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Kansas State University is encouraging local landlords to implement flexibility into housing contracts for student tenants this fall. In a letter from K-State President Richard Myers, landlords are being asked to consider allowing students to end their leases early if the ongoing pandemic causes in-person classes to be canceled for the Fall semester. K-State Off-Campus [...]

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Junction City Police are searching for two suspects believed to be linked to a double homicide last week. Police say 21-year-old Nathaniel Roderick Holmes is wanted on two counts of first-degree murder. The other suspect goes by “J” and is a person of interest in the case. The police department is requesting the public’s assistance [...]

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Junction City Police are searching for two suspects believed to be linked to a double homicide last week. Police say 21-year-old Nathaniel Roderick Holmes is wanted on two counts of first-degree murder. The other suspect goes by “J” and is a person of interest in the case. The police department is requesting the public’s assistance [...]

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Despite the ongoing pandemic, the American Red Cross is continuing to put on blood drives and is doing so with extra caution. American Red Cross account manager Kristi Ingalls says one step being taken to prevent the spread of the coronavirus is the taking of blood-donor temperatures. She says the Red Cross has also started cleaning equipment between [...]

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Downtown Manhattan businesses are slowly coming back open after the Riley County Health Department cleared some of them to reopen as part of a phased local approach. Downtown Manhattan, Inc. Executive Director Gina Scroggs tells KMAN the approach has been one of caution by business owners. “Each business has really decided how they can best [...]

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Potential changes to the Fleet Maintenance Facility design The Pottawatomie County Commission discussed a potential change to the public works Fleet Maintenance Facility design during a meeting Monday. The change would involve lowering the grade and elevation of the facility’s base from what was recommended in the original design to what county public works employees [...]

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Riley County has now reported its first death attributed to coronavirus. Health Department Director Julie Gibbs says the patient was a Manhattan man in his 30s who tested positive for coronavirus earlier this month. He was tested for COVID-19 in late April after seeking medical care for an underlying health condition. The patient, whose name [...]

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Wonder Workshop Founder Richard Pitts passed Monday morning after a decade long fight with cancer. Pitts, a New Jersey native, came to Manhattan to study history at K-State.  He began to develop a children’s educational program concept and created the Wonder Workshop back in 1995.  The museum carries out exhibits and programs to teach about the arts, sciences, [...]

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Riley County commissioners approved the purchase of the First Christian Church property during their meeting Monday. Commissioners brought up the purchase last meeting, but put it on hold due to a non-unanimous vote.  They want to use the property for additional office space due to expansions to the courthouse.  During this meeting, Commissioner Ron Wells [...]

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Pottawatomie County will receive up to about $21,000 in federal aid to help prepare for the primary and general elections this year. These funds come from about $2.6 million being given to county voting officials in Kansas and will go towards temporary help, publications and getting out information about in-person and mail-in voting. Kansas is [...]

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