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USD 383 will receive over $3.2 million in federal funds during the second round of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funding and $7.5 million in the third round. Director of Business Services Lew Faust presented an overview to the school board Wednesday night on how the district intends to spend some of those funds, [...]

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More people spoke either for or against a recently approved and later withdrawn purchase of educator training sessions at Wednesday’s USD 383 school board meeting. The public outcry is largely influenced by the Riley County Republicans who strongly oppose culturally responsive teaching and learning training, which they said would lead teachers to instructing Critical Race [...]

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More people spoke either for or against a recently approved and later withdrawn purchase of educator training sessions at Wednesday’s USD 383 school board meeting. The public outcry is largely influenced by the Riley County Republicans who strongly oppose culturally responsive teaching and learning training, which they said would lead teachers to instructing Critical Race [...]

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Riley County Police say a Manhattan man’s body was recovered late Wednesday night from Tuttle Creek Lake after emergency response teams searched for nearly 10 hours. Shortly before 2:30 p.m., Riley County Dispatch received a call from a citizen reporting a vehicle and clothes near a shoreline by the intersection of Lakeshore Drive and Shady [...]

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A Texas jury has awarded $222 million to the widow of a man who was killed in a June 2018 accident at Evergy’s Jeffrey Energy Center power plant near St. Marys. The jury found Texas-based subcontractor Team Industrial Services 90 percent responsible for the death of Jesse Henson, of Manhattan. Henson and a co-worker, Damien [...]

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May 2021 sales tax revenue Manhattan sales tax revenue for May 2021, which reflects spending from two months previous, is up 25 percent from May 2020 and up 12 percent from 2019. City manager Ron Fehr explained to KMAN one possible reason for the increase. Fehr says the increase in sales tax numbers has given [...]

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The Riley County Law Board will hold a special meeting Thursday afternoon where it will consider publication of the Riley County Police Department’s 2022 budget. RCPD staff have drafted four potential options, ranging from approximately $22.6 million to just under $23 million. Options one and three include a 1 percent cost of living adjustment, a [...]

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The Riley County Health Department says 43 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the past week, while there were 19 recoveries during the same timeframe. That jump in cases means there are nearly 70 cases active currently in the county. Just over 50 tests registered positive on the week, out of 526 tests given. [...]

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The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld a 2019 Riley County District Court sentencing of an Ogden woman convicted of two counts of drug distribution within 1,000 feet of a school. Anita Jo Albano was arrested in August 2017 and later convicted on by a jury. In her appeal, Albano argued the Kansas sentencing guidelines violated [...]

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Art museum The Manhattan City Commission approved the first readings of amendments to sales tax and revenue (STAR) bonds Tuesday, thus taking a step towards the creation of the Museum of Art and Light in downtown Manhattan. The $43.6 million project will be funded by private donations, STAR bonds and about $200,000 per year through [...]

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