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Manhattan — Pawnee Mental Health Services is dedicated to providing the mental health safety net for the counties of Cloud, Clay, Geary, Jewell, Marshall, Mitchell, Pottawatomie, Republic, Riley, and Washington. We will continue to provide services to new and existing clients during the COVID-19 situation, with adjustment to how some of these services are provided. [...]

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Release from the Riley County Health Department. RILEY COUNTY LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER ISSUES AN ORDER PROHIBITING PUBLIC GATHERINGS OF MORE THAN 10 PEOPLE (RILEY COUNTY, KS – March 20, 2020. There is now one confirmed case of the Coronavirus commonly known as COVID-19 inRiley County. Per her authority through Kansas State Statute 65-119, the Local [...]

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The Riley County Health Department has announced the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Riley County. With this confirmation, RCHD Director Julie Gibbs has issued an order banning all public gatherings of more than 10 people that will go into effect at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, March 21, 2020. This order will be in place [...]

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The Riley County Health Department has announced the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Riley County. With this confirmation, RCHD Director Julie Gibbs has issued an order banning all public gatherings of more than 10 people that will go into effect at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, March 21, 2020. This order will be in place [...]

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Manhattan State Senator Tom Hawk has announced his bid for a third term in the Kansas Legislature. Hawk, who serves the 22nd District, which includes Riley, Clay and a portion of Geary County is the ranking minority member of the Senate Committee on Ways & Means, which funds key priorities for the state. “As the [...]

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Despite many things shutting down amid the coronavirus pandemic, there is still a need to give blood. The American Red Cross says there are severe shortages, to the point that more than 4,500 blood drives have been cancelled across the country, resulting in about 150,000 fewer donations. Two opportunties exist Monday and Tuesday at CiCo [...]

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TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas on Friday launched a new program to provide short-term, no-interest loans to bars, restaurants, taverns and motels struggling to cover operating expenses because of the economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic. The program announced by Gov. Laura Kelly and state Commerce Secretary David Toland will make up to $5 million in [...]

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OSKALOOSA, Kan. — A Baldwin City woman has been sentenced to life in prison for her role in the 2018 shooting death of her mother’s boyfriend. Jefferson County Attorney Josh Ney announced Wednesday that Ashlyn Hemmerling was sentenced after pleading guilty to first-degree murder last year in the March 2018 shooting death of 22-year-old Taylor [...]

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OSKALOOSA, Kan. — A Baldwin City woman has been sentenced to life in prison for her role in the 2018 shooting death of her mother’s boyfriend. Jefferson County Attorney Josh Ney announced Wednesday that Ashlyn Hemmerling was sentenced after pleading guilty to first-degree murder last year in the March 2018 shooting death of 22-year-old Taylor [...]

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