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The T. Russell Reitz Animal Shelter hopes to eventually open its doors once again. For now, the shelter is only open by appointment, but have resumed open hours on Saturday. “We’re going to open back up on Saturdays. So we’ll be open Monday through Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. by appointment only,” said Deb [...]

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The availability of testing is increasing locally. Numbers of positive coronavirus cases continue to climb, and most likely will continue that upward trend as more testing becomes available in the Manhattan area. As of Friday, the Riley County Health Department reported two more individual cases involving a 57-year old woman and 38-year-old man. The woman [...]

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Kansas State University is set to distribute its $6.3 million in federal CARES Act funding to qualified students experiencing financial hardships amid the pandemic. Vice President for enrollment management Karen Goos said in a letter Friday, the disbursement from the U.S. Department of Education prioritizes reaching as many students as possible with the greatest demonstrated [...]

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Riley County Police have added a new name to its most wanted list. Montell Warren Jones Jr. is wanted on offenses of aggravated intimidation of a witness, aggravated domestic battery, criminal threat and criminal trespass. Jones is a 35-year-old man, 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing about 210 pounds. Jones also has a Kansas [...]

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Riley County buildings and offices will remain closed to the public for a minimum of two more weeks. Health Department Director Julie Gibbs brought the suggestion to the Riley County commission.  She says this will give them time to plan and put in safeguards for employees and the public. “We know that we going to [...]

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A motorcyclist was air lifted to a Topeka hospital Thursday following a crash east of Tuttle Creek Reservoir on Highway 13. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, the crash involved a motorcycle struck by a passenger car, which happened shortly after 11:30 a.m. east of the Dyer Road intersection. The motorcyclist sustained life-threatening injuries and [...]

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Two new positive cases of coronavirus were reported in Riley County, bringing the total number of active cases to 25. The latest cases are a 29-year-old man and 37-year-old woman, both recovering in isolation at their homes. Two people are also under investigation, after exhibiting symptoms but are awaiting test results. There are currently no [...]

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U.S. Senator Jerry Moran joined Brandon Peoples on the KMAN Morning Show Thursday to update the public on the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Moran touched on the need for more testing statewide, President Trump’s Executive Order to keep meat packing plants open and how the agricultural sector is faring from that decision and [...]

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There will be no Heartland Stampede this summer. Organizers announced Thursday that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, they’ve been forced to cancel the 2020 music festival. The three-day festival, formerly known as Country Stampede, made a permanent move from the Manhattan area to Topeka last year following flooding at Tuttle Creek Reservoir. In a [...]

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Kansas State University is estimated to lose $35 million in revenue by July 31, caused by its move to remote instruction and limited operations attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic. K-State President Richard Myers on Wednesday outlined a fiscal plan for the university moving forward that includes a hiring freeze, salary cuts for top administrators and [...]

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