Riley County commissioners approved Local Health Order No. 21 to extend the county’s mask mandate. The order only extends the mandate and will be in place until May 16, in line with the City of Manhattan’s mask ordinance. It will take effect midnight April 1. The commission had to give Local Health Officer Julie Gibbs [...]
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Riley County commissioners approved Local Health Order No. 21 to extend the county’s mask mandate. The order only extends the mandate and will be in place until May 16, in line with the City of Manhattan’s mask ordinance. It will take effect midnight April 1. The commission had to give Local Health Officer Julie Gibbs [...]
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Sunset Zoo in Manhattan, Kansas is now operating under their summer hours. Melissa Kirkwood, Sunset Zoo Marketing and Development Officer, says the zoo is now open from 9:30AM to 5PM daily and those hours will continue through the summer. She adds that while the hours have extended they are still enforcing COVID-19 safety protocols. “When [...]
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The Parent-Teacher Organization of Blue Valley Schools is bringing back their Boots and Bling fundraiser. The Parent-Teacher Organization is a partnership between families, faculty, and administration that works to improve the learning opportunities for all students of USD 384. Superintendent, John Cox, says the Boots and Bling event is an annual fundraiser for the group. [...]
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The following summary of calls for service/reports filed by the Riley County Police Department is a portion of those received by police. Some names, addresses, and case details are withheld to follow local, state, and federal law as well as in an attempt to protect community members from being victimized further. Those arrested are presumed innocent [...]
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An Ogden man has been arrested in connection to a series of rapes. Riley County Police have charged 18-year-old Phillip Daniel Smith with one count of aggravated indecent solicitation of a child under the age of 14 and two counts of rape. According to an investigation, the alleged incidents occurred between August 2020 and February [...]
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Continued growth in the Green Valley/Blue Township area is making it difficult for Pottawatomie County officials to stay on top of needed improvements to existing road ways. The area is getting ready to welcome roughly 300 students to Oliver Brown Elementary which opens in the fall. All that added traffic will have to utilize Green [...]
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Pottawatomie County is advising residents of a two week road closure along Dyer Road that begins Monday. Two crossroad pipes are being installed which requires a closure between the north entrance to The Little Grill and the entrance to the Spillway cycle area. Officials say the park entrance from Dyer Road to Beach Road will [...]
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Riley County Police say one person was injured after rolling a vehicle early Wednesday morning near Casement and Brookmont Drive. Officers were called out after 1 a.m. and found a passenger car driven by 25-year-old Trae Jones of Sterling in a drainage ditch. Investigators determined the car left the roadway, struck a guardrail and flipped [...]
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For the eighth consecutive week, Riley County’s percent positive rate of new coronavirus infections is below 5 percent. The health department says the rate fell to 1.8 percent for the week of March 14, from 32 confirmed positives out of more than 1,700 tests. Just six new cases were confirmed Wednesday, along with 10 more [...]
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