years with K-State. Vice President for Communications and Marketing Jeff Morris will retire March 19 after a 12 year stint [...]

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The current director of the Riley County Police Department says he hopes his successor keeps up strong communication with the community and department employees. Dennis Butler said on KMAN’s In Focus Friday morning he took note early on during his tenure that communication is a priority. Butler says he also made a point from day [...]

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Chilly weather didn’t stop people from gathering at the 4th annual Young Trustees Chili Cook-Off KMAN caught up with Young Trustee Co-Chair Sarah Siders at the event. Siders spoke to the excitement of having the event at a new location, but with the same overall purpose. Creator of the event Jamie Coones says, he thinks [...]

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The 4th annual Manhattan Walk to End Alzheimer’s was held Saturday with nearly 600 people gathering at City Park to bring awareness to Alzheimer’s and dementia. Chairman of the Manhattan Walk to End Alzheimer’s, KelLee Parr, said that he enjoys seeing members of the community jump on board to participate in this event every year, [...]

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Kansas State University will require employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine or face termination. The move was announced during a Friday Town Hall with top university officials, per the Kansas Board of Regents who say doing so will bring K-State, KU and Wichita State into compliance with President Biden’s federal vaccine mandate. All three universities [...]

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Researchers at Kansas State University are the first in the country to look into methods of keeping a foreign tick-borne livestock disease at bay. The Center of Excellence for Vector-Borne Diseases recently received $250,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and an additional $75,000 from the Kansas National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility to build upon [...]

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Riley County commissioners have approved the appointment of Allana Parker to serve as interim director for the Historical Museum. Parker succeeds Cheryl Collins, who passed away last month, and will serve as interim director until a new director is officially named. Board of Trustees member Phil Anderson says all nine members were in favor of this [...]

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The Riley County Health Department identified 65 new positive Coronavirus cases and 68 additional recoveries in its latest weekly report, issued Thursday. Six COVID-positive patients were said to be under care at Ascension Via Christi Hospital, including one who is in the Intensive Care Unit. All six were said to be unvaccinated. The total amount [...]

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WICHITA, Kan. — People with the 620 and 785 phone area code will have to start dialing 10 digits to complete local calls starting Sunday. The Wichita Eagle reports that the reason for the change is to avoid conflicts when the Federal Communications Commission implements 988 as the three-number speed-dial code to reach a suicide [...]

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