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The Director of the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications is getting not just one, but two honors this year from the Kansas Association of Broadcasters. Dr. Steve Smethers is this year’s recipient of the Distinguished Services Award, the Association’s highest honor, given annually for exemplary service to the community, state and broadcast [...]

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The 21st District Court will have its first drug court session starting next week. The process started about two years ago and has been spearheaded by District Judge Kendra Lewison.  This specialty court is for those non violent offenders who have been sentenced to felony probation. Community Corrections Director Shelly Williams says this specialty court [...]

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The Flint Hills Regional Leadership Program recently announced its newest class for the 2021-22 program year. The class includes 20 individuals from Riley, Geary and Pottawatomie counties who will complete the seven session course over the next six months. This year’s participants are listed below: Christine Benne — Regional Volunteer interim chair, Manhattan Military Relations [...]

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The 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley will be deploying troops in support of Afghan evacuees. The Department of Defense recently approved a request for assistance from the State Department to provide temporary housing, sustainment, and support inside the United States for vulnerable Afghans from forts across the nation. Approximately 500 service members from the [...]

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Sixty-five years later and Pawnee Mental Health continues to serve the Riley County area. Robbin Cole, Pawnee Mental Health Executive Director, says this year is full of events, from the K-State 5K Homecoming event to celebrating 65 years of service. “Pawnee Mental Health started serving Riley County and the city of Manhattan as the Riley [...]

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Time is running out for the many thousands of Americans and Afghan civilians fleeing Afghanistan ahead of President Joe Biden’s Aug. 31 deadline to withdraw troops. Fatima Jaghoori is a Kansas State University student, who served in Iraq with the U.S. Army. Her husband, also was a combat veteran, died serving in Afghanistan during Operation [...]

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Some residents in southern Riley County and a portion of Wabaunsee County were without power for as long as 4 hours Wednesday evening. Bluestem Electric Cooperative says the cause for the outage was burnt power lines across US Hwy 177 south of Manhattan. It impacted the Hunter Island substation as well as areas south of [...]

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The City Commission heard Tuesday night that the city’s estimated cost for the reconstruction of the main runway at Manahttan Regional Airport had already gone up six million dollars. Bids are scheduled for April of next year. The majority of the more than 54 million dollar project will be covered by an FAA grant, but [...]

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The first day of classes at USD 378 Riley County Schools is Thursday. Superintendent Cliff Williams says preliminary enrollment figures for the new school year have been promising. According to Williams, part of the reason for that increase is based on the district hosting preschool, through the Twin Lakes Educational Cooperative (TLEC), which includes five [...]

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