New Community Health Educator Jennifer Ebert presented to the Riley County Commission for the first time on Thursday. Ebert is presently working through goals she set when accepting the position working for the Riley County Health Department. Some of these include communicating with every school district in the wildcat region, which also includes Geary and [...]

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Fort Riley welcomed back the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team with an uncasing ceremony Wednesday. Casing is the packing of military colors and uncasing is the unpacking for transportation. The 1st Combat Aviation Brigade Combat Team is deploying to Europe. Colonel Chad Corrigan, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade Commander spoke about departing. Corrigan adds they have [...]

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The Riley County Police Department hosted its annual Community Night Out Tuesday at City Park. RCPD staff served up barbecue pulled pork sandwiches. RCPD Director Brian Peete explains the purpose of the community event. The evening included demonstrations from various law enforcement staff. RCPD Patrol Officer/Bomb Tech Jarrod Sheldon showed a robot. The event preceded [...]

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Saturday was Fall Apple Day Festival at Fort Riley, the largest annual public event on post. The event is named Apple Day because of a featured and special apple pie. The pie in question is renowned in the area, and draws a large crowd every year. KMAN spoke with one of the 2023 Pie Queens, [...]

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The internet icon and legendary actor provided a lecture at K-State Wednesday at McCain Auditorium. Takei as a child was held in two different Japanese-American concentration camps in the 40s. His family, and thousands more, were taken into custody just two months after Pearl Harbor was bombed. He recently published a book detailing his experiences, [...]

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Manhattan Senior Center Director Liz Nelson says fraud is a growing problem among the senior community and data from the Federal Trade Commission suggests Manhattan is a hot spot in the state of Kansas for fraud. According to the FTC, Manhattan had the largest number of fraud cases relative to population size last year, with [...]

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Elections are just around the corner and already candidates in two local races are making their rounds, attending various forums to talk about the issues. One of the upcoming forums being organized is directly targeted toward students at Kansas State University. One of the organizers is Kelm Lear, a political science and social transformation studies [...]

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The Manhattan City Commission approved a new plan for ADA compliance at Tuesday’s meeting. Since Summer 2022, the City has been working with consultants Kimley-Horn to conduct a Phase 1 Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan to created a roadmap to update it’s ADA Transition Plan over time. The plan has identified $11 million dollars in estimated [...]

The Riley County Commission discussed the 2024 Riley County District Court budget during their Thursday meeting. This discussion was to decide to approve or deny the court budget. The budgeted amount of $185,080 was already listed in the county 2024 budget, which was approved previously. The Commission motioned to approve and send the budget to [...]

The new Leonardville EMS station is set to be open 24/7 upon its completion in a few weeks. EMS/Ambulance Director David Adams is working to get staff ready to go for the opening, which is anticipated in early October. Riley County Commissioner Kathryn Focke addresses some of the ways the county is financing the new [...]