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A local World War Two and Korean Conflict veteran who recently celebrated his 101st birthday received an American flag Thursday that was flown over the United States Capitol building in Washington D.C. in his honor. Lazone Grays was presented with the flag in front of his Manhattan home during a ceremony involving friends and family [...]

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A crowded field of hopefuls for the Republican U.S. Senate seat are making their rounds across Kansas ahead of the Aug. 4 primary. Republican businessman Bob Hamilton, long time owner of a successful plumbing business in the Kansas City area, was in Manhattan Wednesday and spoke with News Radio KMAN. Billing himself as an outsider, the [...]

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School officials remain hopeful With school starting back up in just over a month for many local school districts, the question of whether the fall semester will take place in classrooms remains unanswered. The fall semester for USD 320 Wamego is scheduled to begin on August 20 and USD 323 Rock Creek is looking to [...]

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Ascension Via Christi has made additional changes to its visitation policy. During Wednesday’s COVID-19 public update, hospital president Bob Copple said the hospital has moved back to more restrictive visitor guidelines, including one person for beginning or end of life matters. “This is really in a response to not only seeing positives in the community [...]

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With two weeks to go until the official start date of the Riley County Fair, yet another adjustment is being made due to COVID-19 restrictions. Earlier this year, the Kaw Valley Rodeo and carnival along with several vendors pulled out of this year’s fair. Riley County K-State Extension Director Gary Fike on Wednesday also announced [...]

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A Riley man was arrested Tuesday on three aggravated charges of violating the offender registration act. RCPD arrested 46-year-old Frank Gibson after a warrant was issued last week. Online court records show Gibson failed to comply with provisions of the Kansas Offender Registration Act from October 2018 through March 2020, three consecutive six-month periods. KBI’s [...]

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CARES Act funding Pottawatomie County has until mid-August to submit a plan for how it will spend about $4.9 million in CARES Act funding it is set to receive. With such a short timeline, County Commissioner Pat Weixelman says there will be more room for error and misuse of funds. County Administrator Chad Kinsley says [...]

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The Riley County Health Department has released its latest local health order, which takes effect Wednesday.. Local Health Order 14 will be in affect for the next 12 days, or until amended, superseded, or rescinded. The new order keeps the mass gathering limit to 50 people and large venues of more than two thousand people [...]

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The Greater Manhattan Community Foundation’s annual award show (The CFA’s) has been cancelled for this year. Vice President of Marketing and Promotions Elaine Dhuyvetter made the announcement during Monday’s GMCF Community Hour. The event, initially planned for March, was rescheduled to August, but ultimately the foundation made the unfortunate decision to cancel it altogether. “We [...]

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