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The Riley County Health Department says it will adopt the new 10-day quarantine guidelines proposed by the Centers for Disease Control and Kansas Department of Health and Environment for close contacts of a COVID-19 positive individual. The new guidelines take effect Thursday, meaning those in quarantine now and going forward can get out of quarantine [...]

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Riley County’s Community Development Block Grant business retention program has received $132,000 from the Kansas Department of Commerce. The extra funding will help assist with job retention for low to moderate income persons who may have lost their job due to the economic fallout from COVID-19. Up to $13,200 is available per business per job [...]

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Riley County Police say a third suspect is now jailed in an ongoing rape investigation involving a 12-year-old victim. Police said Tuesday that 20-year-old Brian Griffith of Fort Riley was arrested in connection on the offenses of one count of rape and one count of criminal sodomy, in an alleged incident Nov. 24. Griffith was [...]

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Quarantine guidelines Pottawatomie County officials will soon decide whether to reduce the recommended COVID-19 quarantine length from 14 days to 10 or seven days to be in line with new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. Leslie Campbell, Pottawatomie County health director, says she is not certain a change would do much to change [...]

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Wamego High School will continue its hybrid learning mode through the remainder of the semester, which wraps up Dec. 18. The district announced via Facebook Tuesday that its guidance committee made the decision, which it says was thoroughly thought out and based on guidance from Pottawatomie County health officials. Wamego High School switched to hybrid [...]

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Gov. Laura Kelly says the state is mapping out its plan for eventual distribution of the coronavirus vaccines. The governor was the featured speaker at Tuesday’s Power Lunch, hosted virtually over Zoom by the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce. “We’re expecting actually our first shipment of the vaccine this week. We will get another shipment [...]

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The series of recreation buildings being built in Manhattan are almost complete. Collaborations have been made with Douglass, Anthony, and Eisenhower middle schools to build recreation centers that are open to both the middle school students and the residents of Manhattan. Wyatt Thompson, Manhattan Parks and Recreation Assistant Director, says all three projects are moving [...]

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The Riley County Health Department is confirming 118 new positive cases of COVID-19 since Friday and now says over 4,000 residents have tested positive since the pandemic began. The total number of cases since March is 4,023, of which 384 are currently active. That means, since the first case was presented March 20 (262 days [...]

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Riley County Police are investigating burglaries where a number of firearms were stolen over the weekend. According to its activity report, officers filed a burglary report Friday in the 1300 block of North 8th Street after five men reported an unknown suspect entered their home and stole a 12-gauge shotgun, a Glock 17 nine mm [...]

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Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office responded to two vehicle related incidents. The Sheriff’s Office responded to the 9700 block of Lavender Lane, in Manhattan on November 27th for a vehicle burglary. Several items were removed from the vehicle including the victim’s debit card. The stolen debit card was used at the Short Stop gas station on South Port [...]

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