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As the Manhattan City Commission kicks around a potential ordinance requiring masks to be worn in public, there is some push back coming from the Riley County Police Department. The topic of masks was brought up Thursday during the weekly meeting of the Manhattan Area Recovery Task Force. RCPD Director Dennis Butler says he would [...]

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An additional positive coronavirus case was announced Friday morning by the Riley County Health Department. The patient is a Riley County woman and is a family member of a previous positive case. It’s the second case in two days, after a 62-year-old man tested positive Thursday. Public Information Officer Vivienne Uccello says Ascension Via Christi [...]

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Riley County commissioners approved streaming meetings and where to stream them during their meeting Thursday. IT/GIS Director Kevin Howser was tasked with researching options for streaming meetings.  The requirements he was given include minimal cost, not a long-term contract, and not a long implementation time.  He returned this meeting with three options for the commission; [...]

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State revenues are projected to be halved due to the pandemic, leaving possible cuts to Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 for 2021. Preliminary numbers related to the 2021 budget planning process were presented Wednesday to the USD 383 school board.  Business Services Director Lew Faust says overall, their general fund and local option funds are down around [...]

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Issues with meat supply chains may be affecting national fast-food franchises, but local restaurants are still going strong. Within the last week, it has been reported that several Wendy’s restaurants across the country have stopped selling hamburgers due to supply shortages. Local restaurants, such as Vista Drive In, have yet to experience such problems. This [...]

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A Manhattan man arrested in March on criminal threat and violation of a protection order now faces additional charges including rape and domestic battery. Riley County Police have charged 38-year-old Traveil Lyn Lewis with one count of rape, one count of aggravated criminal sodomy, domestic battery and two counts of violating a protection order. RCPD [...]

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The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a death involving a construction worker at Rock Creek High School Thursday morning. Pottawatomie County EMS and Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched around 8:15 a.m. after a construction worker fell into a trench and became trapped. A short time later, the effort went from rescue to recovery. The incident [...]

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Update: 1:20 p.m. Friday The victim in Thursday’s construction accident at Rock Creek High School has been identified. Pottawatomie County Sheriff Shane Jager says 45-year-old Matthew Becker of rural Manhattan died as a result of a fall into a 12-foot trench during construction activities on the south side of the campus, near the new baseball [...]

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