Riley County is currently totaling eight positive cases of coronavirus as of Friday, after one new positive patient tested positive. This brings the cumulative total to 68 cases. The patient is a 35-year-old female and the health department is currently doing investigation and contact tracing. People who have come into close contact are being notified [...]

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An August preliminary hearing is scheduled in Riley County for a Texas man accused of rape. At a status conference Tuesday, Judge William Malcolm set a four hour setting August 7 for Sean Morgan, who is charged with the 2015 alleged rape and aggravated kidnapping of a then 27-year-old victim. Morgan was arrested last fall [...]

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Kansas State University President and retired 4 star General Richard Myers told CNN’s Erin Burnett Thursday he was saddened by the military’s use of force Monday in Washington, D.C. to break up a mostly peaceful protest. Myers, who served as President George W. Bush’s Joint Chief of Staff from 2001 to 2005, says it wasn’t [...]

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The Manhattan Fire Department made quick work of a mobile home kitchen fire Thursday. Firefighters were called to the 2500 block of Farm Bureau Road Lot 15 shortly after 6:30 p.m. for a structure fire. Crews found a mobile home with smoke showing from the building. Upon entry, they found the fire in the kitchen, [...]

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A Junction City man has pleaded guilty to the Christmas 2018 murder of a woman and her unborn child. According to Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, 34-year-old Dion Jamel Green entered the pleas Thursday in Geary County District Court. Sentencing in front of Judge Steven Hornbaker will take place Oct. 28 at 1:30 p.m. Green [...]

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The Geary County Sheriff’s Office says it tested all Correctional Officers Friday for the novel coronavirus as well as all inmates currently housed in the Geary County Jail. This comes after two corrections officers tested positive for COVID-19 Thursday. At-risk employees were also tested. The testing was done in collaboration with health officials from the [...]

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Building permits have picked up over the last couple months in Manhattan, but still lag behind from where they were last year. Valuations are significantly higher this year versus last year, driven largely by construction projects as a result of the USD 383 school bond. On KMAN’s In Focus Wednesday, Manhattan Fire Department Assistant Chief [...]

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One person was arrested Tuesday during the largely peaceful protest through Manhattan. Riley County Police charged 65-year-old Ralph Walters with making a criminal threat in the 1300 block of Fremont Street shortly after 8 p.m. Witnesses at the scene allege Walters shouted profanities at the group including using the N-word and threatening protestors with violence. [...]

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Geary County health officials have confirmed the county’s first death of COVID-19. The patient, a 65-year-old man had been a patient at Geary Community Hospital. He died Tuesday. No additional information about the patient is being released. The news comes as Geary County has now totaled 22 cases since March. Area wide it’s the fourth [...]

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A large portion of College Avenue will remain closed for the next eight weeks as construction continues on the city’s North Campus Corridor project. It will include full-depth lane removal and reconstruction between Kimball Ave. and Dickens, near Ascension Via Christi Hospital and Bill Snyder Family Stadium. No thru traffic will be allowed. Access to [...]

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