The Riley County Fair returns later this month and it was recently announced that the fair will in fact have a full carnival. Extension Director Gary Fike says it’s good news after COVID canceled most fair activities last year. Fike says Ottaway Amusements is working with another carnival company to bring in more rides to [...]

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The Kansas Board of Healing Arts has indefinitely suspended the license of a former Junction City High School athletic trainer. Brandon Martino was arrested in February by Geary County authorities on two counts of sexual exploitation of a child. He was also charged with two counts of promoting obscenity to minors. According to the order, [...]

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Fireworks sales officially open up at noon Thursday in Manhattan continuing through Sunday, July 4. By city ordinance, residents can use fireworks 8 a.m. to midnight Thursday through Sunday. Because fireworks pose a risk for burns and injuries, local officials are urging safety this holiday weekend. Fire Marshal Jake Powell with the Manhattan Fire Department [...]

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Riley County health officials are seeing an uptick in COVID-19 variants of concern. In its latest weekly report, Riley County identified 24 new positive Coronavirus cases and 28 additional recoveries since June 23. That includes four COVID-positive patients under care at Ascension Via Christi. Two patients remain in the Intensive Care Unit. The health department [...]

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The Red Cross is putting a call out to donors to consider giving blood. The agency said this week it is in the midst of a severe blood shortage right now and has scheduled three opportunities in the region to donate in July. The first will take place July 13 and 14 at the K-State [...]

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The suspect in a June 22 shooting in the 400 block of Yuma Street in Manhattan will appear for a preliminary hearing in late July on charges of attempted first degree murder. Jamie Smith made his first court appearance Friday via video conference. Since that appearance, Smith has applied for, and been appointed counsel. Online [...]

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Manhattan residents may notice steam coming from manhole covers throughout the city. That’s because the city today is beginning annual cured-in-place pipe sewer lining projects. The annual maintenance is done to help slow the deterioration of sanitary sewers as they age. The city uses the trenchless pipe rehab technology that installs a resin-infused tube into [...]

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Uncertainty remains over how Pottawatomie County will go about finalizing its draft regulations governing solar energy farms. County Planner Stephan Metzger sought guidance from county commissioners Monday, over how to best proceed. Commissioner Pat Weixelman says he believes the draft as written currently takes away local control. Metzger says some of Weixelman’s concerns were actually [...]

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