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The Boys and Girls Club is hosting its annual Casino Night fundraiser auction Friday, with a twist. The event is moving online due to current health orders in place, and as such has been rebranded as a Virtual Casino Night. Club Director Trent Jones previewed the event this week during the Greater Manhattan Community Foundation [...]

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Manhattan-Ogden USD 383’s summer STEM program is set to begin soon, and will be completely online. Due to both K-State and USD 383 campuses being closed, the summer program is taking place online for the first time. Woodrow Wilson Principal Deb Nauerth (North) says this is a new year and new challenge for them as [...]

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Kansas State University is encouraging local landlords to implement flexibility into housing contracts for student tenants this fall. In a letter from K-State President Richard Myers, landlords are being asked to consider allowing students to end their leases early if the ongoing pandemic causes in-person classes to be canceled for the Fall semester. K-State Off-Campus [...]

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Junction City Police are searching for two suspects believed to be linked to a double homicide last week. Police say 21-year-old Nathaniel Roderick Holmes is wanted on two counts of first-degree murder. The other suspect goes by “J” and is a person of interest in the case. The police department is requesting the public’s assistance [...]

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Junction City Police are searching for two suspects believed to be linked to a double homicide last week. Police say 21-year-old Nathaniel Roderick Holmes is wanted on two counts of first-degree murder. The other suspect goes by “J” and is a person of interest in the case. The police department is requesting the public’s assistance [...]

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Despite the ongoing pandemic, the American Red Cross is continuing to put on blood drives and is doing so with extra caution. American Red Cross account manager Kristi Ingalls says one step being taken to prevent the spread of the coronavirus is the taking of blood-donor temperatures. She says the Red Cross has also started cleaning equipment between [...]

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Downtown Manhattan businesses are slowly coming back open after the Riley County Health Department cleared some of them to reopen as part of a phased local approach. Downtown Manhattan, Inc. Executive Director Gina Scroggs tells KMAN the approach has been one of caution by business owners. “Each business has really decided how they can best [...]

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Potential changes to the Fleet Maintenance Facility design The Pottawatomie County Commission discussed a potential change to the public works Fleet Maintenance Facility design during a meeting Monday. The change would involve lowering the grade and elevation of the facility’s base from what was recommended in the original design to what county public works employees [...]

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