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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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Monday’s show featured a preview of the Manhattan blood drive Monday and Tuesday with Kristi Ingalls from the American Red Cross and Daryl Strouts, who is donating for the 100th time. Dr. Stephen Higgs, Director of the Biosecurity Research Institute at K-State spoke about coronavirus and what developing a vaccine might look like going forward. [...]

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Sometimes it can be hard to manage your credit score. Larie Schoap stops by to give advice on how to repair a bad credit score.

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Budget season is fast approaching for the Riley County Police Department. The department on March 16 presented to the Law Board its first budget proposal which includes a 4 percent increase (around $900,000) in new funds. Captain Josh Kyle says the proposal asks for the hiring of a part-time clerk to assist with administrative duties [...]

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The post 3/23/20 – COVID-19 7 a.m. update with Ascension Via Christi President Bob Copple appeared first on News Radio KMAN.

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

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