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The Greater Manhattan Community Foundation has teamed up with a number of Manhattan businesses and philanthropists to provide financial assistance to individuals whose employment has been affected by the coronavirus threat. It’s called MHK Together, an effort that GMCF President and CEO Vern Henricks says is supported by some generous donors. Blade Mages of the [...]

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas residents will be able to get medicine without an in-person visit to the doctor during the coronavirus crisis under a new executive order that Gov. Laura Kelly announced Sunday. Kelly, a Democrat, announced two new orders aimed at temporarily expanding health care access. She said in a statement that the [...]

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The Manhattan man who became Riley County’s first patient to be tested positive for the Coronavirus is a K-State faculty member. Andrew Smith, 51, is a professor in the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism recently traveled with his famly and several journalism students to London to study abroad during spring break. Those students and family [...]

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Many K-State seniors are not having the final semester of college they expected. Due to safety concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, K-State has canceled commencement and moved all classes online. This makes for a tough situation for K-State seniors who left for spring break not knowing that they would be seeing some of their friends [...]

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Director of the Riley County Health Department Julie Gibbs gives important updates on the COVID-19 outbreak in Riley county. Gibbs gives an update on the status of COVID-19 in Manhattan.   https://1350kman.com/update-manhattan-man-diagnosed-with-first-case-of-covid-19-in-riley-county/ Gibbs notes that certain factors can put some people at a higher risk from  the virus. Gibbs has issued an order to combat [...]

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Visitation to Ascension Via Christi in Manhattan and the Wamego Health Center is now restricted to labor and delivery and in end-of-life situations, where only one visitor per patient will be allowed. The hospital enacted the restrictions late Friday in an effort to protect patients and staff now that COVID-19 has reached Riley County. All [...]

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