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Noon Thursday update The amount of positive cases of COVID-19 in Riley County has grown to 20 as health officials continue to urge the public to abide by the stay-at-home order. The latest patient is a 63-year-old man. No further details about his case have been released. Pottawatomie County and Geary County both remained at [...]

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Manhattan’s Downtown Farmer’s Market will start on the date originally planned after narrowly securing a permit Tuesday evening. The market will open on April 18 following a 3 to 2 vote via ZOOM by the Manhattan City Commission. Mayor Usha Reddi proposed moving the start date to May or June over concerns about the spread [...]

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Dossie Langford, a custodian at West Elementary School in Wamego, has been selected as a top-10 national candidate for the 2020 Cintas Custodian of the Year award. Langford has been the school’s custodian for about 17 years and, in addition to her regular work duties, is credited with setting up decorations, maintaining displays and bulletin boards, [...]

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Funerals have shifted drastically since stricter measures have been implemented around social gatherings. Families of loved ones who have recently passed are being faced with uncertainty for when they can hold memorials or a funeral in the traditional sense. “Most families have chosen cremation, then they’re going to do something later on their own. We [...]

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Manhattan is moving forward with the creation of its five-year consolidated Community Development Block Grant plan, and will be getting additional federal funding for COVID-19 response. City Commissioners Tuesday via ZOOM discussed priorities for the federal CDBG grants intended to benefit low and moderate income residents and neighborhoods and allocated by the U.S. Department of [...]

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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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A junior physics student at Kansas State University is this year’s recipient of the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. Blaine Fry, of Topeka, is one of 396 students in the nation to receive the scholarship awarded annually to those interested in research careers in engineering, mathematics or the natural sciences. Fry is mentored by Cortelyou-Rust University [...]

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Belvue Bridge Pottawatomie and Wabaunsee County Commissioners met Monday to discuss the possibility of repairing the Belvue Bridge. Pottawatomie County Public Works Director Peter Clark explains what their plans are going forward: Although a grant could help pay for a large portion of a repair project, Clark says receiving one is far from a guarantee. [...]

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