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Release from the Riley County Health Department and City of Manhattan. This afternoon the Riley County Health Department launched a drive-thru swabbing station in partnership with Konza Prairie Community Health Center. The station will provide COVID-19 testing for pre-screened patients only. Testing will be available to people who have written orders sent to the Riley [...]

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Release from Office of the Governor of Kansas. Governor Laura Kelly signed today executive orders #20-10, #20-11, #20-12, and #20-13, as part of her administration’s comprehensive response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “The safety and well-being of Kansans is my top priority,” Kelly said. “During these trying times we need essential services to continue to function [...]

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TOPEKA, Kan. — Shelter-in-place orders are about to take effect for about a third of Kansas’ population to slow the spread of the coronavirus, and more could soon follow. Douglas County, where the college town of Lawrence is located, announced that an order will take effect Tuesday. The announcement came after a man in his [...]

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WICHITA, Kan. — The American Civil Liberties Union alleges in a lawsuit that a small community college in Kansas directed its coaches to to recruit more white athletes and targeted black prospective students with excessive scrutiny such as background checks before offering scholarships. The ACLU alleges in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday that Highland Community [...]

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Riley County commissioners extended the local disaster emergency declaration to the end of the year. The original declaration was issued on March 18 due to Gov. Laura Kelly’s state of emergency declaration.  The declaration was in place for seven days, with the option to extend it. County Counselor Clancy Holeman made the suggestion based on [...]

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A Manhattan activist organization is publicly demanding the resignation of the Riley County commission chairman over allegations of racism and misinformation. The group, Manhattan Alliance for Peace and Justice (MAPJ), has called Marvin Rodriguez’s comments at a special meeting of the Riley County commission on Wednesday, March 18 “derogatory,” “misinformed” and “racist” and are petitioning [...]

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